Third Eye In the Matrix of the Terminator: Sophia Stewart, the FBI and the Matrix Scandal

BOOKSandWORDS.com garnered an extensive interview with science fiction screenwriter and poet Sofia Stewart. In what may be the biggest legal and financial scandal in Hollywood history, Stewart returns to the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles this July asserting that her science fiction epic, The Third Eye, was stolen in the 1980s and used to produce the blockbuster movies The Matrix and The Terminator.

While quietly winding its way through the courts, the FBI discovered possible violations of the federal RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations), regarding deleted Matrix film footage and the Terminator script, making Stewart’s case all the more significant.

This is just the tip of a substantial number of connections between Sophia Stewart's work and the six Hollywood film productions. Beyond the over $3 billion dollars in revenue, the dominant presence of Black characters, and the deep intellectual-spiritual theme, Stewart contends, "A lot of the White fans got the connection right away. The Matrix film makes sense that a Black woman would write that."

Profits from the six Matrix and Terminator movies, minus numerous tie-in merchandise and DVD sales, easily surpass the $3 billion dollar mark. Sophia Stewart potentially could be facing a multibillion-dollar payoff in this financial and legal precedent setting case.

An excerpt from the detailed BOOKSandWORDS.com interview story reads: "Sophia Stewart is also a mother of two, a screenwriter, trained paralegal, and Black. She is already a veteran of a 6-year battle to gain recognition, and compensation, for what arguably are two of the most profitable science fiction films produced by Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox in the last ten years. The special effects and theme of the Matrix and Terminator movies established new standards of digital cinematography and story telling. Many other media productions from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to music videos, comedies, video games, animated films, and dog food commercials copied concepts that were originally conceived and written in Stewart's writings. If you recognized the spiritual, social and metaphysical themes at the base of all the dialogue, technology and fantastical effects, then you are among the many who really understood Stewart's message. She says, "They adapted my concept," referring to Warner Brothers producers and defendants Joel Silver, Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski. "The FBI told me it doesn't matter if they created other characters, if they create other concepts. If they carry over my characters and my work to other releases, and they release these films, they have to pay me," Stewart told BOOKSandWORDS.com

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