The Matrix has an enormous following of dedicated fans who understand this universe better than most, but one aspect of the ...

The Architect was a program originally created by the Machines to create a functioning version of the Matrix.

The Architect was created by the Machines, and he in turn created the Matrix. The Architect's counterpart within the Matrix is the Oracle - a role shared by Gloria Foster and Mary Alice.

In The Matrix Resurrections, the character played by Neil Patrick Harris is revealed to be some kind of upgrade from the original Architect now called the Analyst.

For those headed into The Matrix Resurrections, we have answers (we hope), as we break down how the original Matrix trilogy ended.

In The Matrix, Reloaded, and Revolutions, Gloria Foster and Mary Alice play The Oracle, a program who is key to the Architect, Neo, and The One prophecy. Here, we explain what happened at the end ...

Watch The Matrix movies in order, and see just how far the rabbit hole goes.

In fact, as the Architect (Helmut Bakaitis), the computer program that constructed the network, tells Neo near the end of The Matrix Reloaded, he is currently in the sixth iteration of the simulation.

The Matrix "Reloaded" and "Revolutions" struggled to live up to the hype, but how do they look two decades later?