Before he worked with Keanu Reeves directing the John Wick franchise, Chad Stahelski knew Keanu as a stuntman.
That idea is a lot less appealing than the Wachowskis creating their own extension of the franchise.
He was Reeves’ double on the first Matrix, and worked as a martial arts coordinators on the sequels.
About two years ago, there were reports that Warner Bros. was developing a reboot of The Matrix that would not have involved the Wachowskis, who wrote and directed all three movies.