Neil Patrick Harris has never been known for big budget action flicks, but that’s about to change, because he just joined the cast of the new “Matrix” movie. 

There’s no word on his role and details in general are pretty scarce.  What is known so far is that Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss and are coming back.

News also broke that Jada Pinkett Smith is in talks to return.  She played Niobe in the second and third installments, “The Matrix Reloaded” and “Matrix Revolutions”.

Meanwhile, Yahya Abdul-Mateen the Second has been tapped for a lead role.  He played the villain Black Manta in “Aquaman”Lana Wachowski is returning from the original trilogy to write and direct.