Eva Mendes, Samantha Mumba, Brandy Norwood and Tatyana Ali were all rumored to be possible replacements for the character of Zee, after the initial choice Aaliyah died in a plane crash on 25th August 2001. Nona M. Gaye (daughter of late Motown legend Marvin Gaye) was eventually cast in the role.
Gloria Foster died before she could complete any scenes for the third film as well as _Enter The Matrix (2003) (VG)_ . Mary Alice took the role of the Oracle for both the third movie and the game. In "Revolutions," the initial conversation when Morpheus and Trinity meet the "new" Oracle was adapted to reference her changed appearance. The alternative was to have Morpheus and Trinity pretend not to notice, which perhaps would have been even more awkward.
The first film to premiere in the brand new Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.
In an unprecendented simultaneous global release, this film opened at exactly the same moment in every major city in the world on November 5: 6am in Los Angeles, 9am in New York, 2pm in London, 5pm in Moscow, 11pm in Tokyo, 1am in Sydney and at corresponding times in over 50 additional countries worldwide.
The special effects crew spent two months designing the apparatus to make the perfect rain drop.
The final showdown, between Smith and Neo is based on the final fight from the Korean film Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda (1999).
The street corner where Neo and Smith fight in the crater is the same corner from which Neo made his phone call at the end of The Matrix (1999) - the corner of Pitt, Hunter and O'Connell Streets in Sydney, Australia. You can see the phone booth to the right when they hit the ground.
In the scene where Morpheus, Trinity, and Seraph are chasing the Trainman, an advertisement for Tastee Wheat can be seen. Tastee Wheat was mentioned in The Matrix (1999) when Mouse was trying to describe the food in the real world.
When Neo goes to see The Oracle in her apartment, the jazz standard "I'm Beginning to See the Light" is playing in the background; a different version of the same song also plays in the corresponding scene in The Matrix (1999).
The ship referred to as the Hammer was actually named the Mjolnir, after Thor's hammer. The hammer in the Norse legends always returned to its master, sparking lightning and thunder along the way. Like the hammer, the ship returned to its master (Zion), with its own lightning and thunder.
Cameo: [John Gaeta] An APU operator.
The brand of cigarettes the Oracle smokes is "Double Destiny".
While Trinity is chasing the Trainman in the subway, an advertisement for Powerade can be seen. When The Matrix Reloaded (2003) was released in theatres, Matrix-based commercials for Powerade aired on US television.
The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG), and this film were shot back-to-back.
The black cat at the end of the film is the same one in the "déjà-vu" scene from The Matrix (1999). It even meows in the same way.
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