When Does "The Matrix Resurrections" (2021) Take Place?
"The Matrix Resurrections" is a science fiction film written by Lana Wachowski with David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon and released December 22nd, 2021.
It takes place on the fictional The Matrix timeline roughly in the year:
We know this because Niobe specifically tells Neo, it's been "60 years" since the events of the previous film, “The Matrix Revolutions” (2003), which takes place in 2700 AD.
~2760 AD
We know this because Niobe specifically tells Neo, it's been "60 years" since the events of the previous film, “The Matrix Revolutions” (2003), which takes place in 2700 AD.
2700 + 60 = 2760.
The timeline of the Matrix Universe is fairly unique among the largest franchises because the human characters within its fictional world (diegesis) do not themselves know what year it truly is for the duration of most of the stories.
It is the fourth chronological film in The Matrix Universe timeline. It can be watched at its timeline point. [Expanded elements enrich the experience: it can be watched after the animated short film “Matriculated” (2003).]
