Laurence Fishburne has explained his absence from The Matrix Resurrections, revealing that his offer to return was rejected.

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With less than 16 days to go before its release, Warner Bros has just dropped a second trailer ... Matrix 2 and 3. The Matrix Resurrections is in theatres and on HBO Max on December 22, 2021.

By McKinley Franklin Laurence Fishburne wanted to be a part of the fourth film in the Matrix franchise ... whatever reason,” his casting in the 2021 sequel “didn’t happen.” ...

“So the situation is very serious.” Luckily, no one on the Matrix 4 crew seems to have tested positive for the virus. The cast includes Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett ...

In the fourth movie, 2021’s “The Matrix Resurrections,” the character still appears in the film, sort of – an AI program based on him was played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (“Watchmen”).

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II played a younger version of Morpheus in the 2021 film – and ... “I offered my services to the fourth Matrix, and they didn’t respond well to that,” Fishburne said ...

Despite several legacy actors – including Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss – returning to The Matrix franchise for the fourth movie, the role of Morpheus ultimately shifted over to a new actor, Yahya ...

Laurence Fishburne has revealed that he asked to reprise his role as Morpheus in The Matrix 4. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was eventually cast as a different reiteration of the character in the 2021 ...