{"id":1047726,"date":"2026-09-06T22:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1047726\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T22:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:52:20","slug":"lilly-wachowski-is-kinda-done-with-matrix-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1047726\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilly Wachowski Is &#8220;Kinda Done&#8221; With &#8216;Matrix&#8217; Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMore than 27 years later, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/lilly-wachowski\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lilly-wachowski\" data-tag=\"lilly-wachowski\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lilly Wachowski<\/a> has unplugged from the Matrix franchise that launched her and sister Lana\u2019s filmmaking careers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn Friday, Lilly shot down any speculation that she\u2019d return to the directors chair for a fifth Matrix installment, noting that they \u201cstick our noses in a tiny bit\u201d with project in the works at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/warner-bros\/\" id=\"auto-tag_warner-bros\" data-tag=\"warner-bros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warner Bros<\/a>. from Oscar-nominated writer <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/drew-goddard\/\" id=\"auto-tag_drew-goddard\" data-tag=\"drew-goddard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Goddard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWarner Bros., they wanna make another thing. They\u2019re always gonna wanna make another thing,\u201d she said on KCRW\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/shows\/the-business\/stories\/lilly-wachowski-bound-federal-tax-bill\">The Business<\/a>. \u201cPersonally, I don\u2019t wanna play in that sandbox anymore. I\u2019m kinda done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLilly added, \u201cBut there may be a thing that\u2019s happening with Drew Goddard, and he doesn\u2019t wanna go forward unless he gets our blessing. And so, it becomes this complicated situation where, maybe we\u2019re gonna stick our noses in a tiny bit and see how we feel, and if we wanna pass on our blessing to Drew or not. So, it could be something that\u2019s coming down the road, but it\u2019s still unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter Lilly and Lana co-wrote and co-directed <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-matrix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-matrix\" data-tag=\"the-matrix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Matrix<\/a> (1999), The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Lana flew solo in directing 2021\u2019s The Matrix Resurrections. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn 2024, Deadline reported that Goddard was <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/04\/the-matrix-drew-goddard-1235874947\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">set to write and direct<\/a> the next Matrix movie at Warner Bros., with Lana returning to executive produce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMeanwhile, Lilly Wachowski is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/08\/lilly-wachowski-hollywood-wont-make-next-film-trans-cast-1237032338\/\">working on securing financing<\/a> for her dystopian political thriller The Hunted, which will feature an all-trans cast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 27 years later, Lilly Wachowski has unplugged from the Matrix franchise that launched her and sister&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1047727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[274758,171,193741,53,71401,67,132,68,1021],"class_list":["post-1047726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-drew-goddard","tag-entertainment","tag-lilly-wachowski","tag-movies","tag-the-matrix","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-warner-bros"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117226553014489806","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}