Tron Legacy

[Rappy Veteran]

There have been a number of rumblings in the film news world about another Tron film being released by Disney, including word that it would be in 3D, and even that Jeff Bridges was going to be hearing a pitch about a sequel. No actual information had been confirmed though.

Until now.

Courtesy of the folks at Disney, Comic Con got a surprise look at a scene from the film. The teaser starts off with the camera panning through a strange stylized landscape. At this point, nobody knew what we were watching, so only silence filled the hall. And then, two blue/yellow suit-wearing motorcyclists burst into frame, engaged in a frenzy of a race. Audiences erupted in applause.

The race continues to grow heated between the two players until the yellow guy finds a way to swerve in front of the blue, leaving his yellow race trail behind him. The blue guy smashes into it and causes sort of an electric ripple, launching him over the edge of the track. He grabs on a ledge, just barely holding on.

We then see a bearded Jeff Bridges in his house, sitting calmly with his legs crossed.

Back to the virtual world, we see the yellow guy standing over the blue. His visor lifts up, revealing Bridges underneath. The blue guy shouts, ?This is just a game!? Bridges looks down, smiles, and pulls out a glowing yellow circular disc (fans will probably know the name of this thing). Looking at the camera, he swings the disc down violently and the title lights up on screen: Tr2n.

Stupid title aside, this clip was easily enough to highten my anticipation for this film. Not only is it just incredibly awesome to see Jeff Bridges go back to a character he played before he was a household name, but the way the graphics have been updated is slick without being unfaithful to the original. In a way, I?ve been convinced the sequel is no longer an unnecessary Hollywood cashgrab, because the contrast between the old and the new is very reminiscent of what recent generations have been experiencing with constantly updated video game graphics/technology.

Apparently, it will be about a year until any other footage for the film will be seen. Hopefully this means Disney is planning on having a full-on panel presentation next year.

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Edited July 23, 2009 by Rappy

[redvamp128]

It seems that Remakes and Revivals (TV and Movie) are back again. Most of the population probably have not seen the first Tron Movie so too now would bring back a revival of the first movie.

It would be nice for Bridges to have flashbacks of how the world was then and then show him the changes of how it would be rendered now.

[Nicholas-c Veteran]

the best thing about this film was its retro-ness

[redvamp128]

At the time of its release that was the stage of 3D at the time... It was top of the line. Makes me feel old since I remember Tron when it came out and people calling it Retro.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/

That and the fact that I remember Playing Tron the Video Game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(arcade_game)

[Rappy Veteran]

I think an arcade near me still has that Tron machine, well they did up to about 4 years ago.

[markwolfe Veteran]

...

That and the fact that I remember Playing Tron the Video Game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(arcade_game)

I looooved the TRON video game!

I remember watching the movie, and liking it. But I was a kid then. I am sure if I watched it now, I would find the plot thin.

As long as Tron Guy isn't in the sequel, I will watch it, if only for the nostalgia. :)

[redvamp128]

Maybe a release of Tron The Collectors Edition with Tron and Tron 2. With Behind the Scenes for both and possibly a video game in the collection.

[kazuyette]

ZOMG !!!##1 :) A sequel to Tron is coming ! :)

[LOC Veteran]

Dear god I think we've been waiting for a sequel to Tron since the first one came out (duh)

About damn time we got it! And the fact that Jeff Bridges is in it, is just another great reason to get excited about it. I wonder who else from the first movie will make it into the sequel. W00T!

Excited!

[giantpotato]

Tr2n ? T|2ON would have been so much more leet :laugh:

[Cheshire Cat]

But Tron 2.0 already exists...

It's a very good Deus Ex style FPS game that was out a few years back, so surely this would make the film Tron 3?

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

The little clip was absolutely fricking awesome. I can't WAIT for this.. really..

[kazuyette]

check the trailer here

I drooled and can't wait to see this movie in a theater . :drool:

[markwolfe Veteran]

^^ I can't wait to see a trailer larger than a postage stamp. :ermm:

[Rappy Veteran]

^^ I can't wait to see a trailer larger than a postage stamp. :ermm:

Yeah I imagine now its been "leaked" there will be an official version soon!

[Pretend]

Tron 2 Trailer

[Rappy Veteran]

When will they release it properly all these camera versions are pretty whack to be honest.

[cashman Veteran]

Hmmm, maybe this explains why The Music's new video is Tron inspired?

[suicide_pact]

You know I dug the movie when I was a kid, and I think I was one of the only ones who liked the p.c. game that came out a couple of years ago. Could be an interesting film.

[Rappy Veteran]

The biggest shocker at Comic Con was the premiere of a 3-minute trailer for Tron 2. The reason why it was such a shocker is that, as far as anyone knew, the film hadn?t even gone into production. But the trailer featured a fantastic completed lightcycle chase. So how did it come to be?

Jim Hill explains all the behind the scenes happenings of this project in detail on his blog, but here is the basic details: John Lasseter got behind the project. Disappointed with the direction Steve Lisberger was going in, Lasseter hired Lost writers Eddie Kitsis & Adam Horowitz to overhaul the screenplay. And as we reported a while back, the mouse house hired commercial director Joseph Kosinski (you can see some of his fantastic work here) to helm the project.

But the guys at Disney weren?t yet convinced that Kosinski?s vision of Tron 2 would be commercially viable. So Kosinski spent six months with Digital Domain creating the three-minute-long sequence which was shown at Comic Con as a teaser trailer. And judging by the fan reaction at the Con, I?m guessing that Disney will fast track the sequel into production to meet the announced 2011 release date.

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[dysmatik]

:whistle: http://gizmodo.com/5029479/tron-2-trailer-...s-wet-worldwide

[RadishTM Veteran]

So cool to see Jeff Bridges back again (Y)

Radish?

[.Kompressor]

Tron is the movie that sparked the "game to movie" releases.

[Rappy Veteran]

Tron is the movie that sparked the "game to movie" releases.

How many of game to movie productions have actually been good since tron?

[Rappy Veteran]

A teaser trailer for Disney?s TRON sequel TR2N was the huge shocker at Comic Con this year. Recently The Guardian was ask Jeff Bridges about Tron 2 while doing press for How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, and here is what the actor said:?[TRON 2 is] another unique, wild experience that was too good to turn down. Engaging in that world again feels just like it did all that time ago. Basically, I?m still a child, I love being childlike, and here was another chance to play with these crazy toys. And the cutting-edge technology makes it exciting. Doing the teaser trailer for Comic-Con, I had my first experience of motion capture. And that?s turning the industry on its head. It?s amazing being part of that. ? When we made Tron there was no internet, no cellphones. But now we have motion capture, so I think we?ll get a far more successful version of the story, which is someone literally getting sucked into a video game. When we did King Kong in the 70s, one minute you?d have a shot of Rick Baker in this big suit and then you?d cut to this 80ft stiff model, and they looked nothing alike. Compare to that Peter Jackson?s King Kong the technology is there and they did a wonderful job. I thought they created a beautiful Kong. So I hope that?ll be the same for Tron.?he same for Tron.?

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