What new major motion picture are The Wachowski Brothers working on?
Title? Cast? Release Date?

Hello.

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago,
the Wachowski brothers "only have a few projects languishing in
development; none is close to starting production."

The article mentions one possible film, "V for Vendetta."  It's not
even in production yet, so there's no cast or release date, but it
would reportedly be produced by "Matrix" producer Joel Silver.

 
From the Wall Street Journal:

'Wachowski Watch
 Most directors who score big hits want to quickly parlay that
momentum into making another movie, so fleeting are filmmaker careers
in Hollywood. So it's noteworthy that brothers Larry and Andy
Wachowski -- behind "The Matrix" trilogy, which racked up more than $1
billion in U.S. ticket sales -- only have a few projects languishing
in development; none is close to starting production. Nor have the
brothers decided when they will return to filmmaking, or what they'll
make when they do return.
 "They're taking a little bit of a breather because the three
back-to-back 'Matrix' movies were so exhausting," says Laurence
Mattis...
  When they do get back to work, the brothers are most likely to make
another movie for Warner Bros., which, along with Village Roadshow,
financed "The Matrix" trilogy. One possibility is "V for Vendetta,"
from Alan Moore's graphic novel, set in futuristic London, about a
vigilante who plots a revolt against a totalitarian government. The
movie would be produced by "Matrix" producer Joel Silver.'
source: Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2004, reproduced on the
Able2know.com messageboard:
http://www.able2know.com/forums/about25988-0-asc-320.html


The Wachowski brothers have reportedly been working on a "V for
Vendetta" for several years.  Here's an article from 2001:
http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2672

When the brothers appeared at a comic convention in San Diego in July,
they indicated that the "V for Vendetta" project "is still being sat
on."

'The Wachowski brothers said their film treatment for Alan Moore's "V
For Vendetta" is still being sat on and the status of the project is
unknown.'
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3974

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search strategy:
google news: " Wachowski brothers" matrix
Wachowski "V For Vendetta"

I'm sorry that I didn't have better news to report about the status of
the Wachowskis' projects (or lack thereof), but I hope you find this
information helpful. Thank you!

I believe it is now brother and *sister* Wachowski.

Friday, April 30, 2004
'Matrix' co-creator ready for sex change
AZCentral.com. 

When you're touted as one-half of the creative genius behind the
science fiction movie of the decade, morphing between the sexes is
probably just another research trip. At least that is one way to
describe Larry Wachowski latest move.

According to the Chicago Sun Times, Wachowski, who created the Matrix
series along with his brother Andy, is working toward becoming
"Linda," surgically and otherwise. "As always, it was impossible to
get any comment from the press-shy Wachowskis, but several longtime
friends of the Rogers Park native confirm Wachowski is planning to
complete the process of becoming a woman," reports the Chicago Sun
Times.

When Thea Bloom, Larry's former wife, accused Wachowski of being
"extremely dishonest with me in our personal life," blaming the
separation on "very intimate circumstances concerning which I do not
elaborate at this time for the reasons of his personal privacy," a sex
change wasn't the first thing to come to mind. But those close to
Larry relate the he has been "living and dressing as a woman for some
time."