The Keanu Renaissance, or the Keanu-ssance, shows no signs of letting up.

On Aug. 21, Singapore woke up to the wonderful news that one of the most influential science fiction franchises of all time, The Matrix, will be returning to the silver screen.

Details are scant, but here's what we know according to Business Wire:

• Lana Wachowski, one of the original directors of the trilogy, will be in the director's chair.
• Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are set to reprise their iconic roles as Neo and Trinity.
• The movie will supposedly be a sequel to the 2003 film Matrix Revolutions, not a reboot or a remake.

A milestone moment

For better or worse, I am old enough to remember watching the first Matrix movie when it came out in 1999.

It was a different time. Bill Clinton was the U.S. President, Goh Chok Tong was our Prime Minister, everyone was worried about the Y2K bug, and the Internet was regarded as a fringe thing that only weird nerds used.

Then a movie came along that changed everything.

They seem like cliches today, but I promise, there was a time when the black leather outfits, bullet time stunts, and the phrase "I know kung-fu" were actually cool.

How deep the rabbit hole goes

While the trailers hyped up the action, the movie was not afraid to ask deep, philosophical questions and be something other than a mindless blockbuster.

Concepts such as the brain-in-a-vat, the nature of reality, the rise of artificial intelligence, and fate were explored. The sequels dived deeper, introducing Eastern ideas such as reincarnation.

While one can argue about the quality of the sequels (most hated them, I loved them), they at least provided a definitive conclusion and put an end to Neo's story.

Which begs the question -- if (spoiler alert for a 15+ year old movie) both Neo and Trinity are dead, how will they return for a sequel?

What will the story be like?

Maybe Neo and Trinity aren't even the main characters, there was no guarantee they will be.

Perhaps the movie will focus on a new character, much like the recent Star Wars movies, with Neo and Trinity appearing via flashback.

Or perhaps they could be resurrected by some contrivance of the Machine World (movie magic), in order to combat a greater threat.

And while it's still early days, it would be amazing to see Laurence Fishburne reprise his role as Morpheus.

Matrix fans got a small taste when Fishburne and Reeves reunited in the recent John Wick series, but we want more.

Though it looks like the film will cast a younger Morpheus instead.

Will technology doom or save us?

The Matrix was released in a world that was just coming to grips with the amazing potential of technology.

Our fears and our aspirations were both reflected. Computer programs granted Neo superhuman abilities, but they also threatened the fate of humanity.

20 years on, we now live in a world saturated with technology. We spend most of our time online, little kids learn how to code along with their ABCs, and artificial intelligence runs our households.

Automation and the next industrial revolution is now a question of "when", not "if", but society still hasn't figured out a smooth transition.

Will it usher in a golden age of productivity, or will severe unemployment lead to resentment and violence?

The series ended with both the Machines and Mankind in an uneasy alliance, but an alliance nonetheless. Neither can function without the other.

Keanu knows

Maybe that's a lesson that bears repeating. There is no turning back, but it's not too late to learn how to make technology work for the good of all.

And who better than Keanu Reeves, the ageless, affable, reluctant star to deliver this message?

The blue pill no longer exists. It's time to follow Neo down the rabbit hole once more.

Top image from The Matrix Facebook page.