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Reloading The Musical Matrix Part One
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-15-2003)

This Week's RecommendationThe soundtrack CD preceded the theatrical release of THE MATRIX RELOADED by a week, giving Matrixheads an advance listen to the musical amalgamation that would synergize their cinematic experience starting today. In RELOADED (War...

THE MATRIX: Oscar-Winning Editor Zach Staenberg
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 03-21-2000)

Just about the most imaginative and outrageously entertaining film to emerge last year was THE MATRIX, a science fiction cyberspace thriller mixed with profuse pyrotechnics and harrowing Hong Kong-style martial arts. In a just world, a film this good woul...

Matrix Revolutions, The
by Coming Attractions (Tue 09-30-2003)

...de in The Matrix Reloaded while the intellient machines mass for the final battle with humanity. Release Date: November 7, 2003. Comments:Where to begin? If the Wachowskis can pull it off -- and there's every indication that they will do so in spades ...


Matrix Reloaded, The
by Coming Attractions (Mon 04-07-2003)

... from the Matrix. As they are joined by new comrades, there are those who cast doubt that Neo could truly be The One to destroy the machines and free the human race. Meanwhile, a familiar enemy from their past resurfaces as a far more powerful threat,...

THE MATRIX RELOADED
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 10-14-2003)

It takes my old computer about five minutes to restart, so it's no surprise that it took the Wachowski brothers a few years to reload THE MATRIX. They've spent their time well, producing a sequel that feels more like a continuation of the original film th...

Navigating THE MATRIX with composer Don Davis
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 12-01-1999)

While composer Don Davis has been scoring TV and feature films since 1985, his most popular work has always revolved around science fictionesque themes – certainly true of his latest and possibly greatest work to date, for THE MATRIX. Davis started out, a...

"The Matrix" coming to HD DVD
by Karl Schneider (Fri 03-23-2007)

According to Warner Home Video, the legendary, groundbreaking sci-fi film, The Matrix, will make it's way to DVD as part of two new definitive high definition collections to be released on May 22.The Ultimate Matrix Collection, for the hardcore Matrix fan...


The Manic Maniac: Obamamania, Matrix-Style
by Joe Crosby (Fri 08-29-2008)

... from The Matrix Reloaded, when Morpheus' is addressing the cavernous chambers of Zion, just before the whole of unplugged humanity breaks into an ill-advised rave. Still, that scene bears a striking resemblance to the Democratic National Convention in...

THE MATRIX ONLINE unveiled
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 05-14-2003)

Warner Bros. Studios and Ubi Soft Entertainment have announced a 2004 release for THE MATRIX ONLINE, a massively multiplayer online game that puts players inside the world of the Matrix. The virtual world is being developed by the Wachowski brothers, the...

THE MATRIX RELOADED
by Abbie Bernstein (Thu 05-15-2003)

Four years ago, THE MATRIX arrived and promptly added to the cinematic vocabulary. Yes, other movies (and TV commercials) utilized elements like the film's slowed-down "bullet time," 360-degree spins within frozen shots and other visual flourishes, but TH...

THE MATRIX REVISITED Part Two
by Eric Moro (Wed 12-05-2001)

In part one of CINESCAPE's THE MATRIX REVISITED coverage, readers explored the well-produced, self-titled two and a half hour behind-the-scenes featurette that examines THE MATRIX phenomenon. In our continuing coverage, we probe deeper into the DVD examin...


THE MATRIX REVISITED Part One
by Eric Moro (Tue 12-04-2001)

It’s no secret that when THE MATRIX hit theaters back in 1999, it revolutionized the way sci-fi action films were made and boggled the minds of many a moviegoer. In the process, however, it managed to become one of the most successful genre films ever, ta...

THE MATRIX (1999)
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 06-08-2001)

A seamless blend of cyberpunk, Hong Kong martial arts action, and hip MTV-style filmmaking, this imaginative effort stuns with its imagination and impact. Entertaining like you wouldn’t believe, and yet complex and well thought out, THE MATRIX proves that...

MATRIX movie stars hired for ONLINE world
by Patrick Sauriol (Sat 11-06-2004)

Warner Bros. Interactive has announced that nine cast members from THE MATRIX trilogy of movies will lend their voices as well as likenesses to the company's upcoming massive multiplayer online role-playing game THE MATRIX ONLINE. The actors that will app...

Reloading The Musical Matrix Part Two
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-22-2003)

The soundtrack CD from THE MATRIX RELOADED has done a bullet-time blowout on the original MATRIX soundtrack in its first day of release, according to composer Don Davis' publicist, Ray Costa. Don Davis' score album from the original MATRIX (1999) has Soun...


THE ULTIMATE MATRIX
by Brian Thomas (Thu 12-09-2004)

Well, you already have the special edition Gold and Platinum Collection DVDs of all three MATRIX movies, including the REVISITED extras discs, plus the ANIMATRIX anime anthology, and you've even downloaded a bunch of stuff from the internet. Why shou...

ELF defeats the Matrix, Bugs Bunny and the open sea
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 11-16-2003)

Will Ferrell defeated both the might of the Matrix, the military firepower of a battleship and the world's best-known wise-cracking bunny. ELF is the number one film for this weekend, dropping only 13% in its opening weekend revenues and earning another $...

ENTER THE MATRIX
by James Stevenson (Mon 06-02-2003)

THE MATRIX has become a phenomenon ever since the 1999 sci-fi hit blew our minds. Now with the release of two sequels this year also comes ENTER THE MATRIX. This game, developed by Shiny, published by Atari, and written and directed by the Wachowski broth...

Photos from the MATRIX RELOADED premiere
by Sue Schneider (Wed 05-21-2003)

Warner Bros. Pictures in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment, a Silver Pictures production presented the Los Angeles Premiere of THE MATRIX RELOADED on Wednesday, May 7th in Westwood at The Mann Village Theater. And what a pre...


4 million copies of ENTER THE MATRIX ship
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 05-06-2003)

With still more than a week to go before Atari's ENTER THE MATRIX video game goes on sale, the company has already announced that over 4 million copies of the game have been shipped to retail outlets worldwide. The 4 M figure includes units for the Micro...

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-07-2004)

...rong with MATRIX REVOLUTIONS?" It's an odd question, as the third act of this trilogy is a natural and spectacular ending to a story those same people were so ecstatic about after seeing the first third. Launching directly into the story left hanging...

Pinkett Talks MATRIX Sequels
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 12-03-2001)

While promoting her work in this month's release of ALI, Jada Pinkett has been talking about her work in the coming MATRIX sequels: THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS.According to the Calgary Sun, Pinkett addressed the commitmen to acting in t...

Mania On This Day: Matrix Events, Tekken Slips & Righteous Kills!
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 05-17-2008)

...s special Matrix Reloaded EventOverview: Yes, back 5 years ago, audiences were excitedly lining the theaters to watch the long awaited sequel The Matrix Reloaded, after the Wachowski brothers awed audiences with their 1999 smash-hit, The Matrix, a film...


MATRIX REVOLUTIONS video to arrive in April
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 01-12-2004)

The specs and release date for the DVD release of THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS have finally been released by Warner Home Video. The third and concluding chapter in the Wachowski brothers science fiction series will hit store shelves on April 6 as a two-disc set...

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS poster!
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 06-10-2003)

Warner Bros. has supplied us with the first teaser poster for THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, the third and final movie in THE MATRIX trilogy. Set for release on November 7, no one knows what direction the story will take or what will be the outcome...but the new...

THE MATRIX RELOADED reloads on IMAX June 6
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 05-29-2003)

When the IMAX Corporation announced it had struck a deal with Warner Bros. to show THE MATRIX RELOADED customized for its IMAX-sized screens, fans wanted to know when they could expect to see giant versions of Neo and Trinity fighting in bullet-time. At ...

MATRIX sequel talk from Reeves, Fishburne
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 02-07-2002)

In an interview with the usually cloying and fact-lite ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne are doing some of their most expansive talking on the upcoming MATRIX RELOADED and MATRIX REVOLUTIONS.Fishburne let fly with general plotting...


SCOOP: The ultimate MATRIX DVD set is coming!
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 05-20-2004)

Thanks to a reader of ours, we've been given the link to the first public solicitation for an upcoming MATRIX TRILOGY DVD box set. The solicitation went up at EZY DVD, an online retail store servicing region four DVD players, Australia. Thanks to the effo...

THE MATRIX AND PHILOSOPHY
by Chris Wyatt (Sun 11-10-2002)

In the new volume THE MATRIX AND PHILOSOPHY, editor William Irwin collects 20 scholarly essays that examine connections between a famed sci-fi film and the body of philosophical thought. Each of the essay writers presses elements of THE MATRIX into the se...

Take the redpill and read THE MATRIX COMICS
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 10-30-2003)

Even before the release of the first film and its stunning success, free comics were a part of THE MATRIX. Before the release of the first MATRIX movie back in 1999, former Marvel Comics editor Spencer Lamm sought out some of the industry's top writers an...

EXPLORING THE MATRIX
by Chris Wyatt (Thu 04-24-2003)

It's hard to get mass market readers interested in meaty intellectual subjects. Which explains why so many soft scientists are putting out tie-ins to THE MATRIX. Philosophy in THE MATRIX, religion in THE MATRIX, science in THE MATRIX... I guess if you wan...


Animatrix
by Chris Beveridge (Sun 05-25-2003)

...is of the Matrix: the last cities of mankind, the war with the machines, and humanity�s ultimate downfall. An epic guided tour of the Zion archives and the history of the Matrix. Kid�s Story Written by Andy and Larry Wachowski; Directed by Shini...

MATRIX secrets spilled? Possible SPOILERS inside!
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 06-09-2003)

The May/June issue of Creative Screenwriting contains a fascinating article for fans of THE MATRIX films. In Jeff Goldsmith's six-page examination, the writer looks back at the first and second drafts of THE MATRIX as written by the Wachowski brothers and...

Silver: MATRIX Sequels
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 10-31-2001)

Joel Silver has been talking a lot of late about the currently filming MATRIX sequels: THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS.According to the Calgary Sun, while promoting THIRTEEN GHOSTS, Silver spoke of the pressures on the films' directors Andy...

MATRIX RELOADED & REVOLUTIONS to be released on IMAX
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 04-23-2003)

The Imax Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced plans to release THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS to IMAX theaters. RELOADED will debut in the giant-sized screens shortly after the 35mm release on May 15 while REVOLUTIONS will...


SEGA jacks into THE MATRIX ONLINE
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 05-10-2004)

If you have been following the development of THE MATRIX ONLINE, the massive-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), you will remember that the game lost UbiSoft as a distributor a few months ago. Today a new partner/distributor was announced by Wa...

ENTER THE MATRIX
by Troy Roberts (Fri 05-16-2003)

When THE MATRIX first came out in theaters, it took most moviegoers by surprise. Here was a movie with a storyline that was not a rehash of some other story and even made some people question the reality that they live in now. Years later, we see the laun...

THE MATRIX on Disc
by John Thonen (Tue 03-21-2000)

It`s unlikely that anyone who visits this site is going to need any introduction to just `what ` THE MATRIX is. However, for that handful of you who are unaware of this film-- probably because you have been trapped in a totally artificial, virtual reali...

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
by Abbie Bernstein (Wed 11-05-2003)

You have to hand it to the Wachowski Brothers, Larry and Andy. After finally cracking the problem of how to create urgency within a virtual reality framework in 2000's THE MATRIX, they have gone on to play out their themes in ways that make a weird kind o...


MATRIX series 2 action figures previewed
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 10-30-2003)

McFarlane Toys has revealed what their lineup will be for THE MATRIX Series 2 action figures. Among the plastic goodies represented in this set will be Agent Smith, Neo and the "real world" Neo from REVOLUTIONS, Niobe, a sitting Morpheus, a falling Trinit...

Monsters attached with MATRIX REVOLUTIONS?
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 10-23-2003)

According to a scooper on Ain't It Cool News, the teaser trailer for VAN HELSING will be attached to prints of THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, scheduled for release on November 7. This news comes from the annual NATO (North American Theater Owners) convention whe...

Armitage III: Dual Matrix 2 CD Set
by Tiffani Nadeau (Sun 07-31-2005)

What They SayA collection of music from Armitage Dual Matrix and Armitage III (the third) Poly Matrix. The Review!3 out of 5 This CD comes packaged up for the consumer with a small cover insert. The insert contains on its two pages very little actually...

Moss talks MATRIX progress
by Paul Zimmerman (Wed 03-27-2002)

...g the two MATRIX sequels said, "I'd love to live in Australia. They really do work to live and we could take a lesson from the Aussies."Speaking of MATRIX, Moss said "We have four more months (shooting the two films back to back), it will have been two...


MATRIX REVOLUTIONS to go on sale in early January
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 11-20-2003)

It looks like IGN Filmforce heard the same thing we've been hearing: THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS is arriving on home video less than two months after its theatrical release. Scoopers have been writing in to say that a notice has been sent to video distributors...

MATRIX REVOLUTIONS on DVD by X-Mas?
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 11-11-2003)

Could the revolution be coming home before Christmas Day?According to KGB at IGN FilmForce, reps for Warner Home Video told video retailers that THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS might be arriving on home video as early as January -- or even before Christmas.Speakin...

The MATRIX REVOLUTIONS are now televised
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 09-22-2003)

The official website for THE MATRIX trilogy has just placed the first of six television commercials promoting THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS online. The commercial, titled "Help", begins airing today on network televisionGo get it right here.Got a scoop? Know so...

First MATRIX pics online
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 05-06-2002)

Time.com has the first seven pics from THE MATRIX RELOADED online. Time.com is owned by AOL/Time/Warner, as in Warner Bros. that releases the MATRIX movies. Which is why the pics are there, and not here... yet.The images are the first views of Jada Pinket...


DETECTIVE STORY now on MATRIX website
by Coming Attractions (Mon 04-07-2003)

April's installment of THE ANIMATRIX is now available for download on the official website for THE MATRIX. Written and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (COWBOY BEBOP), with art by Studio 4ºC, "A Detective Story" features the voice of Carrie-Anne Moss as T...

Moviegoers witness special MATRIX RELOADED event
by Patrick Sauriol (Sat 05-17-2003)

Last Thursday at the Edwards Theaters located in Long Beach, CA, ticket holders for THE MATRIX RELOADED got quite the shock when Agents leapt down from the theater roof to commandeer their tickets. If it wasn't for the timely arrival of a Zion rebel who ...

One million MATRIX games now sold
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 05-23-2003)

After just one week of release, Atari's console video game ENTER THE MATRIX has sold one million units at retail stores. The game went on sal May 15, the same date that THE MATRIX RELOADED opened in theaters.The game, written and directed by the Wachowsk...

MATRIX beauty transforms into evil witch
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 09-26-2003)

...ci in THE MATRIX RELOADED as Percephone wouldn't have a problem with this blood shedding thing if it meant she's going to wear one of those snug latex corsets again.Matt Damon and Heath Ledger play the two Grimm siblings who are actually con artists, d...


MATRIX REVOLUTIONS trailer now online
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 09-26-2003)

What's that second box on the front page of the official website for THE MATRIX trilogy say? It's the new theatrical trailer for THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS??Yup. The MATRIX homesite now has the new trailer up and running so go grab it at your convenience.Got ...

Final MATRIX RELOADED trailer now online!
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 04-10-2003)

The final trailer for THE MATRIX RELOADED has just gone live at the film's official website. Get a better feel for what faces Neo and his friends, how Agent Smith is able to duplicate himself and what those funky albino twins with switchblades can do.Find...

At the premiere of THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
by Sue Schneider (Thu 10-30-2003)

Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures held the World Premiere of THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS at the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles on Monday, October 27th. The building is a beautiful, very futuristic looking building that s...

Photos from THE MATRIX RELOADED DVD release party
by Sue Schneider (Wed 10-15-2003)

THE MATRIX RELOADED was released on DVD October 14th, but on Wednesday, October 8th at Morton's restaurant in West Hollywood Warner Home Video held a release party.Seen walking the green carpet were stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith...


SCOOP: MATRIX REVOLUTIONS DVD not coming out in January!
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 11-21-2003)

According to one of our sources, rumors that THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS is to be released on home video this coming January 6 are completely inaccurate. The studio is nowhere near to having a master cut of the DVD release of REVOLUTIONS, with work continuing ...

Top Maniacal Rumors: Monster Madness, Iron Confusion and Matrix Plastic
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 07-18-2008)

...ith their Matrix comrade Keanu Reeves in leading an adaptation of Plastic Man. Source: C.H.U.D Verdict: TRUE---Shouldn’t be surprising that the Wachowskis would want to work with Keanu again after their original trilogy put them into the sp...

Finished with THE MATRIX, Fishburne looking to genre TV
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 09-12-2002)

Now that he's finished shooting the back-to-back sequels for THE MATRIX, Morpheus himself, Laurence Fishburne is looking to produce a superehero action hour for television. Fishburne is partnering with CBS and SPAWN scribe Alan B. McElroy to create a "nex...

SCOOP: When to expect THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS trailer!
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 08-15-2003)

We've just received word from one of our sources that Warner Bros. has tentatively scheduled to begin screening the trailer for THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS on September 12. That's the same date that the studio releases Ridley Scott's latest film, MATCHSTICK ME...


MATRIX: RELOADED Cannes bound?
by Mike Whybark (Thu 02-27-2003)

VARIETY reports that Warner Bros. is in discussions with the Cannes Film Festival to screen THE MATRIX: RELOADED in conjunction with the film's U.S. opening on May 15.The article reports that the festival's artistic director, Thierry Fremaux, will be arri...

First image of Square's MATRIX short
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 05-22-2002)

The first image of Square's ANIMATRIX short has been slapped up on the series' official site. For those of you who aren't up on ANIMATRIX, it's a series of animated shorts based in the MATRIX universe. They're set to premiere sometime late this year or ea...

Reeves teases MATRIX RELOADED
by Christopher Allan Smith and Michael Tunison (Mon 08-05-2002)

In a quick interview with CINESCAPE's own Mike Tunison, Keanu Reeves teased next May's MATRIX RELOADED, and sketched out a bit what the plot of the sequel is. As Reeves marveled about the film, "the ambition of what [director/creators] Larry and Andrew Wa...

ENTER THE MATRIX production background
by Mike Whybark (Fri 02-07-2003)

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER covers the release and production details of MATRIX video game ENTER THE MATRIX, produced by Infogrames.The story notes that the franchise's creators, the Wachowski brothers, budgeted an amazing six-months of motion capture into the...


ENTER THE MATRIX premiere pics
by Sue Schneider (Fri 02-21-2003)

On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, Warner Bros. held an exclusive MATRIX event, debuting the highly-anticipated tie-in video game ENTER THE MATRIX, as well as one of the nine ANIMATRIX shorts the CG animated FINAL FLIGHT OF THE OSIRIS.Seen walking down the bl...

MATRIX preview hits this week
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 05-13-2002)

Although we are loath to direct your attention to an outlet like ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, word comes this week that is the first place most will be able to see footage from THE MATRIX sequels. This, coupled with the news the preview for THE MATRIX RELOADED ...

Time magazine spoils THE MATRIX RELOADED
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 05-05-2003)

Warning: if you don't want to know what happen in THE MATRIX RELOADED before you go see it, don't pick up the new cover issue of TIME magazine dated May 13.In an article by TIME movie columnist Richard Corliss about the movie, the journalist stops halfway...

MATRIX RELOADED phone now on sale
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 05-14-2003)

If, after seeing THE MATRIX RELOADED, you were jonesing for your own cell phone just like the ones that Neo and his pals used in the movie, you're in luck. Samsung has just started selling the n270, an exact replica of the phone seen in RELOADED. The ph...


THE MATRIX RELOADED starts screening tonight
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 05-14-2003)

Guess what? THE MATRIX RELOADED opens in theaters tomorrow. Nevertheless, with the publicity machine in major overdrive and box office speculators forecasting a huge opening weekend, Warner Bros. has decided to let theaters start showing the movie just ...

Post-REVOLUTIONS plans still in store for THE MATRIX ONLINE
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 02-27-2004)

THE MATRIX ONLINE, the massive multiplayer online role-playing game that was planned to continue the story of THE MATRIX past the film trilogy, has lost its copublisher. UbiSoft Entertainment has decided to pull out of plans to release the game in partner...

Ready For THE MATRIX REVISITED?
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 08-27-2001)

We'll be getting an earlier look at the upcoming MATRIX sequels thanks to Warner Bros... and, no, they're not going to release them any earlier than planned. They're going to be previewing some footage from the coming films on a 2 1/2 documentary for vide...

Silver talks MATRIX RELOADED
by Eric Moro (Mon 10-22-2001)

While promoting 13 GHOSTS the remake of the 1960 William Castle haunted house pic producer Joel Silver discussed the status of the highly anticipated THE MATRIX RELOADED, currently in production.Praising the advances 1999's THE MATRIX made for the art o...


MATRIX sequel reloads more posters
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 04-23-2003)

The official website for THE MATRIX wants to show you a new redpill to ingest. The site now has five of the international poster designs for THE MATRIX RELOADED up. The posters show Trinity, Neo and Morpheus in close-up with some action moments reflecte...

MATRIX matrices
by Mike Whybark (Fri 02-21-2003)

THE NEW YORK TIMES takes a look at the unorthodox production conditions which led to the ENTER THE MATRIX video game as well as films THE MATRIX: RELOADED and THE MATRIX: RESURRECTION.Writer-directors Larry and Andy Wachowski viewed the game as an integra...

MATRIX going EVERQUEST route
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 05-24-2002)

Warner Bros. has begun the year-long hype machine for next May's THE MATRIX RELOADED, and here's the latest bit of big news: The studio is joining with Monolith Productions and Eon Entertainment to develop an online role playing game, ala EVERQUEST based ...

MATRIX 3 Titled
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 10-23-2001)

Word has it that producer Joel Silver has finally revealed the title of the coming third MATRIX film.According to 13th Street, in a recent interview with the producer, Silver revealed that the coming film will be called THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS.Warner Bros....


Neo talks sweet, sweet MATRIX sequels
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 05-28-2002)

MATRIX star Keanu Reeves and producer Joel Silver are talking again about the two upcoming sequels, MATRIX RELOADED and MATRIX REVOLUTIOINS. But this time out, they're not laying out some more vague but enticing quotes, but some big, juicy promises. And i...

MATRIX RELOADED to hit DVD July 2003?
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 07-05-2002)

This one sounds a little far fetched, but oddly plausible based on what we know. The bit is this: THE MATRIX RELOADED could hit DVD three scant months after hitting theaters in May of 2003. What's the logic behind this? It would give fans time to absorb t...

No Aaliyah replacement yet for MATRIX
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 04-02-2002)

While talking to the Calgary Sun about her work on the upcoming MATRIX sequels, Trinity actress Carrie-Anne Moss revealed no actress has been set to take on the role originally filled by deceased actress/singer Aaliyah. "I don't know what's happening rega...

Meet the new Oracle from THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 05-28-2003)

Yesterday Dark Horizons produced everyone's first look at the actress playing the Oracle in THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. The actress' name is Mary Alice, and she inherits the role that Gloria Foster portrayed in the first two MATRIX films.As you will recall, ...


Armitage III: Dual Matrix (Special Edition)
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 05-11-2002)

... the Dual Matrix movie was released in Japan in March of 2002, only to have its U.S. release at the end of June. What was surprising was just how out of the blue the entire release was, as it seemed like nobody knew it was even being worked on. Audio:...

Dig these MATRIX REVOLUTIONS posters
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 09-30-2003)

The official website for THE MATRIX trilogy has now posted the four teaser poster designs for THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. Naturally, we nabbed 'em and want to show the goodness to you.Feast your orbs on a watersoaked Neo, Morpheus and Trinity dicing with dang...

Armitage III: Dual Matrix (Special Edition w/ltd edition lunchbox/figure)
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 06-29-2002)

... the Dual Matrix movie was released in Japan in March of 2002, only to have its U.S. release at the end of June. What was surprising was just how out of the blue the entire release was, as it seemed like nobody knew it was even being worked on. Audio:...

Gaye goes gaga for MATRIX
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 04-11-2002)

Nona Gaye, daughter of legendary Mowtown singer Marvin Gaye, has signed on to play Zee in the upcoming MATRIX sequels. The part was originally cast with the late songstress Aaliyah, who was tragically killed in a plane crash last August.Gaye will reshoot ...


MATRIX sequels release update
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 02-11-2002)

It seems part of the reason the first MATRIX sequel, THE MATRIX RELOADED, was pushed back to 2003 is because AOL/TimeWarner has too many successful film franchises for one year.In a blurb in the latest PREMIERE, the magazine reveals the fact that HARRY PO...

MATRIX 2 & 3
by Frederick C. Szebin (Wed 01-26-2000)

Last year’s massive virtual reality adventure, THE MATRIX, is set to be sequelized, but only after its ultra-busy star finishes a few contracts that will take him elsewhere. Keanu Reeves will spend this summer playing a New Jersey furniture salesman with ...

MATRIX RELOADED Rescheduled
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 08-09-2001)

Producer Joel Silver has revealed that the coming THE MATRIX RELOADED will take a bit longer getting here.While talking to SCIFI.COM, Silver gave the latest etsimated release time frame, saying, "It's going to be summer now, summer 2003." The previous est...

MATRIX RELOADED release date changes
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 05-31-2002)

Warner Bros. has announced a shift in the release date of THE MATRIX RELOADED, and for once it's not a big, anticipated movie being pushed back because of production problems. Instead of the previously announced May 23, 2003 release, the flick has been bu...


More MATRIX mixing
by Mike Whybark (Mon 02-10-2003)

VARIETY dons the shades and takes a peek at the story behind the Wachowski brothers' ambitious mixed-media plans for THE MATRIX franchise this year, highlighting the creators' involvement in and willingness to integrate production for the video game ENTER...

THE MATRIX 2 & 3 set CFX effects head
by Mike Whybark (Thu 10-03-2002)

John Nelson is reported by VARIETY to have been hired by effects house CFX to oversee the outfit's effects production for both MATRIX sequels, THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. Nelson took the effects Oscar for his work on GLADIATOR in ...

MATRIX 2 poster is here for you
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 07-02-2002)

The good people at Warner Bros., where were nice enough in 1999 to bring us the first MATRIX flick, have now released the first teaser poster to next year's sequels. While the titles, THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS don't grace the one-shee...

MATRIX' ambitious scheme
by Mike Whybark (Mon 01-20-2003)

VARIETY picks up the MATRIX story with a look at the ambitious film release plan for THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS and THE MATRIX RELOADED. Facts highlighted in the story include the 294 day shoot and the $300 million budget. Video games and animated shorts will...


MATRIX RELOADED Release Window
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 08-10-2001)

Warner Bros. has set a release window for the MATRIX sequel to come. The studio is looking at May 2003 for the film to hit theaters screens worlwide. Regarding talk of the film's original release date being the holiday season of 2002, Warners distrib prex...

Smiths talk MIB 2, MATRIX
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 03-01-2002)

The Smith family has some things to say about three of the most anticipated genre films on the horizon, MEN IN BLACK 2 and the next two MATRIX films. While talking to Cindy Pearlman, Will Smith and Jada-Pinkett Smith let fly on both films.About MIB, Smith...

THE MATRIX ACTION FIGURE SET (WB Toys)
by Dan Cziraky (Mon 05-28-2001)

The hit sci-fi film of Summer `99 seemed like a natural for action figures. Warner Bros. partnered with N2 Toys to make their own line of figures. These 6-inch scale figures are highly detailed, with lots of accessories. The likenesses range from very goo...

Animatrix
by Mark McPherson (Thu 06-05-2003)

The Review!There are a lot of people who have seen The Matrix, but bearly anyone actually figured out the world of The Matrix and just chose to get lost in fight sequences. It\'s understandable though since there is much in The Matrix that never gets expl...


MATRIX preview hits web tonight (Wed 05-15-2002)

The official site for the MATRIX sequels, MATRIX RELOADED and MATRIX REVOLUTIONS has announced the teaser will be hitting the web tonight at 9:00 p.m., Pacific standard time. The site also reminded readers (and so we're reminding you) those of you without...

"Matrix" and "Harry Potter" to hit HD DVD
by Karl Schneider (Mon 01-08-2007)

Warner Home Video has announced that it will convert the Matrix franchise and the Harry Potter franchise to HD DVD for release in 2007.Warner Home Video HD DVDs offer resolution six times higher than standard definition DVDs, as well as extraordinarily vi...

Armitage III: Poly-Matrix
by Dani Moure (Wed 05-19-2004)

...III: Poly-Matrix reaches DVD at long last thanks to MVM, and it ends up being an enjoyable, self-contained movie. Audio: I listened to the English 5.1 track for my review, since that\'s the original track for this movie, and technically it\'s very goo...

Armitage III: Polymatrix/Dual Matrix Set (-)

What They SayThis special Set contains both Armitage III: Polymatrix and the Special Edition of Armitage Dual Matrix. Poly Matrix 2179: Mars has been colonized by Earth, populated by humans and \'Second Types\' robots - robots designed to perform the m...


X2 villainess reports to ABC's THREAT MATRIX
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 12-22-2003)

X2 villain Kelly Hu won't be wearing adamantium claws when she guest stars in ABC's THREAT MATRIX next year. Hu has signed on to play a character that will appear in at least five episodes of the network's techno-thriller, reporting for work starting on J...

MATRIX blitz on radar
by Mike Whybark (Wed 02-05-2003)

ICv2 provides comprehensive coverage of the blitz of MATRIX related product slated for release over 2003.The two movies lead the list, slated for May and November, but several interim release dates are highlighted, including a theatrical debut for one mor...

MATRIX release moved up
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 07-10-2002)

Warner Bros. has announced it's following the lead of STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, and releasing it's much anticipated MATRIX RELOADED on a Thursday. May 15, 2003 is the newly announced date for the second installment of the MATRIX trilogy,...

Colliding Reactions
by Randall D. Larson (Interview transcription by Kelsey J. Larson) (Thu 01-05-2006)

... with THE MATRIX (1999) and its sequels that allowed Watkins and his troupe to make a cinematic statement with their music. While the first MATRIX had gathered some tracks from various artists and fit them into the picture, the Wachowsky's decided to h...


More on MATRIX prequels, ANIMATRIX
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 01-31-2002)

Although it's still unclear what exactly THE MATRIX fans can expect with the premiere of the prequel series of animated shorts titled ANIMATRIX, more details about the mysterious project are coming to light.In an interview with WIZARD magazine, MATRIX pro...

MATRIX RELOADED Dance Scene
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 09-27-2001)

Word has it that the coming MATRIX sequel will feature an elaborate dance number. While talking to San Francisco Magazine, choreographer Charles Moulton suggested that the coming film have a scene featuring a huge dance sequence. Though he won't give spec...

Keanu Talks MATRIX Sequels
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 09-10-2001)

Popping up at the Toronto Film Festival, Keanu Reeves spoke briefly about the coming MATRIX sequels. While talking to the Calgary Sun, Reeves spoke of how he manages the mental side of working in two sequels at the same time, saying, "Right now I simply t...

Aaliyah Talks MATRIX Sequels
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 08-08-2001)

Singer turned actress Aaliyah has been talking about what she's doing in the coming MATRIX sequels. While participating in an online chat with TeenPeople, the actress was asked if she could reveal anything about her character and/or interactions with Neo ...


Armitage III: Dual-Matrix (Feature Only) (Tue 03-05-2002)

What They SayThe Bad Girl Returns! Naomi Armitage (voiced by Juliette Lewis) and Ross Sylibus have changed their names and live with their daughter Yoko as a happy and normal family on Mars - until a robot riot breaks out at an anti-matter plant on Earth...

MATRIX trailer to arrive with EPISODE II
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 04-17-2002)

E! online seems to have confirmed a rumor that's been floating around the Net for a few weeks now - namely that the first MATRIX RELOADED trailer will be hitting screens in front of STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES. That's the word from an unn...

UK Newly Reviewed: Armitage - Poly Matrix (Wed 05-19-2004)

Just released on 05/10/2004 in the UK, MVM\'s version of Armitage III: Poly-Matrix has been given a once-over by Dani Moure today.

Neo to die in MATRIX 3?
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 05-07-2002)

In this week's Time story about THE MATRIX sequels, RELOADED and REVOLUTIONS, Keanu Reeves let drop one line about the new films which hints Neo and company might have a rough go of it in REVOLUTIONS, coming out next November, a scant few months after REL...


ENTER THE MATRIX trailer now online
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 04-04-2003)

The trailer for Shiny's ENTER THE MATRIX console video game is now on the Web and ready for downloading. By visiting the game's official website you'll be able to select from three different sizes and satisfy your MATRIX jones until at least May 15 (that...

ENTER THE MATRIX premiere
by Mike Whybark (Thu 02-06-2003)

YAHOO! Entertainment News runs a Reuters story on the release of Infogrames' stake in the MATRIX blitz, a video game called ENTER THE MATRIX.Warner Bros. and the French multimedia giant hosted a Hollywood-style premiere party on Tuesday to celebrate the r...

McFarlane Grabs MATRIX license
by SCOTT COLLURA (Fri 08-02-2002)

Todd McFarlane's all-powerful toy company has grabbed the action figure license for the highly anticipated MATRIX sequels, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. McFarlane Toys plans to release the figures in the summer of 2003, though McFarlane himself cla...

Hulking, Tubular, and Matrixed
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-26-2003)

...ENTER THE MATRIX, MUSICALLYIncorporating Don [IMG3L]Davis' swelling brass effects and nervous contrapuntal energy from THE MATRIX and THE MATRIX RELOADED, Erik Lundborg has created original music for ENTER THE MATRIX, the first videogame of the Wachows...


The Matrix's Final Conflict
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 11-06-2003)

THE MATRIX: MUSICAL REVOLUTIONSDon Davis completes his MATRIX cycle with REVOLUTIONS, released Tuesday on Maverick (48412-2). The score is a thrilling, relentlessly pulsating, intricately crafted expansive recapitulation of what Davis developed so uniquel...

Pioneer Secures Juliette Lewis for Armitage Sequel (Thu 10-18-2001)

October 18, 2001 PIONEER ENTERTAINMENT SECURES JULIETTE LEWIS FOR THE SEQUEL TO THE WILDLY POPULAR ANIME FILM ARMITAGE POLY MATRIX ... ARMITAGE Dual-Matrix New Anime Film Debuts In The U.S. On Video And DVD in Spring 2002 LONG BEACH, CA - Pioneer Ent...

Pioneer tidbits (Thu 02-21-2002)

Sometimes it just gets too confusing! We've gotten some clarification on the Armitage III: Dual Matrix releases, so let's see if we can break it down here. Armitage III: Dual Matrix will retail on DVD for $19.98. The feature runs 90 minutes and has biling...

UPDATED!: RELOADED unloads on home video in October
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-14-2003)

THE MATRIX RELOADED will make its debut on home video on October 14, three weeks and a day before its sequel, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, opens in theaters.The two-disc DVD version of the film will contain the following bonus features:-- "The Freeway Chase": ...


Oscar Picks and (Reluctant) Predictions
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 03-26-2000)

...eo in THE MATRIX.ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLETough call this year. How do you pick between two great performances in genre films, Haley Joel Osment in THE SIXTH SENSE and Michael Clarke Duncan in THE GREEN MILE? Both roles offered their challenges, and b...

UPDATED! RELOADED loads Warner Bros. bank accounts
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 05-16-2003)

UPDATED! Warner Bros. has released its take for THE MATRIX RELOADED box office from the picture's first day in release (including Wednesday evening shows.)THE MATRIX RELOADED grossed $42.5 million dollars in its first full day of release, making it the h...

MAGIC Appears TIMELINE Disappears
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-24-2003)

...ee in THE MATRIX RELOADED © Warner Bros. Another redesigned Web site worth checking out is that of composer Don Davis (THE MATRIX Trilogy). Look for exclusive audio clips from his upcoming film project, THE MATRIX: RELOADED later this spring, as ...

New this week (Sun 06-23-2002)

Here\'s what we can expect to ship from most retailers this week: Title Name Studio Run Time Volume MSRP Date   Armitage III: Dual Matrix Special Edition Pioneer Animation 125 min. ...


Action Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-15-2004)

...Wiseman's MATRIX-influenced exploration of the end of an ongoing war between vampires and werewolves, set in an indistinct era but brimming with terrifically modern cinematic visualizations to its storytelling. The driving musical score, by former Tang...

Geneon Entertainment New Title Solicitation (Thu 02-23-2006)

Geneon\'s got a new announcement via their weekly mailer today and some updated info:Gun Sword Vol. #1 (also w/box) - 100 minutes - $29.98/39.98 - 05/23/2006On the discontinued side, 4 variations on a theme are in this weeks mailer. The Armitage Dual Matr...

Sparta! Let’s break records!
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 03-11-2007)

...g behind Matrix Reloaded (91.7 mil) & Passion of the Christ (83.8 mil). It also has to have one of the top Averages per Screen numbers of all time if you include that $22,566 take this weekend which is absolutely astounding to look at.  I...

Zegapain Vol. #1 (also w/box)
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 10-08-2007)

...ts of the Matrix, Zegapain thrusts a young man into a position where he must… save the world! Cheerleaders not involved. Audio: The series sports a fairly solid stereo mix as both tracks that are included are done at 224 kbps. Zegapain is a sho...


Robotech Masters Remastered Extended Edition Vol. #01
by Bryan Morton (Mon 07-17-2006)

What They SayFifteen years have passed since the war against the Zentraedi forces... The peaceful life of the first alien battle\'s survivors soon ends with the invasion of the Robotech Masters! They\'ve come to reclaim the Protoculture Matrix, the sourc...

The Duke is Tops
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 05-22-2007)

... COMPLETE MATRIX TRILOGY (Warner Bros.) HD editions of all three films, plus cranked tracks (called “In Movie Experience” by WHV). (O)   DISTRICT B13 (Magnolia)(O)   FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (DreamWorks) Special collector&rs...

TOP 10: For this end there's a $50 million dollar opening weekend
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 11-09-2003)

Over the weekend the final installment in the Wachowski brothers sci-fi franchise, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, took in just over $50 million dollars according to studio estimates. In the five days since the movie's release REVOLUTIONS has earned $85 M and is ...

Giving Thanks
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 11-22-2004)

...Oscar.THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (6:45 PM CST, Cinemax) If there is a more compelling proof of the old adage "Quit while you're ahead," I've yet to find it. Still, at least it's better than THE MATRIX RELOADED.JOAN OF ARCADIA (7 PM CST, CBS) "The Book of Q...


Robotech Remastered: Extended Edition Vol. #04
by Luis Cruz (Mon 10-25-2004)

...toculture Matrix hidden in the remains of the SDF-1. They need the matrix to revive their long dead leader Zor; only Zor possesses the knowledge to defeat the parasitic Invid that are not far behind them. And so the epic battle rages between humanity...

Armitage Info (Wed 02-20-2002)

With the release of Armitage: Dual-Matrix just four months away, there's been precious little information on just what to expect with this release. We've updated Armitage: Dual-Matrix review page with the technical specs we received from Pioneer Animation...

LXG on CD
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-07-2003)

...e for THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. The final installment of the franchise, which opens on November 5th, depicts the culmination of the struggle between mankind and the machines, as Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity take on the forceful machines, which have enslave...

FARSCAPE: Paul Goddard
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 01-15-2001)

..., and The Matrix (1999), in which he played Agent Smith. Goddard trained at the Australian dramatic academy, NIDA, like Farscape’s Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley (Chiana) and writer Justin Monjo. Interestingly, Goddard never read for the part of Stark.`I ...


Bulletproof Mizzy
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-18-2003)

...nd of the Matrix? Here's the teaser poster for THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. © Warner Bros. released a very limited (850 copies) edition collection of some of his best TV music of the late 1980s in Electronic Chronicle: The Fred Karlin Collection, Vol....

THE ANIMATRIX
by Mike Whybark (Thu 06-05-2003)

The home-video release of THE ANIMATRIX shorts on DVD June 3 comes on the heels of the theatrical release, to mixed critical reaction, of THE MATRIX RELOADED. The disc contains nine animated shorts, many by veterans of Japanese anime; four of the shorts w...

Graeme Revell's Out of Time
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 11-27-2003)

...c of 'The Matrix Revolutions'" music supervisor Jason Bentley, sound designer/supervising sound editor Dane A. Davis, composer Don Davis, and editor Zach Staenberg discussed how they were involved in the entire process of serving the Wachowskis' vision...

Nanobots, Cybernetics and Androids-Oh My!
by Jessica Chobot (Mon 03-12-2007)

...rough the matrix, checking out and commanding a gazillion different things at once, all via the internet. I want to be the Major from Ghost in the Shell, Neo from The Matrix, Molly from Neuromancer.  Does science perpetuate sci-fi, or does s...


Genre Music Scores: The Best of the 1990s
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-10-2000)

...vis’s THE MATRIX. All the same, symphonic scores continued to thrive despite technological and creative advances made during the decade in adding bytes to ballads—it is becoming increasingly uncommon to find symphonic scores that don’t contain some ki...

Neo-classical
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-08-2003)

In many ways, Don Davis' powerful score for THE MATRIX has become a prototype for postmodern film scoring. The music bristles like wild scurrying insects. His reflective treatment of orchestral, choral and electronic layers; the pacing of the music as it ...

Nightmarescapes: The Dark Fantasy Worlds of Artist Jeff Pittarelli
by Dan Cziraky (Thu 11-02-2000)

...tely, THE MATRIX, and a twisted little film called FREEWAY, were really great films for their genre.`As an artist, Pittarelli feels that poster art for sci-fi, horror and fantasy films of recent years has suffered. He`d love the opportunity to create n...

Viewer Voting: If Fans Ran the Oscars...
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 03-27-2000)

The Fans have spoken, and they think THE MATRIX should have been the big winner at the Academy Awards. Of the seven polls we ran on our site, THE MATRIX won in the six categories for which it was eligible; the single exception was for Best Song, which wen...


Top 10 Movies: MACHINES makes millions
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-07-2003)

...ng as THE MATRIX RELOADED or X-MEN 2, T3 did break the opening gross of its predecessor (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY made $52 M in its first 5 days of release) and also had the second-highest opening gross of any R-rated film (THE MATRIX RELOADED is sti...

2001 News In Review - October Movies
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 01-10-2002)

...the third MATRIX film as THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. THE MATRIX's Gloria Foster sadly passed away during the month. Word had it that she had reprised her Oracle role from the film in the two coming sequels.The box office champ for the month was Denzel Wash...

2001 News In Review - May Movies
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 01-03-2002)

...eveloping MATRIX sequel productions finally served up a title for the first of the sequels. The film will be called THE MATRIX RELOADED. Fans were mostly indifferent.Back in New York, Sam Raimi wrapped principal photography on his SPIDER-MAN movie.On t...

REBOOT: TO MEND AND DEFEND
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sun 11-18-2001)

...uding Dot Matrix (Kathleen Barr), her young brother Enzo (Christopher Gray), and Mainframe's oldest inhabitant Phong (Michael Donovan), the vaguely Asian custodian of the city's Principal Office.A highly entertaining mix of sci-fi action, sharp humor, ...


SHEENA: Gena Lee Nolan
by Craig D. Reid (Tue 10-10-2000)

...es in THE MATRIX is also our guy. He came in and did a whole outline of my body like they did with Keanu. It was cool being there and having them do a complete scan of my body from head to toe and then make sculptures of my face so they can make me a l...

DVD & VHS This Week: March 5
by John Thonen (Tue 03-05-2002)

...to be THE MATRIX and it's packed full of dimensional twists and snazzy effects, but none of this flash can hide the basic idiocy of what we're watching. The DVD features a director's commentary, a making-of featurette and trailers.SEVERED is the rare o...

SPIDER-MAN gets thumbs up from early viewers
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 04-16-2002)

...me of THE MATRIX... It's a bit like SMALLVILLE on TV because it tells you how Peter Parker became Spider-Man and how all his friends fit into the story." A woman's take? Jen Dirdrich, 27, said SPIDER-MAN "is not just a guy movie by a long shot... Sam R...

Bad Boys II
by Coming Attractions (Tue 07-01-2003)

...rival THE MATRIX RELOADED. Catch what Michael Bay has in store for you by clicking here. [Apple.com.]July 1, 2003... Sony Pictures has sent us the teaser artwork they're using to promote BAD BOYS 2. You can spot this shot of Martin Lawrence, Will Smit...


Movie Mania
by Andrew Kardon (Thu 03-21-2002)

...CK 2. THE MATRIX 2. I'M SICK OF ALL THESE DAMN SEQUELS 2. You get the idea. Genre movies seem to be really hitting their stride, and that just means plenty more movie-based action figures for us. Now, if they'd only get around to making a Roger Ebert f...

Arnold from CRADLE TO THE GRAVE
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 03-08-2002)

While waiting to start shooting TRUE LIES 2 with James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger, comedian Tom Arnold has signed onto Joel Silver's (DIE HARD, DEMOLITION MAN, LETHAL WEAPON, THE MATRIX) new action production, CRADLE TO GRAVE. Arnold finds himself ...

Best Soundtracks of 2001 Part Two
by Randall D. Larson (Tue 01-29-2002)

...avis (THE MATRIX) became a suitable successor to the Jurassic assignments of John Williams and turned out a first-rate action score for JURASSIC PARK III (Decca 440 014 325 2). Opening with saurian growls from low brass, Davis quotes from Williams' Jur...

Clark Kent Can't Fly
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 07-19-2001)

..., and THE MATRIX--there are interesting things that you can do that in a way are cooler than flying. But you'll never see him go like this [raising his arms in front]. That's not going to happen."Gough also spoke of some of the things he'd like to see ...


Aronofsky's sci-fi flick gets Pitt, Blanchett?
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 06-27-2001)

 It looks like the as yet unnamed but often talked about sci-fi film from Darren Aronofsky is attracting some high priced talent. In addition to Brad Pitt eyeing the flick, which Aronofsky has previously promised as a cutting edge, "post-MATRIX" sci-...

THE SIXTH DAY
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 11-16-2000)

...o and The Matrix. You just won’t see that much that’s new and different in this film, but if you thought Charlie’s Angels was too far over the top, The Sixth Day may be for you.The tech credits are all solid, with some very nice visual effects suggesti...

Movie-Maker Alex Proyas, Master of MysteryClock.Com
by Anna L. Kaplan (Sun 11-05-2000)

... like THE MATRIX. Says Proyas, `A lot of the site has been created by a company called A.L. Play, who is a division of a company called Animal Logic, that we do a lot of work with in Sydney. They are essentially a visual effects company. They have d...

STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES
by Eric Moro (Tue 05-14-2002)

...nding THE MATRIX. The entire third act is one massive action set piece, the likes of which remain unrivaled by any film of this variety.And speaking of genre, of particular interest is the fact this movie is made up of three different kinds of films t...


Note for Note -- The Scoop on July's Movie Music
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 06-30-2001)

...avis (THE MATRIX) has just finished recording a lavish new score for JURASSIC PARK III. Davis was recommended for the assignment by fellow composer John Williams, who was unable to score the film himself because of his commitment to Steven Spielberg’s ...

Ready For KNIGHT RIDER: THE MOVIE?
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 08-01-2001)

... like THE MATRIX, taking it a little bit into the future."Regrading the film's scope, Hassellhoff adss that the KNIGHT RIDER movie will be an "absolutely very big feature film."You can hear Hasselhoff say all this for himself by clicking on the source ...

In Memory of Gloria Foster
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 10-08-2001)

...e" in THE MATRIX. It was role she was also reprising for the currently shooting sequels. No details have been given regarding how much of the sequels featuring Foster had been filmed as yet.Our condolences go out to her family and friends.

More Chaos Hits in the Fall
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Tue 08-14-2001)

...watch out MATRIX Watch our AKIRA Jade is looking to out do you all."The Shanghai of TURN LOOSE THE DRAGON was a high-tech neon-lit vision that Wilson intends to refine in REDEMPTION as the scene shifts to San Francisco. Blending all-out martial arts ...


ECTO-KID Going to Film
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 08-13-2001)

...wski (THE MATRIX) told the story of Dex Mungo, love child of a psychic woman and thev ghost of a murdered man. This unlikely union results in Dex having the ability to see the living with one eye, and the world of the dead with the other. While talking...

Titan Books' TRANSFORMERS Collections
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 11-07-2001)

...SFORMERS: MATRIX QUEST (May 2002), which collect the stories from issues #56-68 and the Unicron story. Further volumes are planned for the second half of 2002."If I have my way, the Titan TRANSFORMERS program will just keep rolling on and on," TRANSFOR...

The 29th Annual Saturn Awards Nominations - Face of the Future Category
by Eric Moro (Wed 03-05-2003)

...Bellucci (MATRIX: RELOADED, MATRIX: REVOLUTIONS)Emma Caulfield (DARKNESS FALLS, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER)Kristanna Loken (TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES)Rosamund Pike (DIE ANOTHER DAY)Sarah Wynter (24, THE SIXTH DAY)MALE FACE OF THE FUTUREShawn Ash...

FREDDY VS. JASON trailer this month
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 05-02-2003)

The Bloody Disgusting website has uncovered a New Line Cinema document that confirms the release of a FREDDY VS. JASON trailer and teaser poster the week that THE MATRIX RELOADED opens in theaters. RELOADED hits screens on May 15.This doesn't absolutely ...


New CROW movie hires an ANGEL for its heavy
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 04-30-2003)

...hong (THE MATRIX), Danny Trejo (SPY KIDS) and Tito Ortiz round out the remainder of Luc Crash's gang. The film will be directed by Lance Mungia (SIX-STRING SAMURAI). Production is set to commence in June.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to ...

The Chubbchubbs are Coming!!! And They Won an Oscar!
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-03-2003)

...ck to THE MATRIX: RELOADED will only contain about 27 minutes of Don Davis's score; the bulk of the album will be the alternative and rock music written for the film by various groups.Superb Records will issue John Ottman's score for X-MEN 2.Jerry Gold...

Van Helsing
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-02-2004)

...ts of THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, scheduled for release on November 7. This news comes from the annual NATO (North American Theater Owners) convention where previews of upcoming films are shown to theater owners.AICN's informant also said that the first tr...

X2 makes $33 M on Friday
by Patrick Sauriol