Wachowski brothers

Larry was born on June 21, 1965 and Andy was born on December 29, 1967. Andy has been married to Alisa Blasingame since 1991.

Born and raised in Chicago, the Wachowskis jokingly claim to have begun their collaboration as toddlers. Both dropped out of college to pursue showbiz and both overcame some major hurdles on their way to success. Before entering show business, they ran a carpentry business in Chicago while creating comic books in their free time.

Now that the Wachowski brothers have a hit with The Matrix, studios are clamoring for whatever else they've ever worked on. Trimark has bought an unproduced script they wrote years ago, "Carnivore," a creepy tale about a boarding house whose residents keep disappearing. The brothers will executive-produce it, while horror veteran George Romero ("Dawn of the Dead") will likely direct.

Though the brothers had been hard at work on the comic-book adaptation of "V for Vendetta," another journey into the future with Neo and the gang is likely to get a strong push from studio brass for logistical reasons. According to Larry, it took a total of six years of writing, planning, research and development to get "The Matrix" in the can, and fans aren't likely to wait another six years for the next installment.

What's more, the brothers admit to a love for telling multipart 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," Larry explains. "If you could have a film where you don't get to the hour-and-a-half mark and know, 'Okay, here it comes, the big wrap-up,' but instead you have no idea how the movie's going to end, I think that would be very exciting." Brother Andy puts his desire to shake up viewers a bit more bluntly. "We think movies are fairly boring and predictable. We want to screw with audience's expectations."

Filmography

[The Matrix 3]? (2003)
[The Matrix Reloaded]? (2002)
The Matrix (1999)
Bound? (1996)
Assassins (1995)
Carnivore - unreleased
Plastic Man - unreleased