The big picture: Warner Bros. Pictures is ready to have fans back to where it all started, and the path begins today with the premiere of the kickoff official trailer for The Matrix Resurrections. There are plenty of throwbacks and Easter eggs weaved into the trailer for fans to discover likewise, if you're into that sort of thing.

The 4th picture show in the groundbreaking franchise sees Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity. The trailer opens with Thomas Anderson, aka Neo, visiting a therapist played by Neil Patrick Harris. He recalls having dreams that "weren't only dreams" and asks if he is crazy. Neo seemingly doesn't recall his by, but it may be coming dorsum to him in these "dreams."

Neo and Trinity also don't seem to remember each other, but get the feeling that they've met before.

Compelling storylines aside, the trailer impresses with the sort of heed-bending action sequences that nosotros've come to look from the franchise. The first moving picture in the series, which premiered way dorsum in 1999, popularized the "bullet time" outcome that endless other films and video games take since utilized.

The Matrix Resurrections lands in theaters and on HBO Max for ad-costless subscribers on Dec 22, 2022. It's the concluding pic that'll simultaneously premiere on the streaming service before Warner Bros. reverts back to its theater-offset strategy.

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