The Matrix reboot/remake

Zapatta

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Hollywood's sequel fetish has been around a long time and unifying IP's are a natural marriage for it. Part of the reason Lucas sold off Lucasfilm to begin with was he couldn't get any of the studios interested in striking a distribution deal (on favorable enough terms anyway) for anything that wasn't Star Wars or Indiana Jones, two properties he was tired of dealing with fan expectations over.
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So he was intentionally making them into garbage so they would let him change universes? Explains a lot.
 
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I wont rest until we get a Redwall movie universe.

Redwall
Redwall has had a history of attempts to receive a big screen debut, however every single one has failed.

  • In 1991, London-based Molitor Productions acquired the film rights to Redwall. Molitor later produced the Redwall TV Series, and according to a 1998 Wall Street Journalarticle, was going to produce an animated film afterwards. The latter never occurred.
  • In May 1993, The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Tacoma, Wash., The News Tribune reported there was a Redwall "movie deal" and that there would be a movie in "a year or two."
  • In 1996, it was reported by the Chicago Tribune that movie deals were in the works for two Redwall novels. What became of these plans is unknown.
  • In an undated Brian Jacques interview with Scholastic from the 1990s, Spring 1999was stated as the "projected date" for a U.S. Redwall movie.
  • In 1999, Brian Jacques stated via Redwall.org that a film adaptation of Martin the Warrior was "in the very early stages of script writing." It seems as if this fell through largely due to the fact that Nelvana was working on the Redwall TV Series at this time. Also during this year, the Sacramento Bee mentioned a Redwall "feature film" was forthcoming.
  • Around 2001-2002, Redwall.org's Ask Brian Volume 4 question series asked Brian Jacques if there would be a movie in the next five years. His response was "hopefully."
  • In 2008, the Redwall Wiki first reported the existence of redwallthemovie.com, a domain owned by Seattle-based production company, Imagen Films, who stated in an e-mail that they had "secured film rights and [were] developing a live-action/CG version of Redwall" for the year 2011. This was revealed to be a lie in 2009, according to Redwall.org.
  • In February 2014, production company Working Element was revealed to have Redwall in its portfolio. In June 2014, it appeared on IMDB under "optioned" status.
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
Brian Jacques has been approached by multiple directors regarding a Castaways of the Flying Dutchman film adaption, including Steven Spielberg, but turned them down because he would prefer children to read the books rather than have Hollywood turn them into something else.
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or maybe not.
 
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Tried rewatching these on Netflix. Matrix is still badass and one of the best movies ever. Second one is boring from the start and is prettymuch facepalm .
 
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Valderen

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The problem with this is they need to make people forget the 2 sequels which tarnished the brand a lot.

This isn't Star Wars where it had prequel that hurt the brand somewhat, but still have novels, games, TV show(Clone Wars) that were still well received and kept the brand alive and in the public consciousness.

I mean who talks about the Matrix anymore, it's not like the brand is in people's mind today. And after the 2 sequels, who wants more of that crap.

The Matrix was as good as it could be.
 
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The Wachowski’s Set To Return To Direct Michael B. Jordan’s ‘Matrix’ Film – Eyeing Early 2020 Production Start In Chicago (EXCLUSIVE)

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Foggy

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Considering all their other movies, Matrix seems more like an accident than anything.
 
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Armadon

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Fuck man why are they remaking this. It was perfect. This will be a must not see.
 
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Harshaw

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Didn't the Wackcowskis want Will Smith originally? So they finally get their black lead actor?
 
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Foggy said:
Considering all their other movies, Matrix seems more like an accident than anything.
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They made two solid movies. The Matrix and V is for Vendetta.

Their last one was one long WTF moment.
 
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jooka

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Foggy said:
Considering all their other movies, Matrix seems more like an accident than anything.
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Weren't they getting sued for stealing the matrix from some other book? Its been awhile
 
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Conefed said:
Tried rewatching these on Netflix. Matrix is still badass and one of the best movies ever. Second one is boring from the start and is prettymuch facepalm .
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I rewatched 2 and 3 lately (2 years after quoted post) and they aren't as bad as I remembered. In 2, by far the worst of the three, scenes could be cut and trimmed without reshoot to make a good movie - what we get is like two movies made by different people jammed together. Lord of the Rings was like this. Sam and Frodo killed it while senseless cg action was snorefest.
 
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