Laurence Fishburne has mixed feelings about the latest “Matrix” sequel.
30.09.2022 - 01:21 / nypost.com
“The Matrix” would be like if it incorporated hip-hop choreography? Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle apparently did and is bringing that vision — titled “Free Your Mind” — to a Manchester arts venue, the new Factory International, in 2023.The Warner Bros. Theater Ventures-licensed project is described as a “large-scale immersive performance” that will debut next October, Variety reported on Thursday.
Multitalented composer Michael “Mikey J” Asante will work on the music for the show while Kenrick “H2O” Sandy will handle choreography. Boyle’s longtime collaborator Tracey Seaward will produce, while poet-playwright Sabrina Mahfouz will help write, and artist Es Devlin will provide large sculptures.“Combining the hip-hop choreography of hundreds of dancers with the latest immersive design, ‘Free Your Mind’ will take audiences on a thrilling journey through ‘The Matrix’ and into a new realm of possibilities,” the logline reads, according to the outlet.“This eye-opening production will stretch across the building’s ultra-flexible spaces, responding to them and harnessing the collective energy of the moment,” it ended.
The venture isn’t as random as one may initially think. Boyle won Best Director at the 2009 Oscars for “Slumdog Millionaire.” In 2012, he directed the London Olympic Games opening ceremony, and as part of that gig, directed Queen Elizabeth II and Daniel Craig in a James Bond-themed skit.Keanu Reeves, 58, has been a part of “The Matrix” franchise since its first installment in 1999.
The most recent film, “The Matrix Resurrections,” was bumped up from a 2022 release to a 2021 date. It had a duel-release in theaters and on HBO Max — which made the film’s co-producer Village Roadshow Entertainment
.Laurence Fishburne has mixed feelings about the latest “Matrix” sequel.
Missy Elliott is getting her flowers from a special place — her hometown! The 51-year-old was honored by her hometown in Portsmouth, Virginia, with a special dedication ceremony on Monday in which they named a city street after her. In an announcement sent on Sept. 15, it was revealed that the Portsmouth City Council voted unanimously to rename a portion of McLean Street to «Missy Elliott Boulevard» and the Songwriters Hall of Famer would receive a key to the city.«We're beyond proud of Missy's accomplishments and so thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate her right here in her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia,» said Portsmouth City Manager Tonya Chapman.
Ghislaine Maxwell has A LOT to say from her prison cell!
Prince Andrew with his hand around the waist of a then 17-year-old Virginia Roberts – now Giuffre – with Ghislaine Maxwell beaming to one side. The man behind the camera is disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. That photo – which was first published by The Mail on Sunday on February 27, 2011 – came to symbolise Mrs Giuffre’s case that, having been trafficked to the UK by Epstein, she had been sexually abused by Andrew on three occasions.
Gunshots fired into a crowd at an outdoor gathering in Virginia early Sunday left eight people wounded, officials said. The shooting happened around 2:20 a.m. in the 1500 block of Devon Lane in Harrisonburg, where an unknown individual or individuals fired multiple times into the crowd, the city tweeted Sunday.
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The state of West Virginia is receiving around $1.7 million in federal funding over five years for a behavioral health program treating adults with serious mental illness. The money will be used to serve people living with mental illness who are also living with a physical health condition, chronic disease or substance use disorder, according to a West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources news release.
As the battle over parental rights and protections for LGBT students heats up in Virginia, one state delegate said she will introduce a bill in the legislature's next session that would make it a crime for a parent or guardian not to affirm their child's sexual orientation or gender identity. The move is in response to Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's updated "model policies" on transgender students, which require students to use bathrooms and join sports teams based on their sex at birth, as opposed to their gender identity. Elizabeth Guzman running for election for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 31st District.
Christopher Meloni spent years portraying one of the most desirable detectives on television screens as NYPD hot-shot Elliot Stabler on "Law & Order: SVU." He admitted his new status as a "Zaddy" has been fun to navigate, especially one year into starring in his own spinoff, "Organized Crime." "It's a second act to a certain degree," he told People magazine of the rise of his sex symbol situation. "It's a gas.
A Virginia high school released students early Wednesday after the building was evacuated due to what officials described as an "incident" inside a chemistry classroom. The unspecified incident happened at Dinwiddie High School and was confined to a chemistry class, Dinwiddie County Public Schools wrote in a Facebook post.
Federal officials are investigating complaints about conditions at a West Virginia jail, according to a published report. The Register-Herald reports the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security denied its request to tour the Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County citing a federal probe of the facility. "The federal government is in the process of investigating the facility, and the integrity of that investigation is of the utmost importance to the WV Department of Homeland Security," said Morgan Switzer, deputy general counsel for the state agency said in an email to the newspaper.
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday and defended new policies in the state that will require public school students to use bathrooms and join sports teams based on their biological sex, not gender identity. "Let me begin with these basic principles, which is first, parents have a fundamental right to be engaged in their children's lives.
One adorable cat has traveled a very long way to find his forever home. Chaz, an all-white domestic shorthair cat, is currently up for adoption at King Street Cats in Alexandria, Virginia, after he was rescued in Kuwait. As a small kitten, Chaz was picked on by other cats — as discovered by a caretaker. Chaz was brought to King Street Cats after spending a year with a rescuer — and was declared to be positive for FIV — feline immunodeficiency virus. (HIV infects only humans, while FIV infects only cats.
An investigation at a Virginia airport has revealed that a student pilot was flying a small plane when it crashed, killing the flight instructor, Virginia State Police said in a statement Friday. The crash occurred upon takeoff Thursday afternoon at the Newport News-Williamsburg Airport. A single engine Cessna airplane crashed upon takeoff at an airport in Newport News, Virginia, on Thursday Oct.
One person died and two people suffered life-threatening injuries following a plane crash Thursday afternoon at Virginia's Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport, authorities said. Three people were on board the small Cessna, Virginia State Police said in a statement.The two people who were injured were rushed to a local hospital.
The West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a circuit court’s decision to block a school choice program. The West Virginia Supreme Court reversed a previous circuit court injunction on the Hope Scholarship Program, opening the door for families across the state to access flexible educational opportunities.
A Virginia NAACP chapter leader was murdered while vacationing in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, officials say. Kent Carter, a U.S. Army veteran and realtor from Arlington, was killed by gunfire during an ambush attack, according to the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.
Tempest for the ages.We’re excited for almost every season offering, but the one thing that fills us with an embarrassment of joy? The return of the Broadway Center Stage series to the Kennedy Center. Prior to the pandemic, the series routinely blew the roof off the national arts center with its extraordinary staged concerts that, in some cases, felt Broadway-ready.Other highlights of the 2022-2023 season include the returns of Les Miserables, Chicago, Wicked and — why not? — Cats; an Olney Kinky Boots; a Bountiful moment with Nancy Robinette at Ford’s; the return of Michael Urie and husband Ryan Spahn to the (boldly, beautifully rebranded) Shakespeare Theatre; Arena Stage tackling Tony Kushner’s gay masterpiece Angels in America; and the long-anticipated “Till Trilogy” at Mosaic. Buy stock in Kleenex now.1524 Spring Hill Rd.
“The Matrix” is getting a very unlikely adaptation.