The Matrix’s Trap

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Good morning: In today's edition of The Industry, we look at:

The Matrix 5, Disney's gold, Julia Garner's silver, Craig Gillespie's Super Girl, Ryan Coogler’s villains, and a rubber tire. ​

Let’s go!

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THE MATRIX’S TRAP

The Cabin in the Woods. Lionsgate Films.

Enter The Matrix…again.

Drew Goddard has been tapped to write and direct The Matrix 5. Here’s a quick look at his resume, which highlights his obsession with trapped characters:

• ​Lost​ (2005–2008)

  • Trapped on an island

  • Writer, nine episodes

• ​Cabin in the Woods​ (2011)

  • Trapped in a cabin

  • Director/Writer

• ​The Martian​ (2015)

  • Trapped on Mars

  • Co-Writer

• ​Bad Times at the El Royale​ (2018)

  • Trapped in a hotel

  • Writer/Director

The Matrix is the ultimate in sci-fi imprisonment. As Morpheus so elegantly states in the film, the world has been pulled over humanity's eyes to disguise the truth: our reality is a wasteland.

Goddard stated:

“It is not hyperbole to say The Matrix films changed both cinema and my life. Lana and Lilly’s exquisite artistry inspires me on a daily basis, and I am beyond grateful for the chance to tell stories in their world.”

Lana Wachowski, who solo-directed the 4th installment of the series, will serve as EP.

There is a hint of The Matrix 5's plot from Jesse Ehrman, Warner Bros. Motion Pictures president of production:

“Advance[s] the fantasy world without straying too far from what made the series a success.”

Goddard's ability to entrap his characters in both real and imagined realities is the foundational architecture of what makes The Matrix so spectacular.

And why we love to see Neo and Trinity fight like hell to free their species from tyrannical extinction by machines. With the looming threat of AI, this has never been more prevalent.

Goddard's cunningness as a writer and director to define daring escapes is not in question:

• The Martian

  • Matt Damon ​punctures his spacesuit​ to intersect with a rescue ship

The Matrix 5 will be the ultimate culmination of Goddard’s sci-fi entrapment. And we can’t wait to go down the rabbit hole.

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