The Matrix Reloaded: Update

[Tabitha]

I am looking forward to these movies, but in a fairly relaxed way. I want them to wow me, so I am trying not to be too excited.

Interesting what Fishburne had to say about Morpheus's offer - I wondered about that too, when I saw the film. Why trust these people?

[whatsitsname]

i saw a clip on the news of neo fighting like 20 Agent Smiths and he is whooping tem all

[Tabitha]

Yep, looks like they are following the unwritten rule of sequels - that everything has to be bigger better and badder. Just hope they live up to expectations.

[timdgreat]

i think it will if it doesnt at least we get to see some good special effects:rolly2:

[Dave]

Scifi Wire -- Reeves Sacrificed For Matrix?

TeenHollywood.com reported a rumor that Matrix star Keanu Reeves gave up as much as $38 million to prevent the two new Matrix films, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, from being scrapped. Reeves reportedly sacrificed his cut of the upcoming two sequels' ticket sales when producers began fearing the box office would not cover the costs of making the special effects-laden flicks.

The site quotes an anonymous Warner Brothers source saying, "The special effects in the new movie are beyond belief, but hugely expensive. There was a real danger the projects would be scrapped until Keanu offered to sign away his cut. He has kissed goodbye to a huge sum of money."

Keanu was paid $10 million for the first Matrix movie in 1999 and picked up another $35 million as his cut of worldwide box office sales, the site reported. The Matrix Reloaded opens May 15; Revolutions opens in November.

I really, really want to see these two films.

[timdgreat]

Dave ur not the only one, and u shouldnt have to long to wait the next one it coming soon.

as for that report im suprised taht Keanu would do that, i mean yes he most likely has the money to spend, but shesh not often u hear of a star spending that much money, but i hope it means that we will get that much better special effects:rolly2:

[Tabitha]

I wonder how much of a paycheque he actually retained? I mean, it is all very well sacrificing a large chunk of one's paycheque, but when you give up $10Mil out of a total $20Mil (for example), it doesn't seem to me like that much of a real sacrifice!

[Dave]

from SCIFI WIRE

Weaving Reloaded For Matrix

Hugo Weaving, who reprises his role as Agent Smith in the upcoming sequel films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, told SCI FI Wire that his character's ability to replicate himself made for some interesting challenges during the filming. "We achieved the multi Smiths in a number of different ways," Weaving said in an interview. "Sometimes I would move into a room, say, and do it 10 times and end up in 10 slightly different positions. And then there would be 10 of me."

Weaving, who is also known to audiences as Elrond in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, added, "Then there are other scenes where there are stunt doubles or doubles of me, men the same height as me, and there would be face replacements done afterwards. And then there would be completely CG Smiths in other scenes, and then also sometimes there were dummies. There were just stationary dummies."

In addition to the new duplication ability, Weaving said there will be another big change in his character. Smith has broken away from the Matrix and is now a free agent within the system. "He's basically working for himself," Weaving said. "But he has the same goal and the same purpose and focus, which is to destroy Neo." The Matrix Reloaded opens May 15 and The Matrix Revolutions opens Nov. 7.

[timdgreat]

awesome i knew he could do it, thanks DAve, *shakes with anticipation*, cant wait to see it :rolly2: :rolly2:

[Dave]

Here's a couple of 'SciFi Wire' reports on 'Matrix Reloaded':

Reloaded Role Suits Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith, who stars as Niobe in the upcoming sequel film The Matrix Reloaded, told SCI FI Wire that writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski wrote the part specifically for her. "They did, actually," she said in an interview. "I met the Wachowskis for the first Matrix. ... So when two and three came around, they basically said, 'We have this character that we created for you, Niobe. Only problem is that you're nine months pregnant.' So they worked it out so that it could work for me, which I'll be forever grateful for."

Smith plays the captain of the hovercraft Logos, who plays a key role in the sequel and the third movie, The Matrix Revolutions. Niobe is also the central character in the upcoming video game, Enter the Matrix. Smith said she was in Australia shooting footage for the two movies and the video game for nearly a year. Niobe appears in a few scenes in Reloaded and plays a larger role in Revolutions.

"I'm getting kind of a better gauge after seeing [Reloaded]," Smith said. "There are some things that I thought were in this movie that weren't, and some things that I thought weren't going to be in this movie that were in this movie. I'm not clear. I've got to see the video-game movie. Because you have to understand, we have three different scripts going on, so I'm not sure where they're putting stuff. They're spreading stuff around."

Reloaded F/X Match Neo's Power

John Gaeta, visual effect supervisor on The Matrix Reloaded, told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming sequel contains more elaborate effects to match the development of Neo (Keanu Reeves). Writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski "expanded and extended [them], because the character Neo ... now self-actualizes into the true sense of a superhuman mind-over-Matrix," Gaeta said in an interview.


Gaeta added, "He now is capable of doing things with his will. So we obviously needed to support depictions of events that were going to be far more elaborate than the first bullet time, because the character was now going to engage in ways that we've never seen."

Among other things, the sequel shows Neo flying at breathtaking speeds throught the Matrix and fighting dozens of Agent Smiths (Hugo Weaving). In each case, Gaeta said, "the special effects are serving the story, rather than [having] effects for the sake of effects."

Other elaborate sequences include a 14-minute freeway chase involving trucks, a motorcycle, dozens of auto crashes and a truck-top sword fight. When asked why preview audiences found themselves applauding certain sequences, Gaeta said, "They were probably brought to a peak of excitement, which is the whole point."

The US premier is tonight, UK premier next week.

[leprykawn]

Can someone who has seen the movie post up a synopsis of the plot? I'm dying to find out what happens in the story line...

[Dave]

BUT START A NEW THREAD PLEASE

I'm going to have to stop reading this stuff now, until I see it.

We still have to wait another week.

[timdgreat]

sorry dave i didnt mean to do that to u, ill delete my post:rolly2:

[Dave]

No worries, you deleted it before I read it. I was thinking more of other members than me. It's going to be hard not to read spoilers on this, I plan to see it as soon as I possibly can to avoid that problem.

Americans seem to give it a thumbs up....

from Sci-Fi Wire
Reloaded Is Number One

The Matrix Reloaded took the top spot at the box-office in its first weekend of release, taking in an estimated $135.8 million in the period starting May 14 and $93.3 million from Friday through Sunday, a record for an R-rated film, the Hollywood trade papers reported. The three-day total also ranked as the second-highest premiere ever, just behind last year's Spider-Man, which racked up $115 million in its debut, the trade papers reported.

The Matrix Reloaded opened with preview screenings on May 14, which figured into the film's total take.

The sequel took four days to earn what its 1999 predecessor, The Matrix, grossed in five weeks, Dan Fellman, president of distribution at Warner Brothers, told the Reuters news service. The original Matrix earned $171 million total domestically.

X2 slipped to number three at the box office, with $17.1 million for the weekend and a 17-day total of $174 million, the trades reported.

[timdgreat]

well dave as far as i have seen most people who have seen it do love it, i personaly have seen it 4 times and loved it each time, gonna see it again soon,

some advice for every one who goes to see it, make sure u stay after the credits for the trailer for Revolutions, usually half the people in the theater leave after the movies over, this is a bad idea in this case

hope u all love it:rolly2: