THE MATRIX 4 Sets Up Another SENSE8 Reunion As Brian J. Smith Joins The Cast

Deadline is reporting that Brian J. Smith (Sense8; Treadstone) has joined the cast of Warner Bros.’ and Village Roadshow’s upcoming action/sci-fi sequel The Matrix 4 in an undisclosed role, becoming the fourth actor from the Wachowski’s Sense8 Netflix series join the cast.

Smith now joins a cast headlined by Keanu Reeves (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum) and Carrie-Anne Moss (Marvel’s Jessica Jones), who will both reprise their original trilogy roles as Neo and Trinity, respectively. Jada Pinkett Smith (Gotham) has also been confirmed to return as Niobe from Reloaded and Revolutions, and Lambert Wilson (Benedetta) is also rumored to return as The Merovingian.

The new cast will be comprised of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen), Jessica Henwick (Iron Fist), Neil Patrick Harris (Gone Girl), Jonathan Groff (Mindhunter), Max Riemelt (Sense8), Toby Onwumere (Sense8), Eréndira Ibarra (Sense8), Andrew Caldwell (iZombie) and Priyanka Chopra (Don – The Chase Begins Again).

After helming the previous three installments with her sister, Lana Wachowski will be the sole director on the sequel, working off a screenplay she co-wrote with Aleksander Hemon (Sense8) and David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas).

The Matrix 4 hits theaters May 21, 2021.