Lana Wachowski

Musicians now have a chance to submit music for sci-fi thriller The Matrix Resurrections marketing campaign

From visionary filmmaker Lana Wachowski comes The Matrix Resurrections, the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined the sci-fi film genre. The Matrix Resurrections reunites original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in the iconic roles they made famous, Neo and Trinity. In celebration of the film’s release on December 22nd, UnitedMasters, the ….

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When I was young, originality was everything. A sequel was like a bad word. We’ve gone to the opposite place where [audiences] actually are more excited about a story we know the ending to.

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By: Lana Wachowski

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The filmmaker - in a rare interview with the Los Angeles Times - talking about how the just-released film she made with her brother Andy Wachowski, Jupiter Ascending, might fare at the box office. There's another great quote by Brent Lang, the source article's writer, about the current state of the movie business: "Jupiter Ascending may have crashed and burned, but at least it tried to soar on the strength of its own originality and daring. Its failure makes it harder for other filmmakers to get a chance to take similar risks. In this climate, would The Matrix ever have gotten made?"

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Epic sci-fi fantasy Cloud Atlas coming to IMAX

IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that the epic drama Cloud Atlas, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released in select North American IMAX theatres on Oct. 26, 2012. Based on the best-selling novel by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas is written for the screen and directed by acclaimed filmmakers Lana ….

The Matrix and The International directors ready to start shooting epic sci-fi adaptation Cloud Atlas with Halle Berry, Tom Hanks and more

The epic sci-fi adaptation Cloud Atlas – which is being co-written and co-directed by The Matrix siblings Andy and Lana Wachowski, along with The International director Tom Tykwer – is set to begin lensing in September at Germany’s Studio Babelsberg, according to THR. The large scale project stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan ….