Morpheus actor Laurence Fishburne has revealed he was turned down for The Matrix Resurrections, so he's not sure if he'll return for The Matrix 5.

Updated on April 24, 2025, by Ajay Aravind: Morpheus returned to the franchise's fourth installment, although he was played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections.

Hollywood ‘Morpheus’ explains why he wasn’t in the latest Matrix movie: “I offered my services and they didn’t respond well to that” Lawrence Fishburne was a major part of the first ...

Laurence Fishburne has explained his absence from The Matrix Resurrections, revealing that his offer to return was rejected. The actor, who played Morpheus in the original trilogy, was a notable ...

Morpheus is regarded as one of science fiction's best characters, so it’s interesting that the creatives behind the upcoming film wouldn’t have wanted him to return for The Matrix ...

Laurence Fishburne asked to play Morpheus again in ‘The Matrix’ reboot but never heard back "It’s not like I didn’t say, ‘I’d like to offer my services.’ I did" ...

When asked for his thoughts on the music video concept, Fishburne simply said, “I think that’s cool.” Fishburne famously portrayed Morpheus in the first three “Matrix” films.

Morpheus-1, named after the Greek god of dreams, is an AI model trained on 8 GPUs over two days using the same underlying transformer technology that powers ChatGPT and MidJourney.