Contrary to online reports, Matrix sequels starring Keanu Reeves are not in the works, according to Warner Bros. Pictures.

The rumor about supposedly completed Matrix 4 and 5 scripts spread quickly after Ain't It Cool News published an anonymous e-mail Sunday. The report, from a film fan identified only as "El Nino," described a supposed keynote speech and Q&A session by Reeves at "the London school of performing Arts university."

"It's all bunk," Warner Bros. spokeswoman Jessica Zacholl told Wired.com by phone, pointing out that a school by that name doesn't even exist. The studio rep added that the actor made no appearances of any kind in which he discussed Wachowski projects with film students.

Zacholl said Reeves and his publicist became deluged with queries after the report, which dangled tantalizing details about Keanu's supposed meeting with the Wachowskis, including the statement that the filmmakers had completed "a two-picture script treatment that would see him return to the world of the matrix as Neo."

The bogus report also said the Wachowkis had met with Avatar director James Cameron "to discuss the pros and cons of 3-D" for the mythical Matrix sequels.

News site The Playlist contacted Reeves' representatives, who also debunked the Ain't It Cool News report. The actor's reps told Playlist that "none of it is true.... [Reeves] did not speak nor get an award from the London International School of Performing Arts."

The Ain't It Cool News story did circle around one half-truth: As reported in the trades in December, Warner Bros. is looking at producing a futuristic Robin Hood story by the Wachowskis titled Hood. Contrary to the report, the studio did not pay $5 million for the property, Zacholl said.

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