The fourth Matrix movie, recently confirmed to be titled The Matrix: Resurrections, sees the return of Lana Wachowski writing, directing, and producing. Her sister Lilly, who collaborated with Lana on the original three Matrix movies, is not attached to the project, and has explained why in a recent interview.

Speaking on a panel about Showtime TV show Work in Progress, on which she is the showrunner, Lilly explained why she didn't want to return to the franchise. "There was something about the idea of going backwards and being a part of something that I had done before that was expressly unappealing," Wachowski explained on the panel, as quoted by The Wrap.

"Like, I didn’t want to have gone through my transition and gone through this massive upheaval in my life, the sense of loss from my mom and dad, to want to go back to something that I had done before and sort of walk over old paths that I had walked in, felt emotionally unfulfilling and really the opposite," she continued. "Like I was going to go back and live in these old shoes in a way. And I didn't want to do that."