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Sense8 creator Lana Wachowski will return to direct the sequel. 
By Taylor HendersonDecember 10 2019 / 6:44 PM
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Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one! 
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Frozen star Jonathan Groff is the latest actor to join the cast of the next installment of the iconic sci-fi series, The Matrix. 
We don't know much about Groff's role or even the plot of the movie, but Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss, and Jada Pinkett Smith are all returning to reprise their original roles.
Neil Patrick Harris is the other openly gay actor cast and is rumored to be playing a villain. Watchmen star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Game of Thrones star Jessica Henwick are also joining the franchise. 
Lana Wachowski, the transgender creator of the beloved LGBT sci-fi series Sense8, returns to direct the sequel. 
Matrix 4 will reportedly begin production at the top of 2020. 

        
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