The Matrix Resurrections offers fans the red pill in cryptic teasers for the first official trailer: ‘The choice is yours’
Buzz for The Matrix Resurrections has begun.
Stretching out the anticipation, fans were treated with a teaser for the release of the first official trailer, out Thursday.
‘The choice is your,’ appeared against a white background, beckoning the audience to pick a red pill or a blue pill.
Ready for action: The Matrix Resurrections got their buzz started by teasing the first official trailer for the film online Tuesday
Piercing static serves as the backdrop, as tiny strings of Matrix code are seen falling down inside the pills before the entire scene melts.
The trailer invited fans to continue their saga on WhatIsTheMatrix.com, an interactive choose-your-own-adventure style site.
Presented with the same choice there, red takes you down a rabbit hole where you’re told: ‘This is the moment for you to show us what’s real.’
Then scenes from the film flash, showing the thin barrier between reality and the artificial world known as The Matrix.
‘This could be this is the first day of the rest of your life, but if you want it, you gotta fight for it,’ the narration wraps while showing star Keanu Reeves ready to fight.
Pick: ‘The choice is your,’ appeared against a white background, beckoning the audience to pick a red pill or a blue pill
Reality: The red pill takes you down a rabbit hole where you’re told: ‘This is the moment for you to show us what’s real’
Picking the blue pill offered another path, asking viewers: ‘Do you remember how you got here?’
‘You’ve lost your capacity to discern reality from fiction,’ the narrator says before several surreal scenes flash by.
‘What’s real is here and now… Anything else is just your mind playing tricks on you.’
‘It becomes a problem when fantasies endanger us,’ they warn as someone is seen pouring out a bottle of blue pills.
Then, ending on a sinister note, they show someone touching the computer port at the back of their head and ask: ‘We don’t want anyone to get hurt, do we?’
Memory: Picking the blue pill offered another path, asking viewers ‘Do you remember how you got here?’ and showing some surreal scenes
Antidote: ‘It becomes a problem when fantasies endanger us,’ they warn as someone is seen pouring out a bottle of blue pills
Though HBO offered few details about the movie’s plot, they weren’t lacking enthusiasm in their official description.
The network’s description reads: ‘Plug into The Matrix Resurrections the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that blew minds, and redefined a genre.
‘From visionary filmmaker Lana Wachowski, the new film reunites original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss as Neo and Trinity, the iconic roles they made famous.’
The first full trailer for The Matrix Resurrections comes out Thursday, September 9th at 6am PST.
The full film is set for a December 22nd, 2021 release.
Choose your adventure: The first full trailer for The Matrix Resurrections comes out Thursday, September 9th at 6am PST