Lawrence Fishburne joining Keanu Reeves speaks volumes, and it wasn't long after the novel version of "The Matrix" was published that producers were contacting about film rights, incessantly. Although most were small companies, and there were a few complete scammers, there were also a few medium-sized film companies — the major companies, after a little investigation, would know who the author was and naturally wouldn't dream of getting the rights from Adrian — so it could be said that Hollywood had quite a few insightful people.
It was about time to bring this movie to the screen, ideally right after "Titanic." Thus, as one of the pioneers of the CGI era, "The Matrix" was destined to make an even more significant mark in film history. Although the movie was full of meaning and held a high status in cinematic history, Adrian wanted to produce it a few years earlier because the current version might not elicit the same reaction as the original.
