{"id":2557,"date":"2025-01-30T18:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/will-smith-no-matrix-movie-but-hes-got-a-matrix-music-video\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T18:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:40:59","slug":"will-smith-no-matrix-movie-but-hes-got-a-matrix-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/will-smith-no-matrix-movie-but-hes-got-a-matrix-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith: No Matrix Movie, But He&#8217;s Got a Matrix Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Smith&#8217;s &quot;The Matrix&quot; Tribute: A Long-Awaited Reality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWake up, Will&#8230; the Matrix has you&#8230;\u201d So read Will Smith\u2019s social media earlier this month, leading to widespread speculation that he could finally be making a fantasy reality. Back in the late 1990s, the Independence Day and Bad Boys star famously passed on playing Neo in the eventual classic The Matrix. However, with a new film potentially on the way, everyone wondered if Smith was finally going to step into The Matrix. What if?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Music Video Tribute<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, that \u201cwhat if\u201d is now a reality. Smith just released a music video for the first single off his upcoming new album, and, as expected, it\u2019s centered wholly on The Matrix&#8230; including Smith\u2019s regret at turning down the role (which, of course, ended up going to Keanu Reeves), and giving him a chance to see what some of the film\u2019s most famous scenes would look like if he was in them. It\u2019s a very fun watch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Music Video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s new video for \u201cBeautiful Scars\u201d is directed by his Bad Boys collaborators Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Check it out:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Will Smith &amp; Big Sean Beautiful Scars feat. OBanga (Official Video)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jWYQmPZrkOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Will Smith &amp; Big Sean Beautiful Scars feat. OBanga (Official Video)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jWYQmPZrkOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>**A Catchy but Not Classic**<\/p>\n<p>As someone who grew up with Smith\u2019s music, I don\u2019t think \u201cBeautiful Scars\u201d is quite the classic like a \u201cSummertime,\u201d \u201cGettin\u2019 Jiggy With It\u201d or \u201cMen in Black.\u201d But, it\u2019s catchy and the music video is pretty incredible. I especially love the changes in video quality to make it look like it\u2019s behind-the-scenes footage from the 1990s. That, combined with the bullet time effects paying homage to what the Wachowskis came up with for their film, really makes for something memorable.<\/p>\n<p>**The New Matrix Movie**<\/p>\n<p>As for that new Matrix movie, well, we don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening. Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods, The Martian) reportedly came up with a new spin on the story and is in the process of writing. Lana Wachowksi is on board as executive producer. So, we\u2019d imagine, that\u2019ll happen in the future. For now though, we have Will Smith\u2019s tribute and it\u2019s certainly fun.<\/p>\n<p>**Other Matrix News**<\/p>\n<p>Oh and don\u2019t forget The Matrix Resurrections was super freaking awesome too.<\/p>\n<p>**Stay Up-to-Date with io9 News**<\/p>\n<p>Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/will-smith-the-matrix-music-video-big-sean-2000557061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith&#8217;s &quot;The Matrix&quot; Tribute: A Long-Awaited Reality \u201cWake up, Will&#8230; the Matrix has you&#8230;\u201d So read Will Smith\u2019s social media earlier this month, leading to widespread speculation that he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[257,258],"class_list":["post-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-the-matrix","tag-will-smith"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/01\/Will-Smith-The-Matrix.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}