Joe Pantoliano on Why Matrix Sequels Failed
Joe Pantoliano on Why Matrix Sequels Failed
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The Matrix" was one of the most creative and innovative films when it first appeared in theaters. It went on to earn over $460 million in worldwide ticket sales and was loved by both fans and critics. That's when everyone involved realized that they had something. Keanu Reeves quickly broke his rule of no sequels and returned for two more installments and the studio was so confident that they greenlit for "Matrix Reloaded" and "Matrix Revolutions" to be shot back-to-back and to be released less than six months apart. Fans packed the theaters for the second film, which took in almost $750 million, expecting to see the same creativity they saw in the original. Unfortunately that didn't happen. When the third installment came out, it didn't even earn back its $150 million budget domestically, but overall still took in almost $430 million. So what happened? Actor Joe Pantoliano sat down with Fora to explainIt worked, so of course all of these bankers and studio heads saturated the market with it so that by the time that 'The Matrix' number 2 came out, we were so sick of it. We were so looking for the smoke and the mirrors that the Wachowskis were copying themselves. And they had the benefit of tricking the audience the very first time, that's why we loved that movie because we had never seen it before, and it blew our minds. But it couldn't blow our minds twice."
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