Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is about to enter The Matrix.
Warner Bros. Confirmed in August that the fourth installment in The Matrix franchise was in development — 16 years after the third film was released.
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will be reprising their respective roles as Neo and Trinity, while Lana Wachowski will be handling directing duties without her sister Lilly. In addition, she will also write the screenplay with Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell.
While plot details have remained hush-hush, Abdul-Mateen II is believed to have secured a lead role. It has been speculated that the Aquaman actor could be playing a younger version of Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus.
The three films in the franchise — The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions — earned a collective $1.6 billion at the box office.
The Matrix 4 is scheduled to commence production in Chicago in February 2020.
