Andy Wachowski Forum

Deadline posted a very interesting read today about the Wachowski Bros. latest project finally having a name instead of that silly "CN" acronym it's been sporting for some time now, but the bulk of the article is about the increasing levels of secrecy surrounding it and other future Hollywood productions. First thing's first, the siblings' new film is going to be called Cobalt Neural 9 and its story will revolve around a pair of soldiers, Iraqi and American, who enter into an all-but-anathema homosexual relationship. There are some indications that a crime/heist element will be involved and that the movie won't just be Brokeback Mountain during the Second Gulf War, but so far it's impossible to say for sure. 
 
As the article points out, much of the reason we don't know anything about this film is due to the irrational levels of paranoia sweeping Tinseltown these days to prevent even the tiniest smidgens of their property details be leaked online or to entertainment press. Scripts for movies as mundane as Battleship and Rise of the Apes are apparently no longer emailed or couriered to agents and actors, but instead kept in-house under lock and key, only viewable with a studio rep standing over one's shoulder to make sure no pictures are taken. Really...Battleship? Don't flatter yourself, Universal, please. 
 
This isn't to say I don't understand the need to protect one's assets from IP pirates, but until there are a proliferation of websites whose sole purpose is to publish whole, completed, final draft scripts I don't think it's much of an issue. Until then, leaks and slips of the tongue about movies in pre-production have a name, Hollywood, it's called "buzz." Best learn that term.

Will there be bullet time?

I think that a certain degree of secrecy certainly helps films do a lot better than they might normally do, though. That's probably the driving force for this. Think about Cloverfield and Inception.
 
After all, no one's going to get excited about details of a Battleship movie. But if it's a secret, oooooooh, it's mysterious!

I read that as Carbon Neutral. lol

@Olivaw: Inception is one of the titles brought up in the Deadline piece and I totally agree. There are some titles that require the secrecy.

No, the Wachowskis have had a track record of terrible movies after the Matrix.
 
It's hard for me to get excited :(

Cobalt Neural 9 still sounds like some kind of working title :\

@bonbolapti said:

" No, the Wachowskis have had a track record of terrible movies after the Matrix.  It's hard for me to get excited :( "

Hey forget you, man, Speed Racer was awesome.

I don't think "Bros." is the correct descriptor to use regarding the Wachowskis.

@Olivaw said:

" @bonbolapti said:

" No, the Wachowskis have had a track record of terrible movies after the Matrix.  It's hard for me to get excited :( "

Hey forget you, man, Speed Racer was awesome. "

I haven't seen Speed Racer but I thought V for Vendetta was very well done. Revolutions wasn't exactly bad either - it was just not what most people expected/wanted from a Matrix movie.
 
@samsaturday said:

" I don't think "Bros." is the correct descriptor to use regarding the Wachowskis. "

Yeah, Bros is a bit of a misnomer now, isn't it ? Maybe Wachowski Siblings ?

@Olivaw said:

" @bonbolapti said:

" No, the Wachowskis have had a track record of terrible movies after the Matrix.  It's hard for me to get excited :( "

Hey forget you, man, Speed Racer was awesome. "

Maybe you like it yeah, but for me the movie was ADD, face wipes, and
 Sadly.. it wasn't my idea of a good time

Whoa whoa whoa, hold the fucking phone... Hippy Dog!?
 
Lopez stole my screenplay dammit!

The Wachowski Brothers are doing a gay romance movie???? 

Forgive me, as I'm having a very hard time picking up my jaw from falling to the floor. That's not a Hyperbole, my jaw literally fell open and wouldn't shut.
 
I would sooner expect Michael Bay to make a gay movie, than the Wachowski's. What with Turturro showing his hairy ass in Transformers 2. 
 
I just...wow....huh.... What would a Wachowski made movie about two gay guys even look like? 
 
I'm really speechless...Really.

@samsaturday: Crap, you're completely on the ball there. How about the Wachowski Kids?

MOAR ADVENTURES OF HIPPY DOG!

@bonbolapti said:

" @Olivaw said:

" @bonbolapti said:

" No, the Wachowskis have had a track record of terrible movies after the Matrix.  It's hard for me to get excited :( "

Hey forget you, man, Speed Racer was awesome. "

Maybe you like it yeah, but for me the movie was ADD, face wipes, and

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

The fake out that Racer X was his brother all along, but when out of his way to get a face lift incase he was ever faced with the difficult decision of showing Speed who he was.

 Sadly.. it wasn't my idea of a good time "

Well I'm sorry, but I enjoy it when a viking with a giant morningstar attached to his car does a somersault complete with battlecry and another man jumps his car and punches him in the face, causing him to crash and burn.
 
What I'm saying is I enjoy Car Fights.

What the hell is with the obsession with the number 9 lately.

@Killjoi said:   

@samsaturday said:

" I don't think "Bros." is the correct descriptor to use regarding the Wachowskis. "

Yeah, Bros is a bit of a misnomer now, isn't it ? Maybe Wachowski Siblings?  

I was totally thinking this as I was reading... 
And I can't come up with anything to call'em.

@Matt said:

" @samsaturday: Crap, you're completely on the ball there. How about the Wachowski Kids? " 
 

 It's really quite simple.  They are just "the Wachowskis".  Really nothing confusing about that.  It's just nice that their name is so unique, they're not gonna be confused with the other Wachowski directing duo, so "brothers" was even kind of unnecessary when they both were dudes.  So yeah, I here by christen Andy and Lana...
 
THE WACHOWSKIS!