“Self Sabotage”: Keanu Reeves Urges Leniency For Director Who Scammed $11M From Netflix





Now that he's back, Keanu Reeves' difficult decade between 2004 and 2014 seems like a distant memory. He broke the dry spell with John Wick, which has spawned a massively successful franchise that's set to continue with a fifth installment. A decade earlier, Reeves was, of course, best known for starring in the Matrix trilogy. However, after the landmark sci-fi series concluded in 2003, he entered a rather uncertain period during which he mostly starred in small-scale projects, but also headlined a couple of tent poles, and made his feature directorial debut. The big-budget movies he did during this time — The Day the Earth Stood Still and Constantine — underperformed at the box office. His directorial debut, The Man of Tai Chi, performed poorly as well.



Never far from a box office blockbuster, John Wick himself, Keanu Reeves, is part of a project sure to become one of the highest-grossing films of this summer. Joining the returning Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack), and more, Reeves reprises his role as Duke Caboom in Toy Story 5, which is set to hit theaters later this month on June 19. Expect plenty of joy, laughter, and a few tears (as is customary for a Pixar movie), with Hanks himself even admitting the sequel features one of the franchise's "most heartbreaking scenes."



