That underwhelming reception didn’t stop Warner Bros. from pursuing another installment, announcing back in 2024 that a new Matrix film was moving forward under a notably different creative direction than any previous entry. A new ‘The Matrix’ film has been officially confirmed as part of Warner Bros. What makes this fifth installment different from every Matrix film before it is the absence of Lana and Lilly Wachowski in the director’s chair. Lana Wachowski remains attached as an executive producer, preserving some direct creative continuity even as the reins pass to a new filmmaker. Plot details for the new film remain tightly under wraps, with Warner Bros. previously indicating only that the story would advance the franchise’s world without straying too far from what made the original trilogy successful.