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Behind the Camera || BY Frank DiGiacomo || 11 15 2012 6:45 PM

'Jupiter Ascending' To Be Wachowskis' First 3D Film

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 06: (L-R) Directors Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski and Andy Wachowski speak at a panel discussion with Aleksander Hemon following the "Cloud Atlas" US premiere at The New Yorker Festival at SVA Theatre on October 6, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for The New Yorker)

The Wachowskis are about to shoot their first film in 3D, which, after the complexity of Cloud Atlas, almost sounds like a comedown. FilmStage.com reports that the cinema siblings will utilize 3D for the first time to make their next science-fiction film, Jupiter Ascending, which begins shooting early next year. more »

Newswire || BY || 10 20 2011 4:30 PM

Mysterious Jupiter Ascending Project Could Be the Wachowskis' Next Matrix

After their Matrix trilogy grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, Lana (formerly Larry) and Andy Wachowski took some time to explore avenues off the sci-fi blockbuster grid -- by writing a dystopian thriller (V for Vendetta), unsuccessfully adapting Japanese anime for the screen (Speed Racer) and directing A-listers like Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant and Halle Berry in the ambitious, generations-spanning adaptation of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. At long last though, it seems that the sibling filmmakers are returning to their wheelhouse for a mysterious new project called Jupiter Ascending.