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| owner = Village Roadshow PicturesWarner Bros. Entertainment| years = 1999–present| origin = The Matrix (1999)| books = | novels = | short_stories = | comics = {hide}ublist List of albums)| music = | toys = | attractions = | website = | footnotes = }}The Matrix is an American cyberpunkStarrs, Paul F., and Lynn Huntsinger. "The Matrix, cyberpunk literature, and the apocalyptic landscapes of information technology." Information technology and libraries 14.4 (1995): 251. media franchise consisting of four feature films, beginning with The Matrix (1999) and continuing with three sequels, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions (both 2003), and The Matrix Resurrections (2021). The first three films were written and directed by the Wachowskis and produced by Joel Silver. The screenplay for the fourth film was written by Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon, was directed by Lana Wachowski, and was produced by Grant Hill, James McTeigue, and Lana Wachowski.WEB, WarnerBros.com {{!, The Matrix Resurrections {{!}} Movies|url=https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/the-matrix-resurrections|access-date=2021-12-28|website=www.warnerbros.com|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109170452weblink|url-status=live}}WEB, Spangler, Todd, 2021-11-02, 'The Matrix Resurrections' Avatar NFTs to Go on Sale for $50 Each Ahead of Movie Premiere,weblink 2021-12-28, Variety, December 28, 2021,weblink live, The franchise is owned by Warner Bros., which distributed the films along with Village Roadshow Pictures. The latter, along with Silver Pictures, are the two production companies that worked on the first three films.The series features a cyberpunk story of the technological fall of humanity, in which the creation of artificial intelligence led the way to a race of powerful and self-aware machines that imprisoned humans in a neural interactive simulation — the Matrix — to be farmed as a power source. Occasionally, some of the prisoners manage to break free from the system and considered a threat, become pursued by the artificial intelligence both inside and outside of it. The films focus on the plight of Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) trying to free humanity from the system while pursued by its guardians, such as Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving, Abdul-Mateen II, and Jonathan Groff). The story incorporates references to numerous norms, particularly philosophical, religious, and spiritual ideas, among others the dilemma of choice vs. control, the brain in a vat thought experiment, messianism, and the concepts of interdependency and love. Influences include the principles of mythology, anime, and Hong Kong action films (particularly "heroic bloodshed" and martial arts movies). The film series is notable for its use of heavily choreographed action sequences and "bullet time" slow motion effects, which revolutionized action films to come.The characters and setting of the films are further explored in other media set in the same fictional universe, including animation, comics, and video games. The comic "Bits and Pieces of Information" and the Animatrix short film The Second Renaissance act as prequels to the films, explaining how the franchise's setting came to be. The video game Enter the Matrix connects the story of the Animatrix short "Final Flight of the Osiris" with the events of Reloaded, while the online video game The Matrix Online was a direct sequel to Revolutions. These were typically written, commissioned, or approved by the Wachowskis.The first film was an important critical and commercial success, winning four Academy Awards, introducing popular culture symbols such as the red pill and blue pill, and influencing action filmmaking. For those reasons, it has been added to the National Film Registry for preservation.NEWS,weblink Complete National Film Registry Listing - National Film Preservation Board {{!, Programs {{!}} Library of Congress|work=The Library of Congress|access-date=June 29, 2018|language=en|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217172059weblink|url-status=live}} Its first sequel was also a commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film in history, until it was surpassed by Deadpool in 2016. As of 2006, the franchise has generated US$3 billion in revenue. A fourth film, The Matrix Resurrections, was released on December 22, 2021, with Lana Wachowski producing, cowriting, and directing and Reeves and Moss reprising their roles. A fifth film is currently in development with Drew Goddard set to write and direct with Lana Wachowski executive producing.

Setting

{{unreferenced section|date=October 2020}}The series depicts a future in which Earth is dominated by a race of self-aware machines that was spawned from the creation of artificial intelligence early in the 21st century. At one point conflict arose between humanity and machines, and the machines rebelled against their creators. Humans attempted to block out the machines' source of solar power by covering the sky in thick, stormy clouds. A massive war emerged between the two adversaries which ended with the machines victorious, capturing humanity. Having lost their definite source of energy, the machines devised a way to extract the human body's bioelectric and thermal energies by enclosing people in pods, while their minds are controlled by cybernetic implants connecting them to a simulated reality called The Matrix.The virtual reality world simulated by the Matrix resembles human civilization around the turn of the 21st century (this time period was chosen because it is supposedly the pinnacle of human civilization). The environment inside the Matrix is practically indistinguishable from reality (although scenes set within the Matrix are presented on-screen with a green tint to the footage, and a general bias towards the color green), and the vast majority of humans connected to it are unaware of its true nature. Most of the central characters in the series are able to gain superhuman abilities within the Matrix by taking advantage of their understanding of its true nature to manipulate its virtual physical laws. The films take place both inside the Matrix and outside of it, in the real world; the parts that take place in the Matrix are set in a vast Western megacity.The virtual world is first introduced in The Matrix. The short comic "Bits and Pieces of Information" and the Animatrix short film The Second Renaissance show how the initial conflict between humanity and machines came about, and how and why the Matrix was first developed. Its history and purpose are further explained in The Matrix Reloaded. In The Matrix Revolutions a new status quo is established in the Matrix's place in humankind and machines' conflict. This was further explored in The Matrix Online, a now-defunct MMORPG.

Films{| class"wikitable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center;"

! Film! U.S. release date ! Directed by! Written by! Produced by! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Matrix The Wachowskis Joel Silver! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Matrix Reloaded ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Matrix Revolutions ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Matrix Resurrections | Lana WachowskiDavid Mitchell (author)>David Mitchell & Aleksandar HemonGrant Hill (producer)>Grant Hill, Lana Wachowski & James McTeigue

Future

During production of the original trilogy, the Wachowskis told their close collaborators that, "at that time they had no intention of making another Matrix film after The Matrix Revolutions".WEB,weblink Don Davis - Interview, soundtrack.net, March 25, 2017, March 19, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170319110935weblink">weblink live, WEB,weblink Love bug bites the new Matrix - smh.com.au, smh.com.au, May 12, 2003, March 25, 2017, March 19, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170319055650weblink">weblink live, MAGAZINE,weblink Next Neo Thing, November 14, 2003, Entertainment Weekly, March 25, 2017, March 19, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170319024635weblink">weblink live, WEB,weblink New Matrix Games On The Way, October 28, 2003, The Daily Haggis, March 25, 2017, December 13, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161213084959weblink">weblink dead, In February 2015, in promotion interviews for Jupiter Ascending, Lilly Wachowski called a return to The Matrix "a particularly repelling idea in these times", noting studios' tendencies to "greenlight" sequels, reboots, and adaptations, in preference to original material.WEB,weblink Wachowskis unfazed by negativity ahead of 'Jupiter Ascending' launch, Derrik J., Lang, timescolonist.com, March 15, 2017, March 16, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170316024421weblink">weblink dead, Meanwhile, Lana Wachowski, in addressing rumors about a potential reboot, stated that "...they had not heard anything, but she believed that the studio might be looking to replace them".WEB,weblink The Wachowskis Talk JUPITER ASCENDING, Creating the Chicago Sequence, SENSE8, and More, February 4, 2015, collider.com, March 15, 2017, October 31, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161031114300weblink">weblink live, At various times, Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving each confirmed their interest and willingness to reprise their roles in potential future installments of the Matrix films, with the stipulation that the Wachowskis were involved in the creative and production process.WEB,weblink Keanu Reeves is up for The Matrix 4 (exclusive), yahoo.com, February 17, 2017, March 15, 2017, March 14, 2017,weblink live, WEB,weblink Hugo Weaving on revisiting The Matrix: 'They would start again with different actors', Luke, Buckmaster, April 17, 2017, The Guardian, April 21, 2017, April 20, 2017,weblink live, These comments were made prior to the announcement in August 2019 that Lana Wachowski would direct a fourth Matrix film ultimately titled The Matrix Resurrections.WEB, Kroll, Justin, 2019-08-20, 'Matrix 4' Officially a Go With Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lana Wachowski (EXCLUSIVE),weblink live, 2021-12-17, Variety, August 20, 2019,weblink Following the release of Resurrections, producer James McTeigue said that there were no plans for further Matrix films, though he believed that the film's open ending meant that could change in the future.WEB, 26 December 2021, Steven Weintraub, 'The Matrix Resurrections': James McTeigue on the Meta Dialogue, How Lana Wachowski Has Changed as a Director, and Future Movies,weblink Collider, January 14, 2022, January 17, 2022,weblink live, WEB,weblink No New Matrix Trilogy Plans According to Producer, January 1, 2022, January 1, 2022,weblink live, In April 2024, it was announced that Warner Bros. was developing a new installment in the franchise with Drew Goddard attached to write and direct following a successful pitch with studio executives. It will mark the first installment to not be directed by either Wachowski sister although Lana will serve as an executive producer.WEB, Kit, Borys, April 3, 2024, New ‘Matrix’ Movie in the Works with Drew Goddard Writing, Directing,weblink The Hollywood Reporter, April 3, 2024,

Other projects

In March 2017, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Warner Bros. was in the early stages of developing a re-launch of the franchise. Consideration was given to producing a Matrix television series, but was dismissed as the studio opted to pursue negotiations with Zak Penn in writing a treatment for a new film, with Michael B. Jordan eyed for the lead role. According to the article, the Wachowskis were not involved at that point.WEB,weblink 'The Matrix' Reboot in the Works at Warner Bros. (Exclusive), The Hollywood Reporter, March 14, 2017, March 25, 2017, March 15, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170315031900weblink">weblink live, In response to the report, Penn refuted all statements regarding a reboot, remake, or continuation, remarking that he was working on stories set in the pre-established continuity.WEB,weblink Zak Penn Offers Update On New Matrix Movie, October 6, 2017, /Film, October 16, 2019, October 30, 2019,weblink live, Potential plotlines being considered by Warner Bros. Pictures included a prequel film about a young Morpheus, or an alternate storyline with a focus on one of his descendants.WEB,weblink The New MATRIX May Be A Young Morpheus Movie, Scott, Wampler, March 17, 2017, birthmoviesdeath.com, March 25, 2017, March 26, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170326141809weblink">weblink live, WEB,weblink The Risk and Reward of 'The Matrix 4', The Hollywood Reporter, August 21, 2019, August 28, 2019, November 7, 2020,weblink live, By April 2018, Penn described the script as "being at a nascent stage".WEB,weblink Zak Penn Wants To Expand The Matrix Universe, March 18, 2018, ScreenRant, August 28, 2019, March 19, 2018,weblink live, WEB,weblink 'Ready Player One' screenwriter Zak Penn on working with Steven Spielberg, Scott A. Rosenberg, April 3, 2018, September 14, 2019, AM New York, August 29, 2019,weblink live, Later, in September 2019, Jordan addressed the rumors of his involvement by saying he was "flattered", but without making a definitive statement.WEB,weblink Michael B Jordan Addresses Matrix Reboot Rumors, Movies, October 9, 2019, October 9, 2019,weblink live, In October 2019, Penn confirmed the script he wrote is set within an earlier time period than the first three films in the franchise.WEB,weblink 'The Matrix': Keanu Reeves Sequel Isn't Only Movie In Development, October 5, 2019, Heroic Hollywood, October 5, 2019, October 5, 2019,weblink live,

Cast and crew

Cast

{{See also|List of Matrix series characters}}{{Cast indicator|appeared=two or more installments in the series|A|E|M|O|U|V|Y}}{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"! rowspan="3" scope="col" style="width:10%;" | Character! colspan="4" | Films! colspan="4" | Video games! Animated film! style="width:09%;" | The Matrix! style="width:10%;" | The Matrix Reloaded! style="width:10%;" | The Matrix Revolutions! style="width:11%;" | The Matrix Resurrections! style="width:10%;" | Enter the Matrix! style="width:10%;" | The Matrix Online! style="width:10%;" | (The Matrix: Path of Neo|{{small|The Matrix:}}Path of Neo)! style="width:10%;" | The Matrix Awakens! style="width:10%;" | The Animatrix! 1999! 2003! 2003! 2021! 2003! 2005! 2005! 2021! 2003! colspan="10" style="background:lightblue;"|

Zion / Io

! rowspan="3" | Neo{{small|Thomas A. Anderson}} Keanu Reeves| Keanu Reeves Keanu ReevesAppeared}} Andrew Bowen Keanu ReevesSteven Roy}}{{refO}}James McTeigue}}{{refO}}! rowspan="2" | Trinity{{small|Tiffany}} Carrie-Anne Moss| Carrie-Anne Moss Carrie-Anne Moss Jennifer Hale Carrie-Anne MossSarah McTeigue}}{{refO}}! rowspan="2" | Morpheus Laurence Fishburne| Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Laurence FishburneLaurence Fishburne}}{{refA}}{{refM}}  Laurence Fishburne}}{{refA}}{{refM}}! Niobe   Jada Pinkett Smith| Gina Torres| Kimberly Brooks  ! Link   Harold Perrineau   Harold PerrineauKeith Ferguson (voice actor)>Keith Ferguson  ! Cdr. Lock   Harry Lennix   Harry Lennix  ! The Kid{{small|Michael Karl Popper}}   Clayton Watson  | Clayton Watson  | Clayton Watson! Cllr. Hamann   Anthony Zerbe  | Anthony Zerbe  ! Cpt. Roland   David Roberts  | David Roberts  ! Bane   Ian Bliss  | Gideon Emery  ! Zee   Nona Gaye  ! Cpt. Mifune   Nathaniel Lees  ! Cis  Appeared}}  | Hedy Burress  | Hedy Burress! Thadeus  | Kevin Michael Richardson  | Kevin Michael Richardson! Duo  | Phil LaMarr  | Phil LaMarr! colspan="10" style="background:lightblue;"|

Agents

! rowspan="3" | Agent Smith Hugo Weaving Hugo WeavingJonathan GroffWEINSTEINDATE=DECEMBER 10, 2021URL=HTTPS://SCREENRANT.COM/MATRIX-4-JONATHAN-GROFF-CHARACTER-AGENT-SMITH-IMAGE/ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211211132101/HTTPS://SCREENRANT.COM/MATRIX-4-JONATHAN-GROFF-CHARACTER-AGENT-SMITH-IMAGE/ACCESS-DATE=DECEMBER 11, 2021SCREEN RANT>LANGUAGE=EN-US, Hugo WeavingAppeared}} Christopher Corey Smith   Matt McKenzie Ian Bliss| Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIarchivemovie|M}}| Gideon Emery! Agent JonesRobert Taylor (Australian actor)>Robert Taylor  | Stephen Dunlevy  | James M. Connor  | Kevin Michael Richardson! Agent BrownPaul Goddard (actor)>Paul Goddard  Michael Gough (voice actor)>Michael Gough  | Matt McKenzie! Agent Johnson  | Daniel Bernhardt  extend|E}}| Daniel Bernhardt  | Fred Tatasciore  ! Agent Jackson  | David A. Kilde  | David A. Kilde  | Stephen Stanton  ! Agent Thompson  | Matt McColm  | Matt McColm  | Robin Atkin Downes  ! Agent White  | Amadei Weiland  Appeared}}  ! colspan="10" style="background:lightblue;"|

Programs

! The Oracle Gloria Foster| Mary Alicearchivemovie|M}} Mary Alice  ! Woman in Red| Fiona Johnson  | Dani Swan  ! Seraph   Collin Chou   Collin Chou| Michael Gough  ! The Merovingian   Lambert Wilson| Robin Atkin Downes  ! Persephone   Monica Bellucci  Monica Bellucci  ! Keymaker  | Randall Duk Kim  | Randall Duk Kim  | Peter Renaday  ! The Architect   Helmut Bakaitis  ! Rama Kandra   Bernard White  ! rowspan="2" | Sati   Tanveer K. Atwal| Priyanka Chopra Jonas  Tanveer K. Atwal  archivemovie|M}}! Trainman  | Bruce Spence  | Bruce Spence  ! Io  Appeared}}  | Felicia Simone  ! The Analyst  | Neil Patrick Harris  

Crew

The following is a list of crew members who have participated in the making of the Matrix film series.{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"! Title! Executive producers! Director(s) of photography! Editor! Composer(s)! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Matrix| Erwin Stoff, Bruce Berman, Andrew Mason, The Wachowskis & Barrie M. Osborne Bill Pope Zach Staenberg Don Davis! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Matrix Reloaded Grant Hill, Bruce Berman, Andrew Mason & The Wachowskis! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Matrix Revolutions! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Matrix Resurrections| Jesse Ehrman, Bruce Berman, Terry Needham, Garrett Grant, Michael Salven & Karin Wachowski| John Toll & Daniele Massaccesi| Joseph Jett Sally| Tom Tykwer & Johnny Klimek

Production

The Matrix series includes four feature films. The first three were written and directed by the Wachowskis and produced by Joel Silver, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving. The series was filmed in Australia and began with 1999's The Matrix, which depicts the recruitment of hacker Neo into humanity's rebellion against sentient machines.The film's mainstream success had backed up the initial idea of making a trilogy.WEB,weblink Reeves, helmers near pricey 'Matrix' sequels, Michael, Fleming, August 24, 1999, variety.com, March 31, 2017, May 12, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170512210830weblink">weblink live, The sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, were filmed simultaneously during one shoot (under the project codename "The Burly Man"),MAGAZINE,weblink MATRIX2, Steve, Silberman, wired.com, March 31, 2017, January 15, 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130115105744weblink">weblink live, and released in two parts in 2003. They tell the story of the impending attack on the human enclave of Zion by a vast machine army. Neo also learns more about the history of the Matrix and his role as The One. The sequels also incorporate more ambitious action scenes and visual effects.

Reception

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Box office performance

The Matrix was highly successful, earning over $460 million worldwide on a modest budget of $63 million. The sequels had a much larger budget of $150 million each; Reloaded was also a big commercial success, earning almost $742 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film in history,WEB, The Matrix Revolutions Ignites Global Box Office Revolution with $204 Million Opening, Setting a New Record for the Biggest Consecutive 5-Day Opening of All Time {{!, WarnerMedia|url=http://www.warnermediagroup.com/newsroom/press-releases/2003/11/09/the-matrix-revolutions-ignites-global-box-office-revolution-with|website=www.warnermediagroup.com|access-date=June 29, 2018|language=en|archive-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629155252weblink|url-status=live}}NEWS, Looking back at the Matrix sequels,weblink Den of Geek, June 29, 2018, en, June 29, 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180629160559weblink">weblink live, a title which it held for 13 years until it was surpassed by the film Deadpool;NEWS, 'Deadpool' Overtakes 'Matrix Reloaded' as Highest-Grossing R-Rated Movie,weblink Variety, March 29, 2016, July 8, 2018, en-US, Brent, Lang, January 15, 2017,weblink live, Revolutions had the world's first simultaneous release across major cities all over the world,WEB,weblink The Matrix Revolutions Ignites Global Box Office Revolution with $204 Million Opening, Setting a New Record for the Biggest Consecutive 5-Day Opening of All Time, WarnerMedia, 2023, which for the first time in history included both a release in China,WEB,weblink 'The Matrix Revolutions' Becomes the First Major Studio Film to Release Day & Date with the U.S. in China, WarnerMedia, 2023, and a release in IMAX theaters.WEB,weblink Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures to Make Cinema History with Global Unveiling of The Matrix Revolutions on November 5, Making the Film Available to Fans Around the World at the Same Moment in Time, WarnerMedia, 2023, Its five-day opening at $204 million broke the previous record, but ultimately the film made $427 million, a little less than the original.{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width:99%;"! Film! U.S. release date! Box office gross (Domestic)!Box office gross (International)!Box office gross (Worldwide)! Budget! {{nowrap|{{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}}}| The Matrix| March 31, 1999| $172,076,928| $295,145,800| $467,222,728| $63 millionWEBSITE=BOX OFFICE MOJOIMDB>ACCESS-DATE=JUNE 14, 2019ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20190904034751/HTTPS://WWW.BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM/MOVIES/?ID=MATRIX.HTM, live, | The Matrix Reloaded| May 15, 2003| $281,576,461| $460,271,476| $741,847,937| $150 millionWEBSITE=BOX OFFICE MOJOIMDB>ACCESS-DATE=DECEMBER 26, 2019ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20090201002240/HTTP://WWW.BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM/MOVIES/?ID=MATRIXRELOADED.HTM, live, | The Matrix Revolutions| November 5, 2003| $139,313,948| $288,030,377| $427,344,325| $150 millionWEBSITE=BOX OFFICE MOJOIMDB>ACCESS-DATE=JUNE 14, 2019ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120729134838/HTTP://BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM/MOVIES/?ID=MATRIXREVOLUTIONS.HTM, live, | The Matrix Resurrections| December 22, 2021| $37,686,805| $119,610,720| $157,297,525| $190 millionWEBSITE=BOX OFFICE MOJOIMDB>ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 15, 2022ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220101172808/HTTPS://WWW.BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM/TITLE/TT10838180/DATE= DECEMBER 26, 2021 LAST= RUBIN ACCESS-DATE= JANUARY 16, 2022 ARCHIVE-URL= HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211226165728/HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2021/FILM/BOX-OFFICE/SPIDERMAN-BILLION-DOLLARS-BOX-OFFICE-PANDEMIC-1235143308/, live, ! colspan="2" | Total! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:172076928+281576461+139313948+37686805}}}}! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:295145800+460271476+288030377+119610720}}}}! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:467222728+741847937+427344325+157297525}}}}! $553 million!

Critical and public response

The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded received positive reviews, the critical response to The Matrix Revolutions was more negative. One complaint was that Revolutions did not give answers to the questions raised in Reloaded.WEB,weblink Naval Gazing, nymag.com, November 5, 2003, March 31, 2017, August 20, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120820012106weblink">weblink live, {| class="wikitable sortable" width=99% border="1" style="text-align: center;"! Film! Rotten Tomatoes! Metacritic! CinemaScoreWEB,weblink CinemaScore, CinemaScore, April 15, 2022,weblink April 13, 2022, live, The MatrixWORK=ROTTENTOMATOES.COMARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 24, 2008URL-STATUS=LIVE, WORK=METACRITIC.COMARCHIVE-DATE=NOVEMBER 25, 2010URL-STATUS=LIVE, The Matrix ReloadedWORK=ROTTENTOMATOES.COMARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 19, 2012URL-STATUS=LIVE, WORK=METACRITIC.COMARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 21, 2010URL-STATUS=LIVE, The AnimatrixWORK=ROTTENTOMATOES.COMARCHIVE-DATE=SEPTEMBER 12, 2014URL-STATUS=LIVE, | {{N/A}}| {{N/A}} The Matrix RevolutionsWORK=ROTTENTOMATOES.COMARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 22, 2012URL-STATUS=LIVE, WORK=METACRITIC.COMARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 5, 2018URL-STATUS=LIVE, The Matrix ResurrectionsWORK=ROTTENTOMATOES.COMARCHIVE-DATE=DECEMBER 27, 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, WORK=METACRITIC.COMARCHIVE-DATE=DECEMBER 27, 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE,

Accolades

Legal claims

In April 2003, Sophia Stewart filed a legal complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging that the idea of The Matrix (and the 1984 film The Terminator) were plagiarized from her own film treatment titled "The Third Eye".MAGAZINE, Gray, Madison, Inside The Billion Dollar Matrix Lawsuit, One of the Internet's Most Pervasive Legends,weblink Time (magazine), Time, October 16, 2017, November 22, 2013, October 2, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171002173110weblink">weblink live, WEB, Seewood, Andre, Sophia Stewart: "The Matrix" Lawsuit – Conspiracy Or Hoax?,weblink IndieWire, October 16, 2017, December 10, 2011, October 16, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171016122958weblink">weblink live, The court allowed the lawsuit to move forward in 2005,WEB, Moore, Corey, 'Matrix' Lawsuit to Move Forward,weblink NPR, October 16, 2017, May 24, 2005, October 16, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171016122113weblink">weblink live, but Stewart did not attend the deposition. In a 53-page ruling, Judge Margaret Morrow dismissed the case, stating that Stewart and her attorneys "had not entered any evidence to bolster its key claims or demonstrated any striking similarity between her work and the accused directors' films."NEWS, Powers, Kemp, The Billion-Dollar Myth,weblink October 16, 2017, Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2005, October 15, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171015162833weblink">weblink live, In August 2014, Stewart successfully sued her lawyers because they "failed to provide legal services to Ms. Stewart in the California case, and thereby breached the Contract. For example, [her lawyers] failed timely to respond to discovery requests or serve discovery requests on the California defendants, failed to depose key witnesses or develop admissible evidence, failed to deny requests for admission, and failed to respond timely to the California defendants’ motion for summary judgment." "Ms. Stewart did not appear for [the 2005] deposition, ultimately twice failing to appear for her deposition; and both times unknowingly, as her attorneys never advised her of the depositions." Stewart was awarded damages totaling $316,280.62.WEB, Benson, Dee, Furse, Evelyn J., August 11, 2014, Case 2:07-cv-00552-DB Document 283,weblink live, March 17, 2023, January 4, 2023,weblink Despite the ruling, the case became the subject of "Internet legend", with many sources claiming Stewart had actually won the lawsuit.WEB, Sergio, Why Won't That Story About Sophia Stewart And Her 'Matrix' Lawsuit Die?,weblink IndieWire, October 16, 2017, April 16, 2013, October 16, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171016122104weblink">weblink live, WEB, Sophia Stewart Matrix Lawsuit,weblink Snopes.com, October 16, 2017, August 8, 2005, In 2013, Thomas Althouse filed suit in California federal court alleging that ideas for the sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions came from a screenplay he wrote called The Immortals. In a summary judgement for the defendants, Judge R. Gary Klausner stated "The basic premises of The Matrix Trilogy and The Immortals are so different that it would be unreasonable to find their plots substantially similar."WEB, Gardner, Eriq, Warner Bros. Wins Lawsuit Claiming It Stole 'The Matrix',weblink The Hollywood Reporter, October 16, 2017, April 28, 2014, October 16, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171016122200weblink">weblink live, WEB, Denham, Jess, The Matrix wins 'unreasonable' plagiarism lawsuit brought by writer Thomas Althouse,weblinkweblink June 18, 2022, subscription, live, The Independent, October 16, 2017, April 29, 2014, WEB, Johnson, Ted, Warner Bros. Wins 'Matrix' Idea Theft Lawsuit,weblink Variety (magazine), Variety, October 16, 2017, April 28, 2014, October 16, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171016122846weblink">weblink live, WEB, Warner Bros Wins 'Matrix' Theft Lawsuit,weblink Deadline Hollywood, October 16, 2017, April 28, 2014, October 16, 2017,weblink live,

Influences and interpretations

|quote=What we were trying to achieve with the story overall was a shift, the same kind of shift that happens for Neo, that Neo goes from being in this sort of cocooned and programmed world, to having to participate in the construction of meaning to his life. And we were like, "Well, can the audience go through the three movies and experience something similar to what the main character experiences?"So the first movie is sort of typical in its approach. The second movie is deconstructionist, and it assaults all of the things that you thought to be true in the first movie, and so people get very upset, and they're like "Stop attacking me!" in the same way that people get upset with deconstructionist philosophy. I mean, Derrida and Foucault, these people upset us. And then the third movie is the most ambiguous, because it asks you to actually participate in the construction of meaning.}}The Matrix films make numerous references to films and literature, and to historical myths and philosophy, including Buddhism, Vedanta, Advaita Hinduism, Christianity, Messianism, Judaism, Gnosticism, existentialism, obscurantism, and nihilism. The films' premise resembles Plato's Allegory of the cave, René Descartes's evil demon, Kant's reflections on the Phenomenon versus the Ding an sich, Zhuangzi's "Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly", Marxist social theory and the brain in a vat thought experiment. Many references to Jean Baudrillard's 1981 treatise Simulacra and Simulation appear in the first film. Baudrillard himself considered this a misrepresentation,WEB,weblink IJBS, October 21, 2010, archive.org, March 31, 2017, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20101021010544weblink">weblink October 21, 2010, although Lana Wachowski claims the point the reference was making was misunderstood.AV MEDIA,weblinkweblink 2021-10-28, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, DePaul Visiting Artists Series, May 2, 2014, March 27, 2017, YouTube, 01:11:34, {{cbignore}} There are similarities to cyberpunk works such as the 1984 book Neuromancer by William Gibson,WEB,weblink Postmodernism Lesson Plans: The Matrix and Neuromancer, Purdue, March 31, 2017, April 1, 2017,weblink live, who has described The Matrix as "arguably the ultimate 'cyberpunk' artifact".WEB,weblink THE MATRIX: FAIR COP, William Gibson, Gibson, William, The William Gibson Blog, January 28, 2003, December 10, 2012, May 30, 2012,weblink dead, Japanese director Mamoru Oshii's 1995 film Ghost in the Shell was a strong influence.WEB,weblink Home, warnervideo.com, March 31, 2017, October 6, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121006041445weblink">weblink live, Producer Joel Silver has stated that the Wachowskis first described their intentions for The Matrix by showing him that anime and saying, "We wanna do that for real."Joel Silver, interviewed in "Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime" featurette on The Animatrix DVD.Joel Silver, interviewed in "Making The Matrix" featurette on the Matrix DVD. Mitsuhisa Ishikawa of Production I.G, which produced Ghost in the Shell, noted that the anime's high-quality visuals were a strong source of inspiration for the Wachowskis. He also commented, "... cyberpunk films are very difficult to describe to a third person. I'd imagine that The Matrix is the kind of film that was very difficult to draw up a written proposal for to take to film studios." He stated that since Ghost in the Shell had gained recognition in America, the Wachowskis used it as a "promotional tool".Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, interviewed in The South Bank Show, episode broadcast February 19, 2006 weblink" title="https:/-/web.archive.org/web/20100528022243weblink">weblink Similarities to the 1985 anime film Megazone 23 have also been noticed, but the Wachowskis stated they have never seen it.WEB,weblink ONLINE CHAT - Larry & Andy Wachowski, February 13, 2010, WhatIsTheMatrix.com, March 27, 2017, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100213041503weblink">weblink February 13, 2010, Reviewers have commented on similarities between The Matrix and other late-1990s films such as Strange Days, Dark City, and The Truman Show.WEB,weblink The Matrix, Roger, Ebert, Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, "The Matrix" recycles the premises of "Dark City" and "Strange Days,"..., March 31, 1999, September 17, 2012, February 5, 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130205095340weblink">weblink dead, WEB,weblink The Matrix (1999) - Film Review from FilmFour, Film4, Channel Four Television Corporation, The film is a perfect product of its time. It is a very modern conspiracy thriller, a film based, like The Truman Show, on the appealingly terrifying notion of a universal conspiracy - that life itself and everything that we know and take for granted are lies. It's also a film steeped in the traditionals of Japanese anime and megamixed philosophy and semiotics (spot the Baudrillard references kids).,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100525142638weblink">weblink May 25, 2010, September 17, 2012, WEB,weblink What Was the Matrix?, Rowley, Stephen, June 18, 2003, sterow.com, The Matrix was the third in a cycle of movies to arrive in the late nineties with a strikingly similar theme. Like its predecessors from the previous year, Dark City and The Truman Show, it tells the story of a seemingly ordinary man who suddenly finds that his whole life is faked: he is trapped in an artificially created environment designed to keep him in submission. Like the heroes of those earlier movies, Keanu Reeves' Neo starts to realise that he is somehow special, and tries to escape the confines of his prison., January 9, 2012, January 20, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120120004250weblink">weblink live, The Wachowskis stated Dark City had no influence on the franchise, but commented about it and The Truman Show that they thought it was "very strange that Australia came to have three films associated with it that were all about the nature of reality." Comparisons have also been made to Grant Morrison's comic series The Invisibles; Morrison believes that the Wachowskis essentially plagiarized their work to create the film.WEB,weblink Poor Mojo Newswire: Suicide Girls Interview with Grant Morrison,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090628091125weblink">weblink June 28, 2009, July 31, 2006, The Wachowskis responded that they enjoy the comic, but did not use it for inspiration. In addition, the similarity of the films' central concept to a device in the long-running series Doctor Who has also been noted. As in the film, the Matrix of that series (introduced in the 1976 serial The Deadly Assassin) is a massive computer system which one enters using a device connecting to the head, allowing users to see representations of the real world and change its laws of physics; but if killed there, they will die in reality.Condon, Paul. The Matrix Unlocked. 2003. Contender. p.141-3. {{ISBN|1-84357-093-9}}The first Matrix film features numerous references to the "White Rabbit", the "Rabbit Hole" and mirrors, referring to Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).MAGAZINE,weblink Popular Metaphysics, Richard, Corliss, April 11, 1999, April 1, 2017, Time, April 1, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170401232804weblink">weblink live, Matrixism is a new religious movement inspired by the trilogy. Adam Possamai, a sociologist of religion, describes these types of religions/spiritualities as hyper-real religions due to their eclectic mix of religion/spirituality with elements of popular culture and their connection to the fluid social structures of late capitalism.WEB,weblink Religion and Popular Culture, January 3, 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110807055343weblink">weblink August 7, 2011, There is some debate about whether followers of Matrixism are indeed serious about their practice; however, the religion (real or otherwise) has received attention in the media.WEB,weblink They're all god movies, in mysterious ways - National - smh.com.au, smh.com.au, May 19, 2005, March 31, 2017, October 15, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121015183846weblink">weblink live, WEB,weblink The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, sundaytimes.lk, March 31, 2017, April 1, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170401054812weblink">weblink live, Following the Wachowskis' coming out as transgender women some years after the release of the films, the first film and the pill analogy have also been analyzed in the context of the Wachowskis' transgender experiences. In this case, taking the red pill and living out of the Matrix symbolizes exploring one's own gender identity, starting the transition and coming out as transgender, as opposed to a continued life in the closet.WEB,weblink Bootlegging the Matrix: In Which Bootleg Girl Explains the Matrix Sequels, Dr. Eleanor A. Lockhart, Medium, October 3, 2017, March 10, 2018, March 10, 2018,weblink live, (first published on weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150222132106weblink">January 30, 2015)WEB,weblink Decoding the Transgender Matrix: The Matrix as a Transgender Coming Out Story, Marcy Cook, The Mary Sue, April 19, 2016, March 10, 2018, May 4, 2018,weblink live, In 2016, Lilly Wachowski acknowledged this analysis by calling it "a cool thing because it's an excellent reminder that art is never static".WEB,weblink Lilly Wachowski Acknowledges Re-Examination of The Matrix With Lens Focused on Transness, April 5, 2016, November 6, 2018, October 30, 2018,weblink live,

Home media

(File:Ultimate Matrix Collection poster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.13|The Ultimate Matrix Collection cover)In 2004, Warner Home Video released The Ultimate Matrix Collection, a 10-disc set of the films on DVD. It included the trilogy of films, The Animatrix, and six discs of additional material, including the documentary film The Matrix Revisited, the live-action footage shot for Enter the Matrix, and a promotional compilation of The Matrix Online. For this release, The Matrix was remastered under the supervision of the Wachowskis and the trilogy's cinematographer, Bill Pope, to improve its picture quality and make its color timing closer to that of its sequels. At the request of the Wachowskis, as they explain in a written statement that accompanies the boxset, each of the three films is accompanied by two audio commentaries, one by philosophers who liked the films, and another by critics who did not, with the intention that viewers use them as reference points to form their own opinion. The compilation includes 35 hours of bonus material, but some of the extras from earlier, standalone, releases are missing. A Limited Edition of The Ultimate Matrix Collection was also released. It encases the ten discs plus a resin bust of Neo inside an acrylic glass box.WEB,weblink The Ultimate Matrix Collection: Limited Edition, dvdtalk.com, March 29, 2017, March 30, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170330014654weblink">weblink live, The Ultimate Matrix Collection was later also released on HD DVD (5 discs) and Blu-ray (6 discs) in 2007 and 2008, respectively. The HD DVD release added a picture-in-picture video commentary to the three films and the extras that were missing from the previous DVD compilation.WEB,weblink The Ultimate Matrix Collection HD DVD Review - High-Def Digest, highdefdigest.com, March 29, 2017, April 8, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170408214217weblink">weblink live, The Blu-ray release presented The Animatrix in high definition for the first time.WEB,weblink The Ultimate Matrix Collection Blu-ray Review - High Def Digest, highdefdigest.com, March 29, 2017, April 17, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170417060425weblink">weblink live, A pared-down set dubbed The Complete Matrix Trilogy was also released on HD DVD and Blu-ray (3 discs each), which dropped The Animatrix and some of the special features.WEB,weblink The Complete Matrix Trilogy HD DVD Review | High-Def Digest, hddvd.highdefdigest.com, September 13, 2019, August 9, 2020,weblink live, WEB,weblink The Matrix Trilogy Comes to High Definition (HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Disc), BigPictureBigSound, September 13, 2019, August 9, 2020,weblink live, The Ultra HD Blu-ray release of The Matrix Trilogy came out in 2018 (9 discs),WEB,weblink "The Matrix" Celebrates 20 Years, www.warnerbros.com, September 13, 2019, November 30, 2019,weblink live, and presented the trilogy in 4K resolution and high-dynamic-range video, remastered from the original camera negative and supervised by Bill Pope. In this release, The Matrix is presented with a color grade that reportedly comes closer to its theatrical presentation than any of the previous home video releases.WEB,weblink The Matrix 4K Blu-ray, www.blu-ray.com, September 11, 2019, May 18, 2020,weblink live, WEB,weblinkweblink 2021-10-28, CGM - Hors-Série - The Matrix, www.youtube.com, {{cbignore}} The set also includes standard Blu-ray copies of the films sourced from the new 4K master, but is missing The Animatrix and some special features.WEB,weblink Matrix Trilogy, The (4K UHD Review), Bill, Hunt, October 28, 2018, The Digital Bits, September 11, 2019, September 21, 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190921113839weblink">weblink live,

Other media and merchandising

By August 2000, The Matrix DVD had sold over three million copies in United States, becoming the best-selling of all time.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080305104849weblink">weblink March 5, 2008, Press release – August 1, 2000 – The Matrix DVD: The first to sell 3 million, Warner Bros., Inc., Whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com, Burbank, August 1, 2000, April 10, 2012, By November 2003, The Matrix franchise had generated {{US$|677 million|long=no}} from VHS and DVD sales, {{US$|162 million|long=no}} from the video game Enter the Matrix (2003), {{US$|37 million|long=no}} from (The Matrix Reloaded: The Album) soundtrack sales, and {{US$|3.5 million|long=no}} from licensed merchandise sales.WEB, Pulley, Brett,weblink Cliff-Hanger, Forbes, November 10, 2003, May 5, 2017, October 24, 2017,weblink live, As of 2006, the franchise has grossed {{US$|3 billion|long=no}} from all sources worldwide.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071021104201weblink">weblink dead, October 21, 2007, Guy Fawkes, October 21, 2007, WEB,weblink International Buyers Put BLOOM's "Suburbicon" On The Map. Paramount Pictures Acquires The U.S. Rights, ramascreen.com, February 15, 2016, March 8, 2017, November 11, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161111213722weblink">weblink live,

Animation

In acknowledgment of the strong influence of Japanese Anime on the Matrix series, The Animatrix was produced in 2003 to coincide with the release of The Matrix Reloaded. This is a collection of nine animated short films intended to further flesh out the concepts, history, characters, and setting of the series. The objective of The Animatrix project was to give other writers and directors the opportunity to lend their voices and interpretation to the Matrix universe; the Wachowskis conceived of and oversaw the process, and they wrote four of the segments themselves, although they were given to other directors to execute. Many of the segments were produced by notable figures from the world of Japanese animation. Four of the films were originally released on the series' official website, one was shown in cinemas with Dreamcatcher, one was shown on MTV, MTV2, MTV3, MTV4, and Syfi, and the others first appeared with the DVD release of all nine shorts shortly after the release of The Matrix Reloaded.

Video games

On May 15, 2003, the game Enter the Matrix was released in North America concurrently with The Matrix Reloaded. The first of three video games related to the films, it told a story running parallel to The Matrix Reloaded and featured scenes that were shot during the filming of The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.WEB,weblink A Thin Line Between Film And Joystick, February 20, 2003, The New York Times, March 31, 2017, October 27, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171027030406weblink">weblink live, Two more The Matrix video games were released in 2005. The MMORPG The Matrix Online continued the story beyond The Matrix Revolutions,WEB,weblink The Matrix Online, Tom, McNamara, March 18, 2005, ign.com, March 31, 2017, April 1, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170401151849weblink">weblink live, while (The Matrix: Path of Neo) allowed players to control Neo in scenes from the film trilogy.WEB,weblink Path of Neo: The Matrix Interview, Jeremy, Dunham, July 21, 2005, ign.com, March 31, 2017, February 8, 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180208064545weblink">weblink live, The Matrix Online was shut down in 2009.WEB,weblink The Matrix Online Shutting Down - IGN, November 2021, www.ign.com, September 11, 2019, April 24, 2019,weblink live, The Matrix official website also provided several original Adobe Flash-based browser games.WEB,weblink The Matrix Revolutions, March 22, 2004, IGN, June 9, 2017, November 28, 2018,weblink live, WEB, The Matrix Arcade,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20051216102005weblink">weblink dead, December 16, 2005, Wayback Machine, July 8, 2017, An interactive technology demonstration, titled The Matrix Awakens, was released on December 9, 2021.WEB, Spangler, Todd, December 10, 2021, Inside 'The Matrix Awakens': Epic Games Releases a Massive, Playable Free Demo to Showcase Unreal Engine 5,weblink live,weblink December 10, 2021, December 12, 2021, Variety (magazine), Variety,

Comic books

The Matrix Comics is a set of comics and short stories based on the series and written and illustrated by figures from the comics industry; one of the comics was written by the Wachowskis and illustrated by the films' concept artist Geof Darrow.WEB,weblink The Matrix Comics - Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Geof Darrow, Bill Sienkiewicz, Neil Gaiman, Ted McKeever, John Van Fleet, Dave Gibbons, David Lapham, Peter Bagge, Troy Nixey, Paul Chadwick, Ryder Windham, Kilian Plunkett, Gregory Ruth - Graphic novel review, www.grovel.org.uk, October 12, 2019, March 5, 2021,weblink live, The comics and stories were originally presented for free on the Matrix series' website between 1999 and 2003.WEB,weblink The Matrix Comics, Based on the Film, Return to Print This Autumn, previewsworld.com, October 5, 2019, September 26, 2019,weblink live, WEB,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070815230811weblink">weblinkweblink Comics, whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com, April 11, 2012, August 15, 2007, One of them was printed in 1999 to be given away at theaters as a promotional item for The Matrix, but Warner Bros. recalled it due to its mature content.WEB,weblink Totally Recalled: 15 Comics the Stores Had to Send Back, November 18, 2018, CBR, December 28, 2019, December 28, 2019,weblink live, Most of them were later republished by the Wachowskis' Burlyman Entertainment, along with some new stories and updates with color to some of the existing ones,WEB,weblink The Matrix Comics: Volume 2 - Graphic novel review, www.grovel.org.uk, October 12, 2019, February 27, 2021,weblink live, in two printed trade paperback volumes in 2003 and 2004 and a deluxe hardcover twentieth-anniversary edition in 2019.WEB,weblink The Matrix Comics in Mid-October, icv2.com, October 12, 2019, September 26, 2019,weblink live, WEB,weblink Matrix Comics Volume 2, icv2.com, October 12, 2019, September 26, 2019,weblink live, WEB,weblink Burlyman to Release 'Matrix' Comic Hardcover, with All-Star Talent, icv2.com, September 26, 2019, September 26, 2019,weblink live,

Screensaver

The Matrix official website provided a free screensaver for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, which simulates the falling "Matrix digital rain" of the films.MAGAZINE,weblink Decoding The Matrix, Essex, Andrew, May 14, 1999, Entertainment Weekly, June 22, 2017, February 4, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170204223133weblink">weblink live, WEB, The Matrix official screensaver,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20051216102005weblink">weblink dead, December 16, 2005, Wayback Machine, July 8, 2017, The screensaver was reported to have a password security problem.WEB, "The Matrix" Screensaver is insecure,weblink Boyce, Nick, October 6, 1999, SecuriTeam, June 22, 2017, March 15, 2006,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060315060908weblink">weblink live, The "Matrix digital rain" also inspired the creation of many unofficial screensavers.MAGAZINE, Saver the Moment: movie inspired screen savers,weblink Podolsky, Erin, March 2, 2001, Entertainment Weekly, June 22, 2017, February 22, 2020,weblink live,

Books

Official

• The Art of the Matrix by various (Newmarket Press, 2000) {{ISBN|978-1557044051}}
• The Matrix Shooting Script by the Wachowskis (with introduction by William Gibson) (Newmarket Press, 2001) {{ISBN|978-1557044907}}
• The Matrix Comics, Vol. 1 by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2003) {{ISBN|1-932700-00-5}}
• The Matrix Comics, Vol. 2 by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2004) {{ISBN|1-932700-09-9}}
• Enter the Matrix: Official Strategy Guide by Doug Walsh (BradyGames, 2003) {{ISBN|978-0744002713}}
• The Matrix Online: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Games, 2005) {{ISBN|978-0761549437}}
• The Matrix: Path of Neo: Official Strategy Guide (BradyGames, 2005) {{ISBN|978-0744006582}}
• The Matrix Comics: 20th Anniversary Edition by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2019) {{ISBN|978-1932700572}}

Unofficial

• Jacking In to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation by Matthew Kapell and William G. Doty (Continuum International, 2004) {{ISBN|0-8264-1587-3}}
• Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in "The Matrix" by Glenn Yeffeth (Summersdale, 2003) {{ISBN|1-84024-377-5}}
• Matrix Warrior: Being the One by Jake Horsley (Gollancz, 2003) {{ISBN|0-575-07527-9}}
• The "Matrix" and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real by William Irwin (Open Court, 2002) {{ISBN|0-8126-9502-X}}
• More Matrix and Philosophy by William Irwin (Open Court, 2005) {{ISBN|0-8126-9572-0}}
• Like a Splinter in Your Mind: The Philosophy Behind the "Matrix" Trilogy by Matt Lawrence (Blackwell, 2004) {{ISBN|1-4051-2524-1}}
• The Matrix (British Film Institute, 2004) {{ISBN|1-84457-045-2}}
• Matrix Revelations: A Thinking Fan's Guide to the Matrix Trilogy by Steve Couch (Damaris, 2003) {{ISBN|1-904753-01-9}}
• Beyond the Matrix: Revolutions and Revelations by Stephen Faller (Chalice Press, 2004) {{ISBN|0-8272-0235-0}}
• The "Matrix" Trilogy: Cyberpunk Reloaded by Stacy Gillis (Wallflower Press, 2005) {{ISBN|1-904764-32-0}}
• Exegesis of the Matrix by Peter B. Lloyd (Whole-Being Books, 2003) {{ISBN|1-902987-09-8}}
• The Gospel Reloaded by Chris Seay and Greg Garrett (Pinon Press, 2003) {{ISBN|1-57683-478-6}}
• The "Matrix": What Does the Bible Say About... by D. Archer (Scripture Union, 2001) {{ISBN|1-85999-579-9}}
• [Journey to the Source: Decoding Matrix Trilogy] by Pradheep Challiyil (Sakthi Books 2004) {{ISBN|0-9752586-0-5}}
• Exploring the Matrix: Visions of the Cyber Present by Karen Haber (St. Martin's Press, 2003) {{ISBN|0-312-31358-6}}
• Philosophers Explore The Matrix by Christopher Gray (Oxford University Press, 2005) {{ISBN|0-19-518107-7}}
• The Matrix Cultural Revolution by Michel Marriott (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003) {{ISBN|1-56025-574-9}}
• The Matrix Reflections: Choosing between reality and illusion by Eddie Zacapa (Authorhouse, 2005) {{ISBN|1-4208-0782-X}}
• The One by A.J. Yager & Dean Vescera (Lifeforce Publishing, 2003) {{ISBN|0-9709796-1-4}}
• Matrix og ulydighedens evangelium (Danish for: "Matrix and the Evangelium of disobedients") by Rune Engelbreth Larsen (Bindslev, 2004) {{ISBN|87-91299-12-8}}
• The Third Eye: Where It All Begins by Sophia Stewart (All Eyes on Me, 2006) {{ISBN|0-9785396-4-8}}
• The Matrix 4 – The Evolution of Consciousness: Cracking the Genetic Code by Sophia Stewart (All Eyes on Me, 2010) {{ISBN|0-9785396-7-2}}
• The Matrix and the Alice Books by Voicu Mihnea Simandan (Lulu Books, 2010) {{ISBN|978-0557258079}}

See also

• Religion and the Internet
• The Meatrix, 2003 parody

Notes

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References

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Further reading

• JOURNAL, Currin, Joseph M., Lee, Fallyn M., Brown, Colton, Hammer, Tonya R., 2017-07-03, Taking the Red Pill: Using The Matrix to Explore Transgender Identity Development,weblink Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 12, 3, 402–409, 10.1080/15401383.2016.1249815, 151921189, 1540-1383,
• JOURNAL, Mischoulon, David, Beresin, Eugene V., 2004, "The Matrix": An allegory of the psychoanalytic journey,weblink Academic Psychiatry: The Journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 28, 1, 71–77, 10.1176/appi.ap.28.1.71, 1042-9670, 15140812, 40381307,

External links

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