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Matthew George "Matt" Reeves (born April 27, 1966 in Rockville Center, New York, USA) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He began making movies at age eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera. Reeves befriended filmmaker J.J. Abrams when both were 13 years old and they were making short films together. When Reeves and Abrams were 15 or 16 years old, Steven Spielberg hired them to transfer some of his own Super 8 films to videotape. Reeves began his career as a screenwriter for the films Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) and The Pallbearer (1996), the latter of which marked his feature-length directorial debut. He then transitioned into television as a director and co-creator of the drama series Felicity (1998–2002) alongside J.J. Abrams. Reeves has since directed the horror film Cloverfield (2008), the romantic horror film Let Me In (2010), and the science fiction sequels Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). In February 2017, Warner Bros. announced that Reeves would direct The Batman (2022) by DC, starring Robert Pattinson.
Rise of the Guardians 2 is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated action-adventure fantasy dramedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The sequel to 2012's Rise of the Guardians. Matt Reeves directed the movie with Joyce and Guillermo del Toro being executive producers of the film. The film stars the return of Andrew Garfield, Ben Affleck, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Kyle Chandler, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Olsen And Liam Neeson reprising their character roles from the first film, with Jessica Chastain, Millie Bobby Brown, Andy Serkis, Paul Walker, Dane Dehaan, Troy Baker, Ken Watanabe joining the cast. Set 5 Years after the first film, the plot revolves around the Guardians who reunite to Battle The Christmas Demon and his army of Demons as they also reunite with 2 people from North's past. The film was released on March 26, 2015 and unlike it's predecessor, received largely positive reviews, with critics praising its animation, voice acting, musical score, action sequences, emotional depth, character development, and darker, more serious tone compared to its predecessor. The film grossed $950 million worldwide against its $180 million budget. It is also the first DreamWorks Animation film to be rated PG-13 as it has a lot of thematic elements throughout.
