Will Smith hints at a potential role in The Matrix 5, sparking speculation about his character and the future of the franchise.
Over 25 years since he turned down the role of Neo to instead star in Wild Wild West, Will Smith may be about to enter The Matrix at last. The King Richard Oscar winner shared a cryptic Instagram post today teasing that he'll be starring in an upcoming new movie from the sci-fi franchise.
Nothing has been officially confirmed yet, but it indicates that he'll have a major role to play in the previously announced Matrix 5, which is currently in development with Lana Wachowski serving as an executive producer and Drew Goddard set to direct. In the short video Smith shared, orange text is typed on-screen that recalls his original decision in 1997 to pass on the starring role of The Matrix to take on a role he saw as a better fit for him at the time, before asking what would've happened if he had been Neo instead of Keanu Reeves. It closes with the final words'Wake up, Will... The Matrix has you' that all but ensure that he'll be brought into the simulation. Yet, the post could also indicate a new direction for the franchise. Given that The Matrix Resurrections saw new versions of established favorites like Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Morpheus and Jonathan Groff's Agent Smith, Smith's video may be an indication that he'll be playing a new version of Neo. Whatever the case, it's a big development that begins to shape what The Matrix's future looks like after its polarizing fourth outing. Smith has largely bounced back since publicly slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards. In the years since scoring his first Oscar as the father and mentor of Venus and Serena Williams, he's taken on the starring role in the acclaimed Emancipation and returned to his beloved action comedy franchise with last year's Bad Boys: Ride or Die opposite Martin Lawrence. On the horizon, he's also set to return to another favorite role of his with a sequel to I Am Legend. First set back in 2022 with Michael B
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