{"id":111490,"date":"2020-01-28T19:59:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T19:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=111490"},"modified":"2023-03-15T12:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:09:56","slug":"the-matrix-4-in-talks-with-priyanka-chopra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/the-matrix-4-in-talks-with-priyanka-chopra\/","title":{"rendered":"The Matrix 4 in talks with Priyanka Chopra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Priyanka Chopra is the latest star looking to join the cast of\u00a0<em><strong>The Matrix 4<\/strong><\/em>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/film\/news\/priyanka-chopra-jonas-joins-matrix-4-1203482683\/\">Variety<\/a>. The actress is currently in final negotiations for the film.<\/p>\n<p>Chopra is best known for her roles in <em><strong>Baywatch\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and\u00a0<em><strong>Isn&#8217;t It Romantic<\/strong><\/em>, and playing lead\u00a0Alex Parrish in ABC thriller series\u00a0<em><strong>Quantico<\/strong><\/em>. She is also known for roles in a\u00a0handful of Bollywood films, including\u00a0<em><strong>The Hero: Love Story Of A Spy<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Andaaz<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Aitraaz<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As with most actors attached to\u00a0<em><strong>The Matrix 4<\/strong><\/em>, there&#8217;s currently no news on who Chopra will be playing in the film.<\/p>\n<p>She joins a cast made up of\u00a0Neil Patrick Harris (<em><strong>A Series Of Unfortunate Events<\/strong><\/em>), Jessica Henwick (<em><strong>Marvel\u2019s Iron Fist<\/strong><\/em>), Toby Onwumere (<em><strong>Sense8<\/strong><\/em>), Max Riemelt (<em><strong>Sense8<\/strong><\/em>),\u00a0Jonathan Groff (<em><strong>Mindhunter<\/strong><\/em>), and\u00a0Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (<em><strong>Black Mirror<\/strong><\/em>), who is rumoured to be playing a younger version of Morpheus.<\/p>\n<p>Franchise stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will return as Neo and Trinity, and Jada Pinkett Smith is set to reprise her role of Niobe. Hugo Weaving, who played Agent Smith in the original film, will not be involved in the new film due to unfortunate scheduling conflicts.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Matrix 4\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is being directed by franchise co-creator Lana Wachowski, from a script written by Wachowski, Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell.\u00a0The film will be the first in the series that Wachowski hasn\u2019t worked on with her sister Lily. Lana Wachowski is also producing with her long-time collaborator Grant Hill, and filming is expected to begin at the start of 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Matrix 4\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>will hit cinemas in 2022. Get all the latest sci-fi news with every issue of SciFiNow.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Priyanka Chopra is in talks to join the cast of The Matrix 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":111491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2615,3],"tags":[6565],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Quantico-Season-1-Screencaps-quantico-39477062-1920-1080.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127442,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111490\/revisions\/127442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}