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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.
The Tyranny of Donkey Kong is a 2021 American monster film based on the NES game Donkey Kong and the Nintendo Games character of the same name. Written and Directed by Matt Reeves, the film stars Andy Serkis as the titular character, along with Jack Black, Nicholas Cage, Mila Kunis, and Jimmy Vee, with Lou Ferrigno physically portraying the character. The Tyranny of Donkey Kong was released theatrically on November 2nd, 2021; it grossed over $491 against a budget of $519 million, becoming the highest grossing film based on a Nintendo character. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with many highlighting Reeves' direction, action sequences, visual effects, faithfulness and the performances of Serkis and Black, but criticized its runtime and overuse of CGI. A sequel entitled The Tyranny of Donkey Kong 2 was released a year later, which was a critical and commercial failure, while a third sequel was released in 2024, to critical and commercial success, all three films constituting the Donkey Kong Trilogy.
