Collider is exclusively reporting that Jonathan Groff is the latest name to join the cast of Warner Bros. upcoming fourth instalment in The Matrix franchise from Lana Wachowski.

The 1999 film had us following Thomas A. Anderson, a seamlessly average computer programmer that worked as a computer hacker known by the name of Neo. When he’s contacted by the legendary hacker named Morpheus, he finds himself targeted by police. As Neo finally comes face to face with Morpheus, he wakes up in the real world….a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity has been captured by a race of machines that live off humans and who imprison their minds in an artificial reality known as the Matrix.

The Wachowski sisters (Lana and Lily) film spawned two sequels (The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions), with the trilogy making $1.6bn worldwide at the box office, and it also spawned an animated anthology feature titled The Animatrix.

The report states that its unclear as to what role Jonathan Groff (whose credits include Mindhunter and Frozen 2) will have in the film.

Lana Wachowski will be writing the script with Aleksander Hemon and David Mitchell, as well as serve as producer alongside Grant Hill.

Jonathan Groff joins a cast that includes Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Neil Patrick Harris, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jessica Henwick.

Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures will produce and distribute the film worldwide and sources claim that the film is being eyed to begin production at the top of 2020.