Keanu Reeves to take on Keanu Reeves at box office with Matrix and John Wick sequels
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Your support makes all the difference.Keanu Reeves is going to be extremely busy in 2021 – specifically May 2021.
The actor is set to take himself on at the spring box office, following the news that sequels The Matrix 4 and John Wick 4 will arrive in cinemas on the very same day.
Reeves is returning as Neo for the first time in 18 years in a brand new film that is being co-written and directed by Lana Wachowski.
He will co-star in the film alongside Carrie Ann Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith and new additions Neil Patrick Harris and Mindhunter star Jonathan Groff.
Watchmen actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will also appear in the sequel.
Meanwhile, John Wick 4 will continue on from the shocking events of the third outing, which was released earlier this year, and will see him attempt to battle every member of the Continental that’s thrown his way.
The as-of-yet untitled fourth Matrix film will being production early in 2020 with John Wick‘s fourth outing expected to be filmed in the summer.
Rumours surrounding a new Matrix film began swirling when John Wick director Chad Stahelski let slip that Wachowski was planning a sequel, although his comments were later claimed to be “hypothetical”.
Reeves wasn’t the first choice to play Neo in the Matrix trilogy, which ended with The Matrix Revolutions in 2003: Will Smith was approached for the role and recently revealed why he turned it down.
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