The Wachowskis#Films

Lana was born in Chicago in 1965; Lilly was born two and a half years later, in 1967. Their mother, Lynne (née Luckinbill), was a nurse and painter. Their father, Ron Wachowski, was a businessman of Polish descent. Their uncle is an actor and Primetime Emmy Award-winning producer, Laurence Luckinbill.{{cite web |title=Wachowski Brothers Reload | publisher=The World of English |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508120706/http://www.woe.edu.pl/modules.php?mm=2&module=Articles&mode=show_article&art_id=302§ion_id=39&topic_id=18 |url=http://www.woe.edu.pl/modules.php?mm=2&module=Articles&mode=show_article&art_id=302§ion_id=39&topic_id=18 |archive-date=May 8, 2013}} Ron and Lynne died five weeks apart in the late 2010s.{{cite magazine |first=Jolle |last=Lash |title=Lilly Wachowski explains why she's not involved with Matrix 4: 'That's a tough one' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/movies/lilly-wachowski-explains-not-involved-the-matrix/ |date=August 25, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2021}} Lana and Lilly have two other sisters, Julie and Laura.{{cite web |first=Marcus |last=Baram |url=http://www.whoaisnotme.net/articles/2003_0521_wac.htm |title=Wacky Wachowskis |work=Whoaisnotme.net |date=May 21, 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924184352/http://www.whoaisnotme.net/articles/2003_0521_wac.htm |archive-date=September 24, 2012 }} Julie was assistant coordinator for the film Bound;{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/135539/Bound/credits |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616011919/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/135539/Bound/credits |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2013 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |title=Bound – Cast, Crew, Director and Awards |access-date=July 9, 2013 }} she is a novelist and screenwriter.{{cite news |url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/5/2/250199/J.-Wachowski-Is-Speaker-At-Chattanooga.aspx |title=J. Wachowski Is Speaker at Chattanooga Writers Guild Meeting on May 14 |publisher=Chattanoogan.com |date=May 2, 2013 |access-date=March 9, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305055135/http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/5/2/250199/J.-Wachowski-Is-Speaker-At-Chattanooga.aspx |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }}

The Wachowskis attended the Kellogg Elementary School in Chicago's Beverly area, and graduated from Whitney Young High School, known for its performing arts and science curriculum, in 1983 and 1985. Former classmates recall them playing Dungeons & Dragons and working in the school's theater and TV program.

Lana went to Bard College, in New York state; Lilly attended Emerson College, in Boston. Each dropped out before graduating, and they ran a house-painting and construction business in Chicago.

Beginning in 1993, they wrote several issues of Ectokid for Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint (created by horror novelist Clive Barker), which were credited to Lana.{{cite web |first=Timothy |last=Donohoo |url=https://www.cbr.com/ectokid-wachowskis-forgotten-marvel-hero/ |title=Ectokid: Who Is the Wachowskis and Clive Barker's Forgotten Marvel Hero? |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=April 13, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020 }} They also wrote for the series Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Clive Barker's Nightbreed for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint.

In the mid-1990s, they went into film writing, including the script for Assassins in 1994, which was directed by Richard Donner and released in 1995. Warner Bros. bought the script and included two more pictures in the contract. Donner had their script "totally rewritten" by Brian Helgeland and the Wachowskis tried unsuccessfully to remove their names from the film. They say the experience gave them the perspective that they should become directors or "[they will] never survive as writers in this town".{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/the-wachowskis-jupiter-ascending-the-matrix-cloud-atlas |title=The Wachowskis Refuse To Take No for an Answer |date=February 6, 2015 |publisher=buzzfeed.com |access-date=September 13, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910054233/https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/the-wachowskis-jupiter-ascending-the-matrix-cloud-atlas |archive-date=September 10, 2016 }}

Their next project was the 1996 neo-noir thriller Bound, for which they wrote the script and made their debut as directors. The film was well received for its style and craft,{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bound/ |title=Bound |access-date=July 8, 2012 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=October 4, 1996 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626021243/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bound/ |archive-date=June 26, 2012 }} and was noted as one of the first mainstream films to feature a same-sex relationship without it being central to the plot.{{cite news |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |author-link=Mick LaSalle |title=Darkly Witty 'Bound' a Taut Noir Caper |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=October 4, 1996 |access-date=January 23, 2022|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Darkly-Witty-Bound-a-Taut-Noir-Caper-2964438.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124012456/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F1996%2F10%2F04%2FDD42774.DTL |archive-date=November 24, 2007 }} Taking advantage of the positive buzz, the Wachowskis asked to direct their next picture, The Matrix.

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They completed The Matrix, a science fiction action film, in 1999. The movie stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a hacker recruited by a rebellion to aid them in the fight against machines who have taken over the world and placed humanity inside a simulated reality called "the Matrix". Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano also star. The movie was a critical and commercial hit for Warner Bros. It won four Academy Awards, including for "Best Visual Effects" for popularizing the bullet time visual effect. The Matrix came to be a major influence for action movies and has appeared in several "greatest science fiction films" lists.{{cite web |last=Heritage |first=Stuart |title=The Matrix: No 13 best sci-fi and fantasy film of all time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/21/matrix-wachowskis-science-fiction |url-status=live |work=The Guardian |date=October 21, 2010 |access-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009062236/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/21/matrix-wachowskis-science-fiction |archive-date=October 9, 2016 }}{{cite web |title=Top 25 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/top-25-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time |url-status=live |publisher=IGN|access-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002025638/http://www.ign.com/articles/top-25-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time?page=4 |archive-date=October 2, 2016 }}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/12/12/sci-fi-25-best-82/ |title=Sci-Fi 25: The best since '82|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 8, 2007 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508042743/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20036782_20037403_20037541_25%2C00.html |archive-date=May 8, 2007 }} In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant".{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-dec-19-la-et-mn-national-film-registry-20121217-story.html|title=National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation|first=Susan|last=King|date=December 19, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 23, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005222926/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/19/entertainment/la-et-mn-national-film-registry-20121217|archive-date=October 5, 2016}}

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After its success, the Wachowskis directed two sequels back-to-back, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both released in 2003. The Matrix Reloaded received positive critical reception, although not on the level of the original.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix_reloaded/|title=The Matrix Reloaded|date=May 15, 2003 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 1, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916234117/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix_reloaded|archive-date=September 16, 2016}} It became a major box office hit, retaining the spot of the highest-grossing R-rated film for over a decade (until 2016's Deadpool).{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/deadpool-box-office-biggest-r-rated-movie-1201740907/|title='Deadpool' Overtakes 'Matrix Reloaded' as Highest-Grossing R-Rated Movie|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=March 29, 2016|work=Variety|access-date=October 1, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926151125/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/deadpool-box-office-biggest-r-rated-movie-1201740907/|archive-date=September 26, 2016}} The Matrix Revolutions received a mixed critical reception and performed only moderately in the box office. Although profitable, it was slightly less so compared to the original film.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix_revolutions/|title=The Matrix Revolutions|date=November 5, 2003 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 1, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916234329/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix_revolutions|archive-date=September 16, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=matrixrevolutions.htm|title=The Matrix Revolutions (2003)|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 1, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925045720/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=matrixrevolutions.htm|archive-date=September 25, 2016}}

During production of the first film, the Wachowskis and Spencer Lamm, who ran the film's official website, developed comics based on the setting of the film, which were published free of charge on the website. These and a few short stories were released in three series from 1999 to 2003, with several of them (along with new material) collected in two print volumes in 2003 and 2004. The Wachowskis themselves contributed "Bits and Pieces", a prequel to the movie that explains the origins of the Matrix, featuring illustrations by Geof Darrow, the movie's conceptual designer. Other writers and artists that contributed to the series include Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Paul Chadwick, Ted McKeever, Poppy Z. Brite, and Steve Skroce.

After Lilly Wachowski came out as transgender, she encouraged looking back on her and Lana's works "through the lens of our transness", saying that the themes of identity, self-image and transformation are apparent in The Matrix.{{cite web|url=https://www.themarysue.com/the-matrix-trans-lens/|title=Lilly Wachowski Acknowledges Re-Examination of The Matrix With Lens Focused on Transness|last=Lachenal|first=Jessica|date=April 5, 2016|website=The Mary Sue|access-date=October 30, 2018}}

The Wachowskis' next feature film was V for Vendetta, an adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel of the same name, starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. They wrote and produced the film with Matrix producer Joel Silver, who had previously purchased the film rights to the graphic novel. The Wachowskis offered the film to James McTeigue, the first assistant director of The Matrix trilogy, as his directorial debut. Moore did not participate in the production, as he was disappointed by previous Hollywood adaptations of his work, and disagreed with differences between his graphic novel and the screenplay. Following a statement to the press by Silver that Moore was supposedly excited to learn more about the movie, Moore demanded that Silver retract it, and had his own name removed from the credits when he did not.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/movies/the-vendetta-behind-v-for-vendetta.html|title=The Vendetta Behind 'V for Vendetta'|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff|date=March 12, 2006|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 15, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419010342/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/movies/the-vendetta-behind-v-for-vendetta.html|archive-date=April 19, 2017}} The film's controversial storyline and themes have been both criticized and praised by sociopolitical groups. It was released in 2005 and was well received critically; it was a box office success but did not rank on the scale of The Matrix films.{{cite web | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | title=V for Vendetta (2006) | date=March 17, 2006 | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/v_for_vendetta/ | access-date=July 8, 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603085513/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/v_for_vendetta/ | archive-date=June 3, 2017 | df=mdy-all }} The film popularized the image of the Guy Fawkes mask, as the version designed by David Lloyd for the graphic novel and used in the movie was adopted as a symbol by the online hacktivist group Anonymous two years later.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/world/europe/guy-fawkes-mask/index.html|title=Guy Fawkes mask inspires Occupy protests around the world – CNN|first=Nick |last=Thompson|publisher=CNN|access-date=September 13, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512233515/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/world/europe/guy-fawkes-mask/index.html|archive-date=May 12, 2016}}

In 2006, Silver had the Wachowskis and McTeigue hired to revamp The Invasion for Warner Bros. The studio was disappointed in the original cut of the film by director Oliver Hirschbiegel and hired the Wachowskis to rewrite a portion of the script and add new action scenes, which McTeigue directed. The film, the fourth adaptation of the novel The Body Snatchers, was released in 2007 and was not a critical or box office success. The Wachowskis and McTeigue are not credited on the film.{{cite magazine |first1=Nicole |last1=Sperling |first2=Christine |last2=Spines |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/08/10/whos-behind-invasion/ |title=Who's behind Invasion? |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 10, 2007 |access-date=December 5, 2021|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014230838/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20050837,00.html |archive-date=October 14, 2007 }}

The Wachowskis returned to directing with Speed Racer (2008) which starred Emile Hirsch. The film, which was again produced by Silver, was an adaptation of a 1960s Japanese manga series originally called Mach GoGoGo, which had previously been adapted as an anime television series in 1967. The Wachowskis were attracted to the project because the series was the first anime they had watched, and they wanted to make a family-friendly film for their nieces and nephews to enjoy.{{cite web|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/speed-racer-joel-silver-interview|title=Speed Racer – Joel Silver interview |publisher=IndieLondon|access-date=September 14, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915005552/http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/speed-racer-joel-silver-interview|archive-date=September 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/04/wondercon-07-wonder-woman-speed-racer-status|title=WonderCon 07: Wonder Woman, Speed Racer Status|first=Eric|last=Moro|date=March 3, 2007|publisher=IGN|access-date=September 14, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107224721/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/04/wondercon-07-wonder-woman-speed-racer-status|archive-date=November 7, 2013}} In an effort to simulate the look of anime in live action, the Wachowskis had cinematographer David Tattersall shoot the movie digitally on a digital backlot with the intention of adding extensive visual effects in post-production. The movie was considered a critical and commercial failure.{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Anne |title=Why 'Speed Racer' sputtered |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/columns/why-speed-racer-sputtered-1117987417/ |url-status=live |work=Variety |date=June 18, 2008 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617113205/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987417.html?categoryid=2508&cs=1 |archive-date=June 17, 2008 }} While its special effects were noted as outstanding, the storyline is considered lacking.{{cite web |title=Speed Racer |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/speed_racer/ |work=Rotten Tomatoes |date=May 9, 2008 |publisher=Flixster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512022936/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/speed_racer/ |archive-date=May 12, 2015 }} It was nominated in the category of "Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel" for the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards. Its box office gross was $93 million compared to a production budget of $120 million. Since then, critics periodically have put the film on lists of underrated or cult films.{{cite web |first=NP |last=Horton |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/24649/top-50-underrated-films-of-the-2000s |title=Top 50 underrated films of the 2000s |work=Den of Geek |access-date=October 1, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604062811/http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/24649/top-50-underrated-films-of-the-2000s |archive-date=June 4, 2014 }}{{cite web |first=Nick |last=Hyman |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/15-movies-the-critics-got-wrong |title=15 Movies the Critics Got Wrong |publisher=Metacritic |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=October 1, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324180636/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/15-movies-the-critics-got-wrong |archive-date=March 24, 2014 }}{{cite web |first=Annalee |last=Newitz |url=https://gizmodo.com/10-reasons-why-speed-racer-is-an-unsung-masterpiece-5954595 |title=10 Reasons Why Speed Racer Is an Unsung Masterpiece |work=Gizmodo |date=October 25, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190034/http://io9.com/5954595/10-reasons-why-speed-racer-is-an-unsung-masterpiece |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}{{cite web |first=Alejandro |last=Stepenberg |url=https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/the-unpopular-opinion-speed-racer |title=The UnPopular Opinion: Speed Racer |date=April 4, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205825/http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/the-unpopular-opinion-speed-racer |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Wade |url=https://slate.com/culture/2012/10/speed-racer-the-wachowskis-masterpiece-is-underrated.html |title=Speed Racer, the Wachowskis' Masterpiece|date=October 25, 2012 |work=Slate |access-date=December 5, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714133718/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/10/25/speed_racer_the_wachowskis_masterpiece_is_underrated.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}

The Wachowskis' next film project was Ninja Assassin, a martial arts film starring Rain, which was released in 2009. It was inspired by Rain's fighting scene in Speed Racer.{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/health-and-family/527888/how-rain-trained-ninja-assassin|title=How Rain trained for 'Ninja Assassin'|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=September 28, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006120859/http://www.philstar.com/health-and-family/527888/how-rain-trained-ninja-assassin|archive-date=October 6, 2016}} It was produced by the Wachowskis in their last involvement with Silver, and directed by McTeigue. The screenplay was written by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski, whom the Wachowskis called six weeks before filming to ask him for a total rewrite completed within a week, because they were dissatisfied with the earlier drafts and were running out of time.{{cite web|url=http://www.amc.com/talk/2008/10/masters-of-scif-20|title=Masters of SciFi – J. Michael Straczynski on Changeling's Message and Warp-Speed Writing for Ninja Assassin|work=AMC |publisher=amc.com|access-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924121053/http://www.amc.com/talk/2008/10/masters-of-scif-20|archive-date=September 24, 2016}} Ninja Assassin received negative reviews and performed lukewarmly in the theaters but respectably on home video.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1198524-ninja_assassin/|title=Ninja Assassin|date=November 25, 2009 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011050450/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1198524-ninja_assassin/|archive-date=October 11, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1627186/new-moon-overshadows-the-blind-side-at-box-office/|title='New Moon' Overshadows 'The Blind Side' At Box Office|publisher=MTV|access-date=September 28, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001184752/http://www.mtv.com/news/1627186/new-moon-overshadows-the-blind-side-at-box-office/|archive-date=October 1, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=ninjaassassin.htm|title=Ninja Assassin (2009) – Box Office Mojo|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=September 28, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002053957/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=ninjaassassin.htm|archive-date=October 2, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hancinema.net/500-000-ninja-assassin-dvds-sold-within-four-weeks-23119.html|title=500,000 'Ninja Assassin' DVDs Sold Within Four Weeks|work=HanCinema |publisher=hancinema.net|access-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924173644/http://www.hancinema.net/500-000-ninja-assassin-dvds-sold-within-four-weeks-23119.html|archive-date=September 24, 2016}}

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Their next directorial outing was Cloud Atlas, which was adapted from David Mitchell's 2004 novel of the same name and starred an ensemble cast which included Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. Cloud Atlas was written and directed in collaboration with German filmmaker Tom Tykwer, to whom the Wachowskis had introduced the novel several years earlier. The filmmakers failed to secure funding from a studio (save for $20 million by Warner Bros.) and the film was produced independently after much trouble.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dont-call-cloud-atlas-box-office-flop-just-yet-62536/|title=Don't Call 'Cloud Atlas' a Box-Office Flop Just Yet|date=October 29, 2012|publisher=thewrap.com|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914152747/http://www.thewrap.com/dont-call-cloud-atlas-box-office-flop-just-yet-62536/|archive-date=September 14, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/11/oscars-qa-wachowskis-and-tykwer-374132/|title=Oscars Q&A: Wachowskis And Tykwer|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=November 24, 2012|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920064919/http://deadline.com/2012/11/oscars-qa-wachowskis-and-tykwer-374132/|archive-date=September 20, 2016}} With a budget of over $100 million it was noted as the most expensive independent movie to that date and the first attempt at a German blockbuster.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jun/22/cloud-atlas-filmed-berlin|title=Cloud Atlas to be filmed in Berlin as city eyes starring role in movies|first=Helen|last=Pidd|date=June 22, 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927200800/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jun/22/cloud-atlas-filmed-berlin|archive-date=September 27, 2016}} The movie opened at the 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012 to acclaim and received a loud and lengthy standing ovation.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2012/09/09/toronto-film-festival-cloud-atlas-premiere-with-halle-berry-tom-hanks-wows-crowd-cast-directors-get-standing-ovation|title=Toronto: 'Cloud Atlas' premiere wows – cast gets standing ovation|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118090217/http://www.ew.com/article/2012/09/09/toronto-film-festival-cloud-atlas-premiere-with-halle-berry-tom-hanks-wows-crowd-cast-directors-get-standing-ovation|archive-date=November 18, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-sep-09-la-et-mn-wachowskis-cloud-atlas-toronto-20120909-story.html|title=Wachowskis open up their 'Cloud Atlas' at last|first=Mark|last=Olsen|date=September 9, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521144741/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/09/entertainment/la-et-mn-wachowskis-cloud-atlas-toronto-20120909|archive-date=May 21, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/toronto-2012-cloud-atlas-tom-hanks-halle-berry-jim-broadbent-wachowski-tom-tykwer-368925|title=Toronto 2012: 'Cloud Atlas' Earns Lengthy Standing Ovation, but Are Oscars in the Cards?|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 9, 2012|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012043719/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/toronto-2012-cloud-atlas-tom-hanks-halle-berry-jim-broadbent-wachowski-tom-tykwer-368925|archive-date=October 12, 2016}} In its general release a month later, it received polarized reviews and eventually appeared in both "Best Film" and "Worst Film" lists. Overall reviews were mixed to positive.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cloud_atlas_2012/#top-critics-numbers |title=Cloud Atlas (2012) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 27, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025200124/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cloud_atlas_2012/#top-critics-numbers |archive-date=October 25, 2012 }} The film received many nominations and awards, particularly for its technical aspects, including 10 nominations for the German Film Award, out of which it won five. It also received five Saturn Award nominations, out of which it won two. David Mitchell liked the script of Cloud Atlas, spent some time on the set (including filming a cameo), and had a positive impression about the result.{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18622230.html|title=5 questions à... David Mitchell, l'auteur de "Cloud Atlas" !|last=AlloCine|work=allocine.fr|date=March 16, 2013 |access-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530231534/http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18622230.html|archive-date=May 30, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390443675404578060870111158076|title=Translating 'Cloud Atlas' Into the Language of Film|first=David|last=Mitchell|date=October 19, 2012|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917201634/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390443675404578060870111158076|archive-date=September 17, 2016}} According to the Wachowskis the movie was the hardest of their films to make, the one they are the most proud of, and the one they have been told has touched people's lives the most. They believe Cloud Atlas will be the film for which they will be remembered.{{cite web|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/jupiter-ascending-the-wachowskis-long-journey/|title='Jupiter Ascending': The Wachowskis' long journey|date=February 6, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919232756/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/jupiter-ascending-the-wachowskis-long-journey/|archive-date=September 19, 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2015/02/04/jupiter-ascending-filmmakers-thrive-on-being-sci-fi-originals|title='Jupiter Ascending' filmmakers thrive on being sci-fi originals|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221145127/http://www.torontosun.com/2015/02/04/jupiter-ascending-filmmakers-thrive-on-being-sci-fi-originals|archive-date=December 21, 2016}}

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The Wachowskis subsequently produced and directed Jupiter Ascending, an original space opera screenplay they wrote. The film was released in 2015.{{cite web |work=Deadline |first=Mike |last=Fleming |date=October 20, 2011 |access-date=July 19, 2012 |title=Lana and Andy Wachowski Return To Sci-Fi Action Arena With 'Jupiter Ascending' |url=https://deadline.com/2011/10/lana-and-andy-wachowski-return-to-sci-fi-action-arena-with-jupiter-ascending-185073/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829053117/http://www.deadline.com/2011/10/lana-and-andy-wachowski-return-to-sci-fi-action-arena-with-jupiter-ascending/ |archive-date=August 29, 2012 }} It stars Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis, and features the Wachowskis' regular collaborators John Gaeta on visual effects and Kym Barrett on costumes. According to Deadline, the financial and critical failure of Jupiter Ascending caused their business relationship with Warner Bros, that began with The Matrix franchise, to be terminated.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/jupiter-ascending-wachowskis-channing-tatum-mila-kunis-box-office-bomb-1201369053/|title=The Wachowskis' Expensive Jupiter Ascending: What The Hell Happened?|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=February 9, 2015|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 12, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926124625/http://deadline.com/2015/02/jupiter-ascending-wachowskis-channing-tatum-mila-kunis-box-office-bomb-1201369053/|archive-date=September 26, 2016}}

Their next project was the Netflix science fiction drama series Sense8, created and written with J. Michael Straczynski. Sense8 features an international ensemble cast and was shot in multiple cities around the world. The Wachowskis directed most of the episodes of the first season, with the rest being handled by McTeigue, Tykwer, and their go-to visual effects supervisor on their movies, Dan Glass, in his directorial debut.{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/first-trailer-wachowskis-sense8-released/|title=First Trailer for the Wachowskis' Sense8 Released|date=May 7, 2015|publisher=gamesradar.com|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507024403/http://www.gamesradar.com/first-trailer-wachowskis-sense8-released/|archive-date=May 7, 2016}} The first season premiered in 2015 to generally positive reviews, particularly for the scale of the production and the presentation of diverse and LGBT characters and themes, winning the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/sense8/s01/|title=Sense8: Season 1|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513212929/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/sense8/s01/|archive-date=May 13, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-glaad-media-award-winners-867481/item/outstanding-drama-series-2016-glaad-867479|title=Outstanding Drama Series – GLAAD Media Awards: The Winners List|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 3, 2016|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507140553/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-glaad-media-award-winners-867481/item/outstanding-drama-series-2016-glaad-867479|archive-date=May 7, 2016}} It also received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/creative-arts-emmys-2016-winners-926363/item/best-guest-actress-a-drama-910888|title=Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series – Creative Arts Emmys 2016: Winners List|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 10, 2016|access-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911094827/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/creative-arts-emmys-2016-winners-926363/item/best-guest-actress-a-drama-910888|archive-date=September 11, 2016}} After the first season, Lilly took a break from it, for what turned out to be the remainder of the series. A Christmas special was released on December 23, 2016, with the remainder of the show's second season released in May 2017.{{cite web|url=https://screencrush.com/sense8-finally-confirms-christmas-special-season-2-premiere/|title='Sense8' Finally Confirms Christmas Special, Season 2 Premiere|date=December 3, 2016|author=Kevin Fitzpatrick|access-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203233813/http://screencrush.com/sense8-finally-confirms-christmas-special-season-2-premiere/|archive-date=December 3, 2016|url-status=live}} Subsequently, the third season was canceled, and Sense8 concluded with a two-hour finale which aired in June 2018.

In June 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited the Wachowskis to join its ranks.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/movie-academy-diveristy-new-members-1201781317/|title=Movie Academy Stresses Diversity As It Invites Record 683 For Membership Including Nate Parker, Freida Pinto & the Wachowskis|website=Deadline Hollywood|author=Erik Pedersen|date=June 29, 2016|access-date=June 29, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630172402/https://deadline.com/2016/06/movie-academy-diveristy-new-members-1201781317/|archive-date=June 30, 2016}} However, in April 2025, Lilly Wachowski said "I'm not in the Academy. I'm not going to join the Academy." during an interview.{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/the-matrix-lilly-wachowski-ai-deleted-scenes-cloud-atlas-speed-racer-4k/ | title="If You do Nothing else, You Did This": 'The Matrix's Lilly Wachowski on Its Lasting Legacy and Why You Won't See the Deleted Scenes [Exclusive] | website=Collider | date=April 17, 2025 }}

In May 2019, it was reported that Lilly would co-write, and co-showrun the eight-episode first season of the drama-comedy series Work in Progress, created by Abby McEnany and Tim Mason for Showtime.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/work-in-progress-showtime-comedy-series-abby-mcenany-lilly-wachowski-writing-producing-1202624416/|title='Work in Progress': Showtime Orders Comedy Series Starring Abby McEnany; EP Lilly Wachowski Co-Writing|first1=Erik|last1=Pedersen|date=May 30, 2019|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=May 31, 2019}} The series premiered in December 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/08/02/showtime-announces-premiere-date-for-comedy-series-work-in-progress-854513/20190802showtime07/|title=Breaking News - Showtime Announces Premiere Date for Comedy Series "Work in Progress" | TheFutonCritic.com|website=thefutoncritic.com}} In January 2020, the series was renewed for a 10-episode second season, with which Lilly would continue to be involved.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/work-in-progress-renewed-season-2-showtime-abby-mcenany-1202828565/|title='Work In Progress' Renewed For Season 2 By Showtime – TCA|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|date=January 13, 2020}}

In August 2019, it was announced that Lana would be returning to write, direct and produce The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth installment of the Matrix series, with Reeves and Moss also reprising their roles; it marks the first film made by only one of the Wachowskis. Lana wrote the script with David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/matrix-4-keanu-reeves-carrie-anne-moss-lana-wachowski-1203307955/|title='Matrix 4' Officially a Go With Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lana Wachowski (EXCLUSIVE)|first1=Justin|last1=Kroll|date=August 20, 2019}} The film was released in December 2021.{{cite web |title=The Matrix 4 (2021) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10838180/ |publisher=IMDb |access-date=January 3, 2021}}

In February 2024, Collider announced that Lilly would direct Trash Mountain, a film about a young gay man returning from Chicago to rural Missouri to deal with the aftermath of his hoarder father's death. The film, Lilly's first directorial effort since Jupiter Ascending, will star Caleb Hearon, be written by Hearon and Ruby Caster and will be produced by Colin Trevorrow, Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev.{{cite web |last=McPherson |first=Chris |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Lilly Wachowski Has Set Her Sights on Her Next Film [Exclusive] |url=https://collider.com/lilly-wachowski-trash-mountain-movie/ |website=Collider|access-date=May 16, 2024}}

In April 2024, it was announced that Warner Bros. was developing a new Matrix installment with Drew Goddard attached to write and direct, for which Lana will serve as an executive producer.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=April 3, 2024 |title=New 'Matrix' Movie in the Works with Drew Goddard Writing, Directing |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-matrix-new-movie-drew-goddard-1235865603/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 13, 2024}}

J. Michael Straczynski, who has worked with the Wachowskis on Ninja Assassin and Sense8, has said that the sisters told him they were reading his column on scriptwriting for the Writer's Digest magazine, for inspiration and pointers.{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsdaily.com/tv/interview-sense8-straczynski/|title=Straczynski Talks 'Sense8' and the Outrageous Show's Diversity|date=June 9, 2016|publisher=awardsdaily.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610215350/http://www.awardsdaily.com/tv/interview-sense8-straczynski/|archive-date=June 10, 2016|access-date=October 31, 2016}} Straczynski contributed to the magazine from 1981 to 1991.{{cite web |url=http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/pipermail/b5jms/1996-April/000390.html|title=J. Michael Straczynski The Creator of "Babylon 5" |access-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419164948/http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/pipermail/b5jms/1996-April/000390.html |archive-date=April 19, 2017}}

In 1998, in the context of explaining how they got their start in filmmaking, the Wachowskis mentioned Roger Corman's book How I Made A Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime, and indicated, with laughter, that they liked his movies, and began by wanting to "make a low-budget horror movie". In the same interview they stated that they felt flattered, after their first film, by comparisons others had made between them and the Coen brothers, who had "made five, maybe six great movies..." at that time.

Speaking to Bernard Weintraub of The New York Times in April 1999, the Wachowskis mentioned explicitly that they prepared for their first Matrix production by studying the works of John Woo "and other Hong Kong filmmakers", as well as reading and rereading Homer's Odyssey, and studying the works of John Huston, Stanley Kubrick, Fritz Lang, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, and Billy Wilder.{{cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |title=Brothers Unleash the Comic Book of Ideas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/05/movies/brothers-unleash-the-comic-book-of-ideas.html |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 5, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307045432/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/05/movies/brothers-unleash-the-comic-book-of-ideas.html |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2016 }}

Mark Miller, writing in Wired in 2003, also listed Homer, Hermann Hesse, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and philosopher Cornel West. In an interview with Gadfly in 1998 (after their first movie), the Wachowskis reiterated their influence by or enjoyment of Huston (e.g. Treasure of the Sierra Madre) and Wilder (e.g., Sunset Boulevard and Lost Weekend), and added to these the impacts of Alfred Hitchcock (e.g. Strangers on a Train and Psycho), Roman Polanski (e.g. Repulsion), and Francis Ford Coppola (the Godfather movies, and The Conversation).

Ken Wilber has been cited as an influence.{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/5184723|title=Anti Hero – the Hidden Revolution in Leadership & Change|journal=Academia.edu|page=60|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104035602/http://www.academia.edu/5184723/Anti_Hero_-_the_Hidden_Revolution_in_Leadership_and_Change|archive-date=November 4, 2016|access-date=October 1, 2016|last1=Mezey|first1=Matthew}}

The Wachowskis admit to a love for telling multi-part stories. "Because we grew up on comic books and the Tolkien trilogy, one of the things we're interested in is bringing serial fiction to cinema," Lana has said. Lilly says: "We think movies are fairly boring and predictable. We want to screw with audiences' expectations."{{cite web |url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/341821 |title=Larry Wachowski |publisher=Filmbug |date=February 25, 2005 |access-date=July 19, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706125122/http://www.filmbug.com/db/341821 |archive-date=July 6, 2012 }} In terms of themes expressed in their body of work, Lana has cited "the inexplicable nature of the universe [being] in constant dialogue with our own consciousness and our consciousness actually affect[ing] the inexplicable nature of the universe", "interconnectivity and about truth beneath the surface",McGrath, Charles (October 9, 2012) [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/movies/cloud-atlas-as-rendered-by-tom-tykwer-and-the-wachowskis.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& "Bending Time, Bending Minds"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404035956/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/movies/cloud-atlas-as-rendered-by-tom-tykwer-and-the-wachowskis.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& |date=April 4, 2015}}, The New York Times. "the paradox of choice and choicelessness",[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia_mZ7IjBQM Lana and Andy Wachowski New Matrix, Jupiter Ascending, Sign Vendetta Mask @ Cloud Atlas Gala London] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503021729/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia_mZ7IjBQM |date=May 3, 2017}}. YouTube (February 18, 2013). "transcendence ... transcending archetypal boxes, stereotypes", "race ... an important component" and "gender ... it's one of our most significant cultural subjects".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6jC1NjhuFY|title=Cloud Atlas – Chinese TV Interview with Hugo Weaving, Lana and Andy Wachowski, Tom Tykwer (v.qq.com)|last=Hugo Weaving | Random Scribblings|date=February 17, 2013|via=YouTube|access-date=October 1, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421212836/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6jC1NjhuFY|archive-date=April 21, 2016}}

The Wachowskis cited the art of comic book artist Geof Darrow as an influence on the look of The Matrix. Also, they said that Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, and Akira were anime that inspired them, saying "in anime, one thing that they do that we tried to bring to our film was a juxtaposition of time and space in action beats".

The Wachowskis cited Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey as a major influence for Cloud Atlas.{{cite news |last=Corliss |first=Richard |date=October 25, 2012 |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/10/25/cloud-atlas-the-wachowskis-struggle-in-the-stratosphere/ |title='Cloud Atlas' Movie Review: The Wachowskis Struggle in the Stratosphere |magazine=Time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111065512/http://entertainment.time.com/2012/10/25/cloud-atlas-the-wachowskis-struggle-in-the-stratosphere/ |archive-date=January 11, 2013 }} They first saw the film when they were ten and seven, respectively.

Lana has most been influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Ma vie en rose, and My Neighbor Totoro.{{cite news |first=Jeff |last=Oloizia |url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/sam-taylor-johnson-lisa-cholodenko-sarah-polley-and-other-female-directors-on-the-movies-that-influenced-them/#Wachowski |title=Sam Taylor-Johnson, Lisa Cholodenko, Sarah Polley and Other Female Directors on the Movies That Influenced Them |work=T Magazine |date=August 13, 2014 |access-date=August 18, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820135216/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/sam-taylor-johnson-lisa-cholodenko-sarah-polley-and-other-female-directors-on-the-movies-that-influenced-them/#Wachowski |archive-date=August 20, 2014 }} Both Wachowskis are fans of the Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Wicked City, Ninja Scroll and Fist of the North Star anime films.Manga Max No. 8, July 1999

None of the home video releases of their films feature any deleted scenes. Lana says that despite often having to cut scenes from their movies, they do not want to include deleted scenes in such releases, as this would suggest that their films suffer from incompleteness. They love their finished products and believe them complete.{{cite web |url=http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/cmp/larryandychat.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213041503/http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/cmp/larryandychat.html |archive-date=February 13, 2010 |title=Chat with the Wachowski Brothers |publisher=whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com |date=November 6, 1999}}{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Weintraub |date=October 27, 2012 |url=https://collider.com/andy-wachowski-lana-wachowski-cloud-atlas-speed-racer-interview/ |title=Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer Talk Cloud Atlas and Speed Racer |work=Collider |access-date=October 8, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012111816/http://collider.com/andy-wachowski-lana-wachowski-cloud-atlas-speed-racer-interview/ |archive-date=October 12, 2014 }} For the same reason, they have not released their films for home video with director's or extended cuts. They also avoid recording audio commentary tracks, having participated only on the track recorded for the LaserDisc of Bound. The sisters say they learned that offering an interpretation of their films means that viewers will be less likely to express their own interpretation.{{cite web |url=http://www.matrixfans.net/symbolism-philosophy-and-allegory/the-many-meanings-of-the-matrix/ |title=The Many Meanings of the Matrix |publisher=MatrixFans.net |access-date=October 8, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013220100/http://www.matrixfans.net/symbolism-philosophy-and-allegory/the-many-meanings-of-the-matrix/ |archive-date=October 13, 2014 }}Introduction by the Wachowski Brothers included in The Ultimate Matrix Collection

The Wachowskis frequently hire the same basic film crew to make their movies. Lana says they do it in part to ensure a positive environment. "It's like family. Everyone is very respectful of each other," says Lana.{{cite web|last=Tabach-Bank|first=Lauren|url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/female-directors-hollywood-sam-taylor-johnson-jennifer-yuh-nelson-ava-duvernay-sarah-polley-lisa-cholodenko/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140830205929/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/female-directors-hollywood-sam-taylor-johnson-jennifer-yuh-nelson-ava-duvernay-sarah-polley-lisa-cholodenko/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2014|title=Flipping the Script|work=The New York Times|date=August 13, 2014}} They used the same practice while selecting the television crew for their Netflix show, Sense8.

Some of their most notable frequent collaborators are:

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During The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, The Animatrix and Enter the Matrix production, the Wachowskis created EON Entertainment (not to be confused with Eon Productions), their production company to coordinate and direct all involved partners.[http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/videography/features/matrix-revealed-interview-john-gaeta/26718 The Matrix Revealed: An Interview with John Gaeta] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130408002224/http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/videography/features/matrix-revealed-interview-john-gaeta/26718 |date=April 8, 2013 }}. creativeplanetnetwork.com. Retrieved July 9, 2013. It is also where the films were edited together, after the various FX vendors sent their finished work. EON's internal VFX team, ESC, did a number of visual effect shots for the two Matrix sequels and coordinated the other vendors. ESC was shut down in summer 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.awn.com/news/visual-effects/esc-cuts-staff-and-goes-hiatus |title=ESC Cuts Staff and Goes on Hiatus |work=Animation World Network |publisher=awn.com |date=August 18, 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194927/http://www.awn.com/news/visual-effects/esc-cuts-staff-and-goes-hiatus |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }} Anarchos Productions (credited in Cloud Atlas as Anarchos Pictures){{cite web |first=Anne |last=Thompson |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/04/tom-hanks-to-star-in-tykwer-and-wachowskis-cloud-atlas-selling-at-cannes-237384/ |title=Tom Hanks To Star in Tykwer and Wachowskis' Cloud Atlas, Selling at Cannes |work=Indiewire |date=April 12, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626031759/http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/tom_hanks_to_star_in_tykwer_and_wachowskis_cloud_atlas_selling_at_cannes |archive-date=June 26, 2013 }} is their production company{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/exec/lana-wachowski/ |title=Lana Wachowski |work=Variety |date=September 24, 2013 |access-date=February 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302044406/http://variety.com/exec/lana-wachowski/ |archive-date=March 2, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/andy-wachowski/|title=Andy Wachowski|work=Variety|date=September 24, 2013 |access-date=February 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302043534/http://variety.com/exec/andy-wachowski/|archive-date=March 2, 2016}} that has been billed for all their films starting with V for Vendetta up to the first season of Sense8.{{cite web |url=http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/vforvendetta/cmp/synopsis.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200220/http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/vforvendetta/cmp/synopsis.html |title=News |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |publisher=warnerbros.co.uk |access-date=February 20, 2016}} In the second season and following Lilly's break from the show, Anarchos is replaced by Venus Castina Productions,{{cite episode |title=A Christmas Special |series=Sense8 |network=Netflix |date=December 23, 2016}} a production company created by Lana Wachowski and her wife Karin Winslow.{{Cite web |last=d'Ath |first=Francesca Aisha Iwa |date=2018-07-15 |title=Venus Castina |url=https://supernaut.info/2018/07/venus-castina |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=supernaut |language=en-AU}} Venus Castina is an epithet of the Roman goddess Venus, who in this form, was supposedly associated with "the yearnings of feminine souls locked up in male bodies". In the Sense8 series finale, the real book Venus Castina: Famous Female Impersonators Celestial and Human makes an appearance as the unlikely object that brought a lesbian couple together;{{cite episode |title=Amor Vincit Omnia |series=Sense8 |season=2 |number=12 |network=Netflix |date=June 8, 2018}} according to Lana and the actresses that portray the couple, the duo have been based on Lana and Karin.{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/May-2015/Wachowski-Netflix-Series-Sense8/ |title=The Wachowski Netflix Series Sense8 Finally Has a Trailer |author=Emmet Sullivan |date=May 7, 2015 |work=Chicago |access-date=June 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507193403/http://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/May-2015/Wachowski-Netflix-Series-Sense8/ |archive-date=May 7, 2016 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/features/216826_jamie_clayton_talks_filming_sense8_and_feeling_like_selena_gomez/|title=EXCLUSIVE: The Moment Filming 'Sense8' That Made Jamie Clayton Feel Like Selena Gomez |author=Stacy Lambe |date=May 5, 2017 |work=Entertainment Tonight |publisher=CBS Television Distribution |access-date=June 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623211454/http://www.etonline.com/features/216826_jamie_clayton_talks_filming_sense8_and_feeling_like_selena_gomez/ |archive-date=June 23, 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.afterellen.com/tv/508593-tidbits-carmilla-gillian-anderson-fan-expo-canada/2 |title=Tidbits from "Carmilla", Gillian Anderson and more at Fan Expo Canada |author=Daniela Costa |date=September 7, 2016 |work=AfterEllen.com |publisher=Evolve Media |access-date=June 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623212052/http://www.afterellen.com/tv/508593-tidbits-carmilla-gillian-anderson-fan-expo-canada/2 |archive-date=June 23, 2017 |url-status=live}}

Kinowerks is their pre- and post-production and effects studio, based in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago.{{cite web |last=Ratny |first=Ruth L. |date=March 14, 2012 |url=http://www.reelchicago.com/article/wachowskis-want-produce-big-movie-here |title=The Wachowskis want to produce big movie here – but... |publisher=ReelChicago.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524182431/http://www.reelchicago.com/article/wachowskis-want-produce-big-movie-here |archive-date=May 24, 2013 }} It has been acclaimed for its green-friendly design, including solar panels, a planted roof, countertops and floors made of recycled materials, plug-in car stations, a water reuse and filtration system, skylights, and a pneumatic elevator.{{cite web |last=Simonsen |first=Mae |date=July 25, 2011 |url=http://www.reelchicago.com/article/wachowskis-kinowerks-best-green-technology |title=Wachowskis' Kinowerks the best of green technology |publisher=ReelChicago.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322042500/http://www.reelchicago.com/article/wachowskis-kinowerks-best-green-technology |archive-date=March 22, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/matrix-filmmakers-listing-chicago-studio-building|title='Matrix' filmmakers listing Chicago studio building|website=Crain's Chicago Business |access-date=November 1, 2018|date=October 22, 2018}} Roger Ebert was invited to watch a restored print of The Godfather in the Kinowerks facilities and met the Wachowskis,{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=July 1, 2013 |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/COMMENTARY/810020297 |title=The Wachowskis: From "2001"to "The Godfather" to "The Matrix" |work=Chicago Sun-Times |publisher=rogerebert.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114122216/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20081002%2FCOMMENTARY%2F810020297 |archive-date=November 14, 2009 }} but he was oblivious to the fact the studio belonged to them. According to the Chicago Tribune{{'}}s Christopher Pirelli, the facility is very low-key: "an industrial building that appears neither old nor especially new" and "It could be an upscale dentist's office" while the "inside is rather unexpected" and has numerous mementos of past film projects.{{cite news |first=Christopher |last=Pirelli |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-24/entertainment/chi-cloud-atlas-wachowski-20121024_1_cloud-atlas-lana-wachowski-anonymity/2 |title=Inside Cloud Atlas and The Matrix directors Lana and Andy Wachowski's Chicago workshop |work=Chicago Tribune |date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=March 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102085715/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-24/entertainment/chi-cloud-atlas-wachowski-20121024_1_cloud-atlas-lana-wachowski-anonymity/2 |archive-date=November 2, 2012 }} On October 22, 2018, the Wachowskis announced their plans to close and list Kinowerks for $5 million.

In 2003, they created Burlyman Entertainment and released comic books based on The Matrix{{cite magazine |title=The Matrix Comics: Volume One |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2003/10/17/matrix-comics-volume-one |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118220617/http://www.ew.com/article/2003/10/17/matrix-comics-volume-one |archive-date=November 18, 2016 }}{{cite web |title=Introducing Burlyman Entertainment |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15119 |date=April 17, 2009 |access-date=October 1, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417224825/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15119 |archive-date=April 17, 2009 }} as well as two original bi-monthly series:

• Shaolin Cowboy – created, written, and drawn by Geof Darrow (the Wachowskis contributed the opening dialogue to each issue){{cite news |url=http://www.newsarama.com/pages/Shaolin.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511204925/http://www.newsarama.com/pages/Shaolin.htm |archive-date=May 11, 2008 |title=Geof Darrow on Shaolin Cowboy |last=Brady |first=Matt|work=Newsarama |year=2004 |access-date=December 28, 2012}}
• Doc Frankenstein – created by Geof Darrow and Steve Skroce, written by the Wachowskis, with art by Skroce.{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18150 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406150002/http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18150 |archive-date=April 6, 2005 |title=Skroce and The Monster: Steve Skroce on Doc Frankenstein |work=Newsarama |date=October 2002 |access-date=December 28, 2012}}

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The Wachowskis' first script was a thriller called Carnivore. It has been described as "a Corman-style, low-budget horror movie that dealt with cannibalism or, more specifically, rich people being eaten by cannibals". The writing was well received and the script achieved notice for the duo; however, interest in making the movie was low, for executives told them: "This is a bad idea. I can't make this. I'm rich." Years later, on April 6, 1999, a week after The Matrix opened in American theaters, Variety reported Trimark was looking to buy the script and were in talks with George A. Romero to direct it with production scheduled to begin in August.{{cite web |last=Hindes |first=Andrew |title=Trimark bites into 'Carnivore' |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/trimark-bites-into-carnivore-1117492968/ |url-status=live |work=Variety |date=April 6, 1999 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002060153/http://variety.com/1999/film/news/trimark-bites-into-carnivore-1117492968/|archive-date=October 2, 2016 }} In April 2001, news of the Wachowskis producing it for Lionsgate and looking for a director surfaced again,{{cite magazine |last=Ascher |first=Rebecca |title=Reel World: The Wachowski Brothers |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/04/20/reel-world-wachowski-brothers/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 20, 2001 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114814/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,280905,00.html |archive-date=August 26, 2014 }} and in August 2003 a second time, with their go-to cinematographer Bill Pope rumored to be making his directorial debut with it.{{cite magazine |last1=Dixon |first1=Don |last2=Goldsmith |first2=Jeff |last3=Hewitt |first3=Chris |title=The twelve best unmade scripts in Hollywood |magazine=Empire |issue=170 |date=August 2003}} The film ultimately went unproduced.

Another two of their earliest scripts which were never produced were Plastic Man, based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name and Vertical Run based on the book of the same name by Joseph R. Garber.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/05/the-stax-report-script-review-of-plastic-man|title=The Stax Report: Script Review of Plastic Man|date=June 5, 2003|website=IGN|author=Stax|access-date=August 25, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115050/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/05/the-stax-report-script-review-of-plastic-man|archive-date=August 26, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/vertical-run|title=Vertical Run – PowerGrid|publisher=thewrap.com|access-date=September 30, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003062602/http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/vertical-run|archive-date=October 3, 2016}}

After completing The Matrix, the Wachowskis were looking to make an animated adaptation of Frank Miller's Hard Boiled graphic novel.{{cite web|url=http://www.tovima.gr/culture/article/?aid=113699|title=tovima.gr – Λάρι και Αντι Γουατσόφσκι|work=tovima.gr|access-date=September 28, 2016|language=el|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002042136/http://www.tovima.gr/culture/article/?aid=113699|archive-date=October 2, 2016|date=November 24, 2008}} The comic was drawn by Geof Darrow, the conceptional designer of The Matrix and later its sequels. The project didn't move forward because Miller didn't want it to be an animated film.

In November 2000, Variety reported the Wachowskis would produce, co-create and direct second unit on a new Conan the Barbarian movie for Warner Bros. which was to be written and directed by John Milius and which could see Arnold Schwarzenegger make an appearance. The Wachowskis were planning to juggle their pre-production involvement on the movie and work on The Matrix sequels at the same time.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/milius-to-pen-helm-wb-s-conan-1117788858/|title=Milius to pen, helm WB's 'Conan'|first=Michael|last=Fleming|date=November 7, 2000|work=Variety|access-date=September 28, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002060246/http://variety.com/2000/film/news/milius-to-pen-helm-wb-s-conan-1117788858/|archive-date=October 2, 2016}} In January 2004 it was reported that development on King Conan: Crown of Iron had stalled for years because of the Wachowskis' involvement in The Matrix sequels and now that the movies were complete they decided to abandon the project of their own volition because of the frequent clashes they had experienced with Milius concerning the tone and direction of the movie.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/01/20/ign-filmforce-exclusive-the-wachowskis-leave-conan|title=IGN FilmForce Exclusive: The Wachowskis Leave Conan|last=Stax|date=January 20, 2004|publisher=IGN|access-date=September 28, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001191700/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/01/20/ign-filmforce-exclusive-the-wachowskis-leave-conan|archive-date=October 1, 2016}} Lana once suggested Conan the Barbarian as her favorite movie based on comics, to which Lilly also responded enthusiastically.

In 2008,{{cite web|url=http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/977?articleID=138165|title=Giddy Up with Geof Darrow, Writer of Shaolin Cowboy from Dark Horse|last=Clary|first=Jennifer|publisher=PREVIEWSworld|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822011920/http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/977?articleID=138165|archive-date=August 22, 2013}} the Wachowskis were producing for Madhouse an animated film based on their comic book company's Shaolin Cowboy,{{cite press release|title=C2E2 Announces Ten Top Artist Appearances|date=January 28, 2010|publisher=Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/c2e2-top-artists-100128.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202054805/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/c2e2-top-artists-100128.html|archive-date=February 2, 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/people-news/circle-of-confusion-hires-emery-1118002955/|title=Circle of Confusion hires Emery|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=April 28, 2009|work=Variety|access-date=December 5, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502115028/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002955.html?categoryid=18&cs=1|archive-date=May 2, 2009}} titled Shaolin Cowboy in The Tomb of Doom.{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/13/geof-darrow-wachowski-shaolin-cowboy-hard-boiled-sf-superhero/|title=The Hard Boiled Wachowski Movie That Almost Was, The Shaolin Cowboy Movie That Is, And The Darrow/Wachowski SF/Superhero Movie That May Be|last=Seifert|first=Mark|date=July 13, 2012|work=Bleeding Cool|publisher=Bleedingcool.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726030754/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/13/geof-darrow-wachowski-shaolin-cowboy-hard-boiled-sf-superhero|archive-date=July 26, 2012}} The feature is co-directed by the comic book's creator Geof Darrow and Seiji Mizushima, a Japanese director. When the American financiers backed out, the film was left half-finished and in need of $3 million. Darrow does not believe that the required amount of money to finish it will be found.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/cci-geof-darrow-remembers-moebius-talks-animated-shaolin-cowboy/|title=CCI: Geof Darrow Remembers Moebius, Talks Animated "Shaolin Cowboy"|last=Bailey|first=Benjamin|date=July 26, 2012|work=Comic Book Resources|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020231124/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=40071|archive-date=October 20, 2012|access-date=December 5, 2021}}

In December 2009, Arianna Huffington tweeted pictures of herself on the set of "a Wachowskis movie on Iraq from the perspective of the future".{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/wtf-secret-wachowski-brothers-futuristic-war-movie-in-production/|title=WTF: Secret Wachowski Brothers Futuristic War Movie In Production?|website=/Film|date=December 7, 2009|access-date=September 30, 2016}} CHUD.com reported what the Wachowskis were doing was camera tests and shooting of test footage on the Red digital camera for a future movie, but not shooting the movie itself.{{cite web|url=http://chud.com/articles/articles/21767/1/THE-WACHOWSKIS-ARE-NOT-SECRETLY-SHOOTING-THEIR-NEXT-MOVIE-RIGHT-NOW/Page1.html |title=The Wachowskis Are Not Secretly Shooting Their Next Movie Right Now|date=December 13, 2009 |access-date=September 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213004831/http://chud.com/articles/articles/21767/1/THE-WACHOWSKIS-ARE-NOT-SECRETLY-SHOOTING-THEIR-NEXT-MOVIE-RIGHT-NOW/Page1.html |archive-date=December 13, 2009 }} In March 2010, Jesse Ventura said he had also shot for the project right before Huffington. Both of them were dressed as people from roughly 100 years in the future and they were asked to improvise without a script about the Iraq War.{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/jesse-ventura-also-filmed-role-in-secret-wachowski-brothers-futuristic-war-movie/|title=Jesse Ventura Also Filmed Role in The Wachowskis' Secret Futuristic War Movie|date=March 10, 2010|publisher=/Film|access-date=September 30, 2016}} In May 2010, Deadline reported the movie was going to be a hard-R story that would begin in the future but move back to the then-current war in Iraq and center on the homosexual relationship between an American soldier and an Iraqi. The Wachowskis completed the script and were searching for funding to direct it.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/05/larry-and-andy-wachowski-shop-u-s-iraqi-war-tale-with-hard-r-gay-love-story-41130/|title=Larry And Andy Wachowski Shop U.S.-Iraqi War Tale With 'Hard R' Gay Love Story|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=May 14, 2010|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 30, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002160916/http://deadline.com/2010/05/larry-and-andy-wachowski-shop-u-s-iraqi-war-tale-with-hard-r-gay-love-story-41130/|archive-date=October 2, 2016}} In July 2010, the movie was reported to have begun casting under the codename CN9 (or CN-9),{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/the-wachowskis-gay-iraq-romance-begins-casting-has-a-title-cn9/|title=The Wachowskis Gay Iraq Romance Begins Casting, Has a Title: CN9 – /Film|date=July 13, 2010|publisher=slashfilm.com|access-date=September 30, 2016}} and in August 2010 the full name was revealed as Cobalt Neural 9.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/08/no-script-for-you-actors-vying-for-big-parts-cant-read-full-screenplays-59763/|title=NO SCRIPT FOR YOU! Actors Vying For Big Parts Can't Read Full Screenplays Anymore|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=August 6, 2010|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 30, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002160259/http://deadline.com/2010/08/no-script-for-you-actors-vying-for-big-parts-cant-read-full-screenplays-59763/|archive-date=October 2, 2016}} In September 2010, Vulture posted additional details about the script and revealed the movie would be told in found footage-style from the perspective of digital archaeologists from the future. An estimated $20 million budget was reported although they were told a studio would "never, ever" finance it but perhaps the Wachowskis could do it themselves.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/09/weve_got_details_on_the_wachow.html|title=We've Got Details on the Wachowskis's Top-Secret Gay Iraq War Romance Cobalt Neural 9|date=September 22, 2010|publisher=vulture.com|access-date=September 30, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002161801/http://www.vulture.com/2010/09/weve_got_details_on_the_wachow.html|archive-date=October 2, 2016}} In December 2010, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Salman Rushdie and Cornel West had also shot talking head sequences along with the previously reported involvement of Huffington and Ventura but the Wachowskis were looking into other movies because of troubles financing it. In September 2012, Aleksandar Hemon wrote about the making of Cloud Atlas and recalled he too was one of the people the Wachowskis had invited to interview in December 2009, to help inspire the script of Cobalt Neural 9. The last update on the film was in October 2012, when the Wachowskis were asked about it and they responded they were still keen to make it, because they had invested both financially ($5 million) and emotionally into it, even if that ends up being in a different form than film.{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-wachowskis-explain-how-cloud-atlas-unplugs-people-f-1798234238|title=The Wachowskis explain how Cloud Atlas unplugs people from the Matrix|last=Robinson|first=Tasha|date=October 25, 2012|work=The A.V. Club|publisher=The Onion|access-date=December 28, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229103559/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-wachowskis-explain-how-cloud-atlas-unplugs-peo%2C87900/2/|archive-date=December 29, 2012}}

In December 2010, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the Wachowskis were planning to direct for Warner Bros. a script of theirs called Hood, which was a modern adaptation of the Robin Hood legend. The Wachowskis were said to be reaching out to actors, including Will Smith.

Lilly married Alisa Blasingame in 1991.{{cite web|url=https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/andy-wachowski/biography.html|title=Andy Wachowski|work=Yahoo Movies Canada|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019172334/https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/andy-wachowski/biography.html|archive-date=October 19, 2014}} In 2016, Lilly mentioned having a boyfriend.{{cite web|url=https://chronicleillinois.com/news/cook-county-news/chicago-activists-push-equal-access-bathrooms-locker-rooms/|title=Chicago activists push for equal access to bathrooms, locker rooms|date=June 14, 2016|website=Chronicle Media}} In 2019, she said Mickey Ray Mahoney was now her partner and that they had moved in together.{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/how-an-independent-pilot-from-chicago-got-lilly-wachows-1840205654|title=How an independent pilot from Chicago got Lilly Wachowski, Julia Sweeney, and Showtime on board|website=The A.V. Club|date=December 5, 2019 }}{{cite tweet|user=lilly_wachowski|number=1211356338892263429 |title=My partner is in ep4 of @WiP_SHO!!! on tonight! |first=Lilly |last=Wachowski |date=December 29, 2019}} Mahoney is an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a trans man.

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Lana married Thea Bloom in 1993. Following the release of The Matrix, Lana began attending the Los Angeles BDSM club The Dungeon, where she met Karin Winslow, who worked there as a dominatrix under the name Ilsa Strix. Bloom divorced Lana in 2002 after discovering the relationship.{{cite web |first=Wilkinson |last=Peter |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9138137/the_mystery_of_larry_wachowski |title=The Mystery of Larry Wachowski |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=January 12, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207081803/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9138137/the_mystery_of_larry_wachowski/ |archive-date=February 7, 2006 |access-date=September 11, 2021 }} Lana and Karin made their first public appearance together at the premiere of The Matrix Reloaded in 2003, and married in 2009. Winslow is a board member of the Chicago House and Social Service Agency.{{cite news |work=Windy City Times |first=Tracy |last=Baim |publisher=windycitymediagroup.com |url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Wachowskis-host-TransLife-Center-benefit-at-film-studio-/48505.html |title=Wachowskis host TransLife Center benefit at film studio |date=August 3, 2014 |access-date=August 4, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811185921/http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Wachowskis-host-TransLife-Center-benefit-at-film-studio-/48505.html |archive-date=August 11, 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagohouse.org/?page_id=300 |title=Board of Trustees |publisher=Chicago House |access-date=March 10, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915090046/http://www.chicagohouse.org/?page_id=300 |archive-date=September 15, 2015 }}

Raised by a "hardcore atheist" father and an "ex-Catholic turned Shamanist" mother, the duo once described their religious beliefs as non-denominational. Lana is a vegetarian.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MXR4MCuA0o DP/30: Cloud Atlas, screenwriter/directors Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320075511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MXR4MCuA0o |date=March 20, 2017 }}. YouTube. Retrieved July 9, 2013. During the Democratic Party presidential primaries of 2016, The Advocate posted a video message of Lana talking about why she would be supporting Bernie Sanders.{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/election/2016/5/13/lana-wachowski-why-shes-bernie-sanders-supporter-video|title=Lana Wachowski on Why She's a Bernie Sanders Supporter (Video)|date=May 13, 2016|publisher=advocate.com|access-date=September 12, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923085948/http://www.advocate.com/election/2016/5/13/lana-wachowski-why-shes-bernie-sanders-supporter-video|archive-date=September 23, 2016}}

Rumors that Lana Wachowski was transitioning spread in the early 2000s, though neither sister spoke directly on the subject at the time. In 2003, Gothamist reported the possible transition.{{cite web |first=Jen |last=Chung |url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/sex-change-for-larry-wachowski |title=Sex Change for Larry Wachowski? |publisher=gothamist.com |date=June 5, 2003 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324071241/http://gothamist.com/2003/06/05/sex_change_for_larry_wachowski.php |archive-date=March 24, 2012 }} In a 2007 interview, Joel Silver, the producer of numerous Wachowski films, said that the rumors concerning the transition were "all untrue", saying that "they just don't do interviews, so people make things up." Crew members working on Speed Racer said similar things.{{cite news |first=Roger |last=Friedman |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/no-sex-change-for-matrix-director-larry-wachowski |title=No Sex Change for 'Matrix' Director Larry Wachowski |publisher=Fox News |date=September 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915193450/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295909,00.html |archive-date=September 15, 2008 |access-date=December 5, 2021}}

Lana publicly revealed her transition after Speed Racer{{'}}s release in 2008{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/larry-wachowski-p203463|title=Larry Wachowski|first=Jason|last=Buchanan|publisher=AllMovie.com (Rovi)|access-date=March 9, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310020533/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/larry-wachowski-p203463|archive-date=March 10, 2016}} and by at least December 2010, after which trade magazines and newspapers began to refer to her as "Lana Wachowski",{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/business/media/around-world-in-one-movie-film-financings-global-future.html?pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | first1=Nicholas | last1=Kulish | first2=Michael | last2=Cieply | title=Around the World in One Movie: Film Financing's Global Future | date=December 5, 2011 | access-date=July 19, 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126092843/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/business/media/around-world-in-one-movie-film-financings-global-future.html?pagewanted=all | archive-date=November 26, 2012 | df=mdy-all}} and to the duo as "Andy and Lana Wachowski".{{cite web| url= https://deadline.com/2011/04/focus-features-and-tom-hanks-sign-on-for-wachowski-directed-cloud-atlas-122043/| title= Focus Features And Tom Hanks Sign on For Wachowski-Directed 'Cloud Atlas'| first= Mike| last= Fleming| website= Deadline Hollywood| date= April 12, 2011| access-date= July 19, 2012| url-status=live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120622230449/http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/focus-features-and-tom-hanks-sign-on-for-wachowski-directed-cloud-atlas/| archive-date= June 22, 2012| df= mdy-all}} On some documents her name is shown as Laurenca Wachowski.{{cite web |url=https://www.9news.com.au/entertainment/pictures-fuel-matrix-sex-change-rumours/b6d2e0c3-1ccf-49f7-8e8e-36df696c5297 |title=Pictures fuel Matrix sex change rumours |publisher=9News |date=April 28, 2009 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921212457/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/807089/matrix-director-transitions-into-woman |archive-date=September 21, 2012}} via web.archive.org In July 2012, Lana made her first public appearance after transitioning, in a video discussing the creative process behind Cloud Atlas.{{cite web | url=https://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/cloud-atlas-directors-reveal-more-just-back-story-165430475.html | title='Cloud Atlas' directors reveal more than just back story | first=Meriah | last=Doty | publisher=Yahoo! Movies | date=July 30, 2012 | access-date=July 30, 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730194819/http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/cloud-atlas-directors-reveal-more-just-back-story-165430475.html | archive-date=July 30, 2012 | df=mdy-all}} Lana is the first major Hollywood director to come out as transgender.

In a September 2012 interview with Aleksandar Hemon of The New Yorker, Lana described an incident in third grade at her Catholic school where she was hesitant to join the boys' line and unconsciously accepted herself as belonging to the girls' line.{{cite news |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/09/10/beyond-the-matrix |title=Beyond the Matrix |last=Hemon |first=Aleksandar |date=September 3, 2012 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=October 30, 2018 |language=en-US}}

In October 2012, Lana Wachowski received the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award.{{cite news |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |title=Lana Wachowski Reveals Suicide Plan, Painful Past in Emotional Speech |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lana-wachowski-reveals-suicide-plan-382169 |url-status=live |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=October 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030031331/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lana-wachowski-reveals-suicide-plan-382169 |archive-date=October 30, 2012 }} In her acceptance speech, she revealed that once during her youth, she had considered suicide because of her feelings of confusion about her gender identity. Her acceptance speech was one of the longest public appearances by either of the reclusive sisters. Lana said that, although she and Lilly had not publicly commented on her transitioning during the previous decade, it was not because she was ashamed of it, nor had she kept it a secret from her family and friends. Rather, she stated, the two are generally shy about the news media and prefer to maintain their privacy. Comparing media exposure to losing one's virginity as an irreversible event that only happens once, the Wachowskis had tried to stay out of the public eye. They feared losing their privacy and the ability to go to public places without being noticed and harassed as celebrities.

Explaining her decision to appear at the HRC event, Lana said:

There are some things we do for ourselves, but there are some things we do for others. I am here because when I was young, I wanted very badly to be a writer, I wanted to be a filmmaker, but I couldn't find anyone like me in the world and it felt like my dreams were foreclosed simply because my gender was less typical than others. If I can be that person for someone else, then the sacrifice of my private civic life may have value.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lana-wachowskis-hrc-visibility-award-382177 |title=Lana Wachowski's HRC Visibility Award Acceptance Speech (Transcript) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=October 30, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026232657/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lana-wachowskis-hrc-visibility-award-382177 |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}

In February 2014, Lana received the Freedom Award from Equality Illinois at their annual gala in Chicago.{{cite web|url=http://www.equalityillinois.us/2014/01/equality-illinois-honors-chicago-filmmaker-lana-wachowski/|title=EQIL Honors Chicago Filmmaker Lana Wachowski|work=equalityillinois.us|publisher=Equality Illinois|access-date=June 15, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626110854/http://www.equalityillinois.us/2014/01/equality-illinois-honors-chicago-filmmaker-lana-wachowski/|archive-date=June 26, 2015}}{{cite web |title=Equality Illinois to honor Chicago filmmaker Lana Wachowski |url=https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/52261729 |url-status=live |publisher=GoPride.com |date=January 21, 2014 |access-date=March 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125639/http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/52261729 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}{{cite AV media |title=Equality Illinois 2014 Gala – Lana Wachowski Accepts Freedom Award |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpqeXgPE03Q |url-status=live |via=YouTube |date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608035432/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpqeXgPE03Q |archive-date=June 8, 2015 }}

In March 2016, Lilly Wachowski also came out as a transgender woman, issuing a statement to the Windy City Times after a visit from a reporter from the Daily Mail newspaper who had attempted to get an interview with her about it.{{cite news| url =http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Second-Wachowski-filmmaker-sibling-comes-out-as-trans-/54509.html|title= Second Wachowski filmmaker sibling comes out as trans |first=Tracy |last=Baim| work=Windy City Times| date=March 8, 2016|access-date=March 9, 2016| archive-date= March 9, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160309093348/http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Second-Wachowski-filmmaker-sibling-comes-out-as-trans-/54509.html |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Davies |first1=Caroline |last2=Sweney |first2=Mark |title=Film director Lilly Wachowski comes out as transgender woman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/09/matrix-director-lilly-wachowski-comes-out-as-a-transgender-woman |website=The Guardian |date=March 9, 2016 |access-date=October 27, 2018}} In that article, she said, "I am one of the lucky ones. Having the support of my family and the means to afford doctors and therapists has given me the chance to actually survive this process. Transgender people without support, means and privilege do not have this luxury. And many do not survive."{{cite web|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Second-Wachowski-filmmaker-sibling-comes-out-as-trans-/54509.html|title=Second Wachowski filmmaker sibling comes out as trans – Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive – Windy City Times|website=Windy City Times|date=March 8, 2016|access-date=October 28, 2018}}

Her first public appearance since beginning transitioning was a few weeks later, at the 27th GLAAD Media Awards, where she accepted an award for her Netflix series Sense8 for Outstanding Drama Series.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/matrix-director-lilly-wachowski-makes-her-first-public-appearance-since-she-came-out-as-transgender-a6966371.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/matrix-director-lilly-wachowski-makes-her-first-public-appearance-since-she-came-out-as-transgender-a6966371.html |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Lilly Wachowski makes first public appearance as a woman after coming out as transgender|work=The Independent|access-date=October 28, 2018|language=en-GB}} She said, "I didn't feel obligated to be here, but I wanted to do something. And it's serendipitous that the awards were a couple of weeks later and our show was up for an award."{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lilly-wachowski-sharing-her-trans-880353|title=Lilly Wachowski on Sharing Her Trans Journey: "You're Not Always Going to Change People's Minds"|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=October 29, 2018}}

The Wachowskis are self-proclaimed gamers. As teens, they spent their weekends in the attic playing Dungeons & Dragons. They liken the process of their gaming sessions to their process of filmmaking. Along with some of their friends, they wrote a 350-page role-playing game of their own called High Adventure.

On the video game front, they had been exchanging letters with Hideo Kojima and met him during a Famitsu interview in late 1999.{{cite web |first=Yukiyoshi |last=Ike Sato |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/hideo-kojima-speaks-about-the-matrix-2448486 |title=Hideo Kojima Speaks About The Matrix |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328062143/http://www.gamespot.com/news/hideo-kojima-speaks-about-the-matrix-2448486 |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |publisher=GameSpot.com |date=October 5, 1999 |access-date=March 10, 2016}} Metal Gear Solid was the first video game they played after finishing work on The Matrix. Candidates for an adaptation of the first Matrix movie to video game form included Kojima, Bungie and Shiny Entertainment, whose Messiah PC game impressed them.{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Martin |url=http://www.matrixfans.net/dave-perry-talks-enter-the-matrix/ |title=Dave Perry Talks 'Enter the Matrix' |publisher=MatrixFans.net |date=June 14, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092539/http://www.matrixfans.net/dave-perry-talks-enter-the-matrix/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Martin |url=http://www.matrixfans.net/interview-with-gabe-rountree-animation-director-from-enter-the-matrix/ |title=Interview with Gabe Rountree (Animation Director) from Enter the Matrix |publisher=MatrixFans.net |date=June 14, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116171052/http://www.matrixfans.net/interview-with-gabe-rountree-animation-director-from-enter-the-matrix/ |archive-date=January 16, 2013 }} Shiny's David Perry, who ultimately had his company develop and collaborate with them on the Enter the Matrix and The Matrix: Path of Neo video games, was impressed with their familiarity with the medium; this proved helpful during development.{{cite web |first=Sal |last=Accardo |date=February 15, 2003 |url=http://uk.gamespy.com/pc/enter-the-matrix/6531p1.html |title=GameSpy: Dave Perry on Enter The Matrix |work=Uk.gamespy.com |access-date=July 9, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328062543/http://uk.gamespy.com/pc/enter-the-matrix/6531p1.html |archive-date=March 28, 2013 }} The Wachowskis owned both a PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game console and played several games such as Splinter Cell and Halo 2.{{cite web |first=Kristan |last=Reed |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/i_pathofneodaveperry |title=Enter The Bank Balance |date=July 12, 2005 |publisher=Eurogamer.net |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116235026/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/i_pathofneodaveperry |archive-date=November 16, 2012 }} They reportedly destroyed their Xbox during a Halo deathmatch. Actor Collin Chou recounts an instance of visiting their office and finding them playing video games on the floor.{{cite web |url=http://matrix.stratics.com/content/gamedata/interviews/chouinterview.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522170309/http://matrix.stratics.com/content/gamedata/interviews/chouinterview.php |archive-date=May 22, 2009 |title=Matrix Stratics – MxOS Exclusive Interview: Collin Chou |access-date=August 6, 2014}} Lilly is a fan of the Death Jr. PlayStation Portable game.{{cite web|first=Curt|last=Feldman|date=October 2, 2006|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/atari-polishes-off-shiny/1100-6159134/|title=Atari polishes off Shiny|work=GameSpot|access-date=October 1, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018133447/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/atari-polishes-off-shiny/1100-6159134/|archive-date=October 18, 2017}}

Asked about their feelings about turning the tightly controlled Matrix saga to the unpredictable form of an MMORPG with The Matrix Online, the duo appeared enthusiastic about the nature and possibilities of video games:

{{blockquote|The "vagaries of an MMO where unpredictable player behavior is the rule," is the reason for doing it. Our films were never intended for a passive audience. There are enough of those kinds of films being made. We wanted our audience to have to work, to have to think, to have to actually participate to enjoy them. This may be because while we enjoy movies, we also spend a lot of time (as in crack-den amounts of time) gaming.

Gaming engages your mind actively whereas most genre films (the films we tend to watch) are designed to provoke as little thinking as possible. Consider why the films in which everyone knows exactly what is going to happen are the films that make the most money.

Yet the fact that The Matrix films are three of the most successful adult films in history (despite of what much of the media would have us believe), suggests that there are other people like us. Those are the people, the people who thought about it, who worked at it, who we ultimately made the trilogy for and it now makes perfect sense to us that they should inherit the storyline. For us, the idea of watching our baby evolve inside the virtual bubble-world of this new radically developing medium, which has in our opinion the potential of combining the best attributes of films and games, of synthesizing reality TV with soap opera, RPGs and [Mortal Kombat], is fantastically exciting.|The Wachowskis}}

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The Art of the Matrix book credits them for including their screenplay and additional art. The Wachowskis also wrote an introduction to the 2005 published Vol. 2: Tag{{cite book|title = Ex Machina, Vol. 2: Tag: Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, The Wachowski brothers: 9781401206260: Amazon.com: Books|df = mdy-all|isbn = 978-1401206260|last1 = Vaughan|first1 = Brian K.|year = 2005| publisher=WildStorm |url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/exmachinabook2ta0002vaug}} trade paperback of Ex Machina comic book, being big fans of it.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1521432/loder-v-vendetta-dark-masterful-thrilling.jhtml |title=This Movie Will Kick Your Ass |first=Kurt |last=Loder |publisher=MTV |date=January 24, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101034530/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1521432/loder-v-vendetta-dark-masterful-thrilling.jhtml |archive-date=January 1, 2014 }} Additionally Lana Wachowski wrote the introduction to the 2012 published No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics collection of LGBTQ comic book stories.{{cite web|first=Andrew |last=Wheeler |url=http://comicsalliance.com/rediscovering-comics-queer-history-an-interview-with-no-straight-lines-editor-justin-hall/ |title=Rediscovering Comics' Queer History: An Interview with 'No Straight Lines' Editor Justin Hall |publisher=Comicsalliance.com |date=November 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016192941/http://comicsalliance.com/rediscovering-comics-queer-history-an-interview-with-no-straight-lines-editor-justin-hall/ |archive-date=October 16, 2013 }}

Additionally classifying themselves as "lifelong rabid Bulls fans" they created a revamped introductory animation for Chicago Bulls to open the 2006–2007 regular season.{{cite web |last=Budraitis |first=Erildas |url=http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/180432/Matrix_Directors_Create_New_Bulls_Introductions |title=Matrix Directors Create New Bulls Introductions – RealGM Wiretap |publisher=Basketball.realgm.com |date=November 2, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302142652/http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/180432/Matrix_Directors_Create_New_Bulls_Introductions |archive-date=March 2, 2014 }}

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