Zak Penn Archives - The Playlist

Adele, Lady Gaga, Sterling K. Brown & 839 More Invited To Join The Academy

July 1, 2019 5:21 pm

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences started off the month by inviting 842 new members into the mix. Assuming they all agree to join, which is never the case, this swells the membership to almost 9,0...

Joss Whedon Almost Had The Wasp In ‘Avengers’ & Says The Screenplay Credit Should Be All His

Charles Barfield

April 30, 2018 4:23 pm

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Since “Avengers: Infinity War” dominated the world this weekend, it’s always fun to look back at the beginning. Thrillist has a very comprehensive look at the making of the first “Avengers” film, which broke re...

Struggling Paramount Hoping New ‘ROM’ Film Will Kickstart A Much-Needed Franchise

Charles Barfield

March 27, 2018 4:56 pm

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While many film-goers don’t pay attention to the names of the companies that appear on the screen before their favorite blockbuster begins, there has been a pretty alarming trend with the major Hollywood studio...

Writer Zak Penn ‘Desperately’ Wants To Bring Back ‘The Matrix’

Charles Barfield

March 20, 2018 3:45 pm

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It’s fair to say that “The Matrix” franchise didn’t exactly end on a high note. When “The Matrix” blew minds in 1999, fans were dying to see what The Wachowskis would do next with the franchise. Then “The Matri...

Zak Penn Reveals Why No ‘Blade Runner’ And Ultra Man References In ‘Ready Player One’

Gregory Ellwood

March 19, 2018 10:05 am

Awards Campaign, Interviews, News

For screenwriter Zak Penn, working with Steven Spielberg on the impressive adaptation of Ernest Cline's "Ready Player One" was clearly heaven. During our conversation regarding the expected blockbuster you can...

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Zak Penn Says New ‘The Matrix’ Movie Is Happening But Also Not Happening

Kevin Jagernauth

October 10, 2017 2:32 pm

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Earlier this year, Warner Bros. took the red pill, plugged in, and decided to reboot “The Matrix” franchise. The move was hardly a surprise. The studio has been trying to figure out how to get that mega-propert...

Writer Of The New ‘The Matrix’ Says It Might Not Be A Reboot After All

Kevin Jagernauth

March 17, 2017 11:22 am

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This week, movie fans were taken down the remake rabbit hole, with the news that Warner Bros. was putting the wheels in motion on a redo of "The Matrix." The story goes that the studio had been figuring out som...

Warner Bros. Takes The Red Pill, Reboots ‘The Matrix’

Kevin Jagernauth

March 15, 2017 7:41 am

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"The Matrix" franchise has been through a lot. It saw a major studio take a chance on two rising filmmakers — Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski — to make an ambitious sci-fi movie, and they were rewarded with ...