After getting the green light from local censors in late November, Warner Bros / Village Roadshow’s Matrix Recovery Finally secured an official release date in China. The film will hit theaters in the world’s largest theater market on January 14, 2022.
The franchise revival starring Keanu Reeves opens domestically on December 16 and hits most major theatrical markets throughout the Christmas corridor. But it also streamed live on HBO Max in the US on December 22, making piracy a major concern for their earnings in China.
Disney’s Jungle Cruise premiered in China in November weeks after its streaming release on Disney+ in the US. The film grossed $7 million despite its high social score and abundant local love for Dwayne Johnson.
Revival is currently the only American film slated for release in China, as the country has radically reduced the amount of American-made content in its cinemas. It’s still unclear whether Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: There’s no way home will appear in the country before the end of the year.
Matrix The franchise is a fan favorite in China, but the series debuted long before the country emerged as the massive market it is today. Most fans came to the first two movies in the franchise, Matrix (1999) and Reload Matrix (2003), through DVD piracy common in China at the time. Matrix Revolution (also released in 2003) was the first Hollywood film to open in China daily with major Western markets – but it was shown in only 12 cinemas in Beijing and relatively few in other places. other – reflects the country’s limited exhibition infrastructure. era.
Warner Bros. official social media accounts in China have posted news about Matrix 4The weekend’s release date, along with a dedicated video for Chinese fans with Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss, aka Trinity, asks: “Are you ready to go back to the Matrix?”
Revival chooses the story of Neo/Thomas A. Anderson (Reeves) and Trinity (Moss) twenty years later, both still trapped in a computer-generated simulation world with no memory of their past or About each other. It also stars Jada Pinkett Smith (returning to the franchise) along with new series of characters Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Christina Ricci.
Like all before Matrix film, Revival written and directed by Lana Wachowski, with Cloud Atlas Authors David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon co-wrote the installment.
