Kaneda doesn't know anything other than the fact he loves to hear himself talk. He knows 110% nothing! No one at JJP would talk to him if his life depended on it. Who really thinks JJP would leak some info to the single most hated person in pinball, the guy who bashes them non-stop, and was removed from their facebook fan group. Seriously!
I'll tell you what I think using some common sense, JJP will announce this game in late June with production starting in July. If we use some logic here GNR has been done for probably 4 to 5 months now. Eric has probably already started his next game. Wonka has been done for well north of a year, so you know Pat's next game Toy Story is probably being coded by now. My prediction stands, GNR was to release at Texas with Toy Story at Expo. Now I think it will be GNR in late June, and Toy Story in October.
JJP would be fools not to release Toy Story for the Christmas season, the biggest family friendly franchise in movie history c'mon. Toy Story is releasing October shipping in November. GNR will 110% be this summer, this gives enough space between the two.
Warner is not licensing anything Matrix right now or at least it wasn't because of the new movie. They might have showed up for Matrix at the license expo in Vegas but that was cancelled. Prior to expo you could call Warner and they would tell you holding on Matrix for now. Once that dept had more creative info about the new film is when you'll finally hear about them doing deals for that franchise.
Considering all major movies are pushed back 6 to 12 months you might now hear a word on that front. But I'll bet you'll see a Matrix Pinball sometime around next years Texas Pinball Festival. Matrix 4 releases around the same time.