Tron Legacy Sequels

[The Morningstar]

Wait, Daft Punk didn't get an Oscar nom? I thought it was a no brainer. Seriously.

 

[venom892]

I was upset it didn't happen. Also I would buy the hell out of that bike.

 

[Gabe99]

From Hero Complex:
‘Tron: Uprising’: An early look at Disney’s return to the Grid

The Grid, a world of shimmering, digital wonder, was introduced to moviegoers in 1982 film “Tron” and then taken to a new visual level in “Tron: Legacy” in 2010. Now the Grid is going to television and expanding with a wider mythology and new characters — and more of the sleek, glowing vehicles that fans love.

“Tron: Uprising,” which begins this summer on Disney XD, was developed by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, the same tandem that wrote “Tron: Legacy,” and they say the freedom of animation is allowing to explore the Grid without the constraints of a special effects budget.

“The fun thing about animation is all the stuff we couldn’t afford in [‘Tron: Legacy’], either because they were financially or technologically prohibitive, we can now do because it’s animated,” Kitsis said.

The duo, now also working on its freshman ABC show “Once Upon a Time,” has picked up the Grid’s story right after Clu takes over, which happened years before the events of “Legacy.” The new show isn’t about users — those are humans who go into Grid, such as Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) or Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) in the films — but focuses instead on programs, the citizens of the Grid. The main character is Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), the unlikely leader of a revolution against Clu.

As Kitsis puts it: “What happens when you find yourself occupied by a force that is not in your best interest – how do you fight back?”

As for the new vehicles, “Tron: Legacy” designer Daniel Simon is back on the job with creations such as the Light Crawler — which you can see in the exclusive early-look image above – and a Light Rail, which Kitsis calls “basically the coolest train you’ve ever seen — it goes upside down.”

In one episode, a fight takes place on the roof of the Light Rail, just one moment that evokes the western spirit that exists beneath the show’s high-tech trappings. The Grid, Horowitz explained, is “essentially a frontier town.”

Mandy Moore and Bruce Boxleitner (reprising his title role from the two movies) join Wood in the cast, while Charlie Bean (“Ren & Stimpy,” “Samurai Jack”) is the show’s director-showrunner. “Tron: Uprising” also features the music of Daft Punk.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Hopefully the cartoon will drum up some interest for a Tron 3, I know they are supposedly already writing one but that doesnt mean its been given the go ahead.

 

[Gabe99]

From AICN Jul 25, 1999:
Additional Rumors: Pixar working on a top secret remake/sequel to TRON'

Hey folks, Harry here. Some interesting developments have popped up about this story, and that's that there may well be two TRON projects bidding to be the 'next TRON movie', but both within Walt Disney's empire.


The first we heard about yesterday and concerned TRON and PIXAR (which is in a deal with Disney, thus being the tie-in for a possible sequel/remake) Then there is the project at Disney Animation (Yes, this has NOTHING to do with the alleged Pixar project, if it even exists) and is called WARRIORS OF TRON, apparently they have a script and are now conducting initial storyboards and animatic tests. And here is the basic rundown on the Disney Animation WARRIORS OF TRON project...


4 high school kids uncover a plot to destroy all the world's computer
systems on Jan 2, 2002. After alerting the authorities, they realize
nobody believes them. They search for help and it leads to an aging
Flynn. Flynn reveals that Alan and Lora died in a car accident 15 years
ago.. He is a recluse, and the guilt has left him feeling responsible in
some way. He dissmisses the teens, but after one of them probes him
about the Tron program, he agrees to send them into the new CPU. they
must compete in games set up by the CPU to destroy the system. Flynn
eventually joins them inside.


That's all that my fella at Disney would let on about, but it's enough that I hope and wish Lasseter godspeed with his project... if one exists.




Yesterday's report lays below this point.



Alright you Pixar animators, publicists, editors, musicians... Yeah you. I know you read the site... I have ways of knowing that stuff. Now fess up, what in the wide wide world of sports is a going on here?!?!?!?


Well, I have a good 30 or so folks that read this
article
over on ZDNET.com, that professes to have a source at PIXAR that's talking about a sequel/remake of TRON that John Lasseter is gonna be heading up.


WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?



Here is your mission should you choose to accept it. I want you, top secret employee of PIXAR, to spill the beans. I want to know everything that any of you know about this so-called project. If it doesn't exist... I wanna know. If it dood exist... I wanna know. Why do I wanna know? Because TRON is the coolest mother****ing holy mary mother of god cool reaming goat herding marshmellow roasting project this side of the afterlife. And if John is on board then God is on our geek's sides. Please be true.... If true then my 16 mm print of TRON just became my most valuable possession next to that Scary Monkey and Scrubbing Bubble.


Now one final thing super secret PIXAR spy.... Hurry. My pulse is racing. I'm Fat. I could die and never know the truth. Think about my unborn grandkids in my loins. THey must know before the autopsy sets them free. I have to know. Please don't make me beg. Pllllllllllllleeeeaaaaaeeee..... I'm begging you, don't make me beg for it. I have dignity.... I have class.... All the women that want me will see me as the worm that I truly project Quint to be. ARGH!!!



Note to non-PIXAR employees: This is a ruse to get information. Actually a diabolical plan. You see. They won't be able to resist this level of pathetic whiney blubbering. I learned about this technique in a book on the life of Salvador Dali. He always got what he wanted. So.... GET ME THAT INFO.... and a can of Hungarian Moustache Wax.... Yeah.... Baby, my antennae will be erect!

From AICN Jul 27, 1999:
Further Information on TRON movies/tv show

Hey folks, Harry here... And this is the latest from my source over at Disney. Seems the two projects are aimed at totally different market areas... One for Television, the other for film. So... from now on, look for the WARRIORS OF TRON news over on Coaxial, while I'll be continuing to dig into this whole Pixar thing. Hmmm...



1) Warriors of Tron is NOT a PIXAR project. They are working separate
Tron related project, that (The PIXAR one) is shooting for a theatrical release n 2002.

2) Warriors of Tron is being presented as a made-for-tv Disney Sunday
night program...with a series to follow if it is successful.

it has been written with a younger audience in mind, but is DEFINATELY
not a Power VR Ranger rip-off. It will find an audience and use
computers to tie in with the program (internet bonuses) That all that is
being described for now. What "extras" the internet can give is
anybody's guess. I would also like to add that the new series is
proposing to keep the world of Tron the same as the original...in the
name of computer visuals.

From i am ROGUE:
IAR Exclusive: Bruce Boxleitner Gives an Update on 'TRON' Sequel and Animated Series
[quote="Jordan DeSaulnier"


In 1982, writer-director Steven Lisberger's TRON represented a major step forward in visual effects, but its technical accomplishments didn't make it the commercial success Disney was aiming for. The film then spent two decades gaining a fervent cult following, prompting Disney to create a big budget sequel in 2010. The studio made it abundantly clear that TRON: Legacy was meant to kickstart a new franchise, but there's been little movement on another theatrical TRON in the last year. Now, star Bruce Boxleitner himself has provided an update on the third TRON, as well as this year's animated series TRON: Uprising.

The actor has an extensive resume, and is well known to genre fans as Captain John Sheridan on Babylon 5, but he is certainly most well known for his role in TRON. In fact, he played two roles in the film. In the real-world scenes, he appeared as Encom computer programmer Alan Bradley, but once the story entered the digitized world, Boxleitner played the title character, an heroic security program. In TRON: Legacy he again played Bradley, as well as Tron, in flashback scenes that featured Boxleitner looking almost thirty years younger thanks to some digital effects.

At a Playboy Mansion party celebrating the Blu-ray and DVD release of Relativity Media's Immortals this week, IAR Managing Editor Jami Philbrick had the opportunity to talk to Bruce Boxleitner about the possible second TRON sequel.

While Tron did appear in TRON: Legacy, many fans were displeased that there simply wasn't enough of the character. Asked if we'd see more of Tron in another film, Boxleitner said simply, "Yes," and went on to say the story would be a direct continuation. "The last movie didn't end," he said. "It actually started the next movie and then went to black."

Director Joseph Kosinski made his feature directorial debut on Legacy, and the film's $400 million in global grosses made it the biggest debut in film history. The tremendous expense involved in producing and promoting the film, though, meant a smaller profit margin than that massive figure suggests. As such, there's been plenty of talk that another TRON might not go forward, but Boxleitner is enthusiastic.

"It's in the works," he explained. "Anything could happen, but all I can say is, it's in its formative stages. [Joseph] Kosinski, who is slated for it, he's shooting another movie now, and then they'll get around to doing that. I think somewhere around 2014, maybe. I'm talking way out of school here, but they can't shoot me because I'm Tron."

Kosinski is currently directing another science fiction epic, alternately titled Oblivion and Horizons, for Universal Pictures. That film is set to hit theaters on July 19, 2013, after which, according to Boxleitner, the next TRON will proceed.

In June of last year, Disney hired screenwriter David DiGilio to write a script for the still-hypothetical sequel. Legacy screenwriting duo Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz could not return due to their duties executive producing the ABC series Once Upon a Time, but they're still involved TRON: Uprising, the animated series set to air on Disney XD this year. The reception to that series, which bridges the narrative gap between TRON and TRON: Legacy, will almost certainly be a gauge for the studio to determine continued audience interest in going back to the Grid.

Boxleitner lends his voice to TRON: Uprising, and said of the series, "I'm very proud of that. It's, I think, every bit as good as the movies. We have this tremendous talent, Elijah Wood, myself, Lance Henrikson, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, it just keeps going."

Asked about his exact role on the animated series, Boxleitner happily replied, "Who else would I be? I'm Tron. It's going to be on my gravestone, 'He was Tron.'"[/quote]

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

nice to hear that a sequel is still in the works

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

So what the hell is going on now? I havent had much sleep but reading these articles it seems there are 3 seperate Tron sequels in the works?

 

[Clu]

1 seems to be a dead project called warriors of tron that was pushed in 1999.

2 is tron uprising, which is a animated tv show that will be airing in summer 2012 is set.

3 is a new movie being written by new writers as the legacy writers are busy and the director will return to direct it if the tv show is a hit. its going to be used as a measuring stick to see if tron still has a fan base. which I know it does and I have high hopes fir the tv show.

 

[Nightwatcher11]

1 seems to be a dead project called warriors of tron that was pushed in 1999.

2 is tron uprising, which is a animated tv show that will be airing in summer 2012 is set.

3 is a new movie being written by new writers as the legacy writers are busy and the director will return to direct it if the tv show is a hit. its going to be used as a measuring stick to see if tron still has a fan base. which I know it does and I have high hopes fir the tv show.

Thanks for the clarification. I seriously hope tron comes back, sequel to legacy or not. I fell in love again with Tron and it's world. There's nothing else really like it. There's so much potential.

 

[Still Wynning]

Thanks for the clarification. I seriously hope tron comes back, sequel to legacy or not. I fell in love again with Tron and it's world. There's nothing else really like it. There's so much potential.

I agree.

As much as I loved Tron: Legacy, that film just barely scratched the surface of what can be done in that universe. I have some ideas of what could possibly be explored in the sequel.

-Maybe have the Grid evolve even further than before, possibly by way of being incorporate as a program on internet.

-In the real world, there could be some sort of conflict between Sam Flynn and Ed Dillinger, Jr., after Same takes becomes the head of the company again. This could play into their conflict in the Grid.

-Followup to the last film, with Quorra still adjusting to the real world as a "human". People start to become suspicious of her after her sudden appearance with Sam.

-Considering that Ed Dillinger/Sark was hinted at possibly returning, maybe have him become the new antagonist in the sequel, ala Sark 2.0. He'd be even more menacing and deadly than the original Sark, and would work in the shadows.

-They could incorporate the games even further into the plot with Sark 2.0 taking the games even further by pitting his own minions against good programs in gladitorial-type matches. Some the good programs could maybe even be revolutionaries working with Sam that have been captured.

-Maybe have Sam Flynn, who has become more proficient in using his god-like powers in The Grid, possibly with the help of his "dead" father, and Quorra, secretly build up a resistance to fight against Sark 2.0. Flynn tells him about Sark and what he's capable of.

-Maybe have an epic battle ensues toward the end of the movie between the two factions.

Those are just my ideas, but I love it if they at least explored some of these in the new sequel. The possibilities are endless.

 

[Kane52630]

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[CGHulk]

That was awesome!

There needs to be another Tron movie, stat!!!

 

[Gabe99]

From Collider :
[SIZE=-2]January 9th, 2012 [/SIZE]

New Details on Disney XD’s TRON: UPRISING and ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN Animated Series

We brought you a teaser trailer for TRON: Uprising nearly a year ago as well as a clip from this past summer’s Comic-Con. Now, two years in the making, Disney is planning on rolling out the full series in June of this year. But first, they’re taking an interesting approach on the debut. According to Marsh:

“We’re taking a 10-part micro-sode approach, which will begin airing three-minute pieces in April.”

So, they’re probably going to attach these three-minute micro-clips at the end of other popular shows or perhaps port them over to a TRON: Uprising website? No idea. In the meantime, what we do know is that the animated series will feature a combination of traditional (2D) animation with 3D CG animation that will:

“Iffer a revolutionary visual aesthetic that is really going to help redefine the kind of animation that you can do on television around the globe. And luckily, we’ve been able to use the same writers, the same producers, and some of the same vehicle designers, who’ve created the images for the feature film, in the series.

As for timing, this series will play out between the original TRON and TRON: Legacy. Here’s what Marsh has to say about the plot:

“What’s happened is that Tron has been badly injured by villainous Clu, but he has found a protege, a brilliant young mechanic, who is another program like himself, named Beck and voiced by Elijah Wood, who TRON decides he is going to train to be the next TRON.”

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^Story for the cartoon seems a bit iffy. The movie made out that Clu killed Tron then reprogrammed him after Flynn escaped. They could always retcon it to say Tron escaped as well and then was later captured and reprogrammed by Clu but its still a bit iffy to me.

 

[Clu]

i think the movie didnt really say what happened to tron other then clu had the upper hand. kevin was trapped in the grid for 20 years going onto 21 years, in tron time its around 1000+ years. so a lot could have happened in between.

tron could have been badly injured, and clu could have left him there and go searching for kevin. by the time clu got back to a badly injured tron, he was gone.

 

[Gabe99]

From THR:
SXSW 2012: 'The Raid' Composer Joe Trapanese is Taking on 'TRON: Uprising'

Although Daft Punk got the lion's share of the credit for the score to 2010's TRON: Legacy, there were a lot of other talented artists working behind the scenes to help the electronic duo translate their dancefloor-friendly sound into something suitably dramatic. Joe Trapanese was the pair's orchestrator, and he now succeeds them in the TRON saga as the composer for TRON: Uprising, a prequel series that connects the dots between the original 1982 TRON and its long-awaited follow-up.

Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Trapanese at the South by Southwest film festival about his work with Mike Shinoda for The Raid: Redemption, Gareth Evans’ forthcoming action thriller. Additionally, he offered some insights about what fans might expect when TRON: Uprising debuts in the summer of 2012 onDisney XD.

The Hollywood Reporter: What do you have lined up after The Raid? We understand you are doing some more TRON-related work.

Joe Trapanese: Yeah, as a composer I'm composing music for the show TRON: Uprising, which is actually an animated series that delves into the TRON world and it occurs between the original movie and the new movie, and really develops our characters and goes in a different place and it's very exciting to explore that world a little bit more.

THR: For your Uprising music are you using the framework of what Daft Punk and Wendy Carlos did in TRON and TRON: Legacy, respectively? Is it maybe a combination of things, like using Alexander Courage's original Star Trek theme and combining it with Jerry Goldsmith or James Horner's film scores?

Trapanese: Well, that's where the magic is, and that's what makes it so exciting -- that you come into this show excited about the legacy and the framework that you're working in. But what's cool is that we have a long season; we have a lot of episodes to get through, a lot of characters to develop, and what's great about that is you can take that framework that Daft worked so hard on in the film and then explore that. And you can take that story [by] Joe Kosinski and Sean Bailey and Justin Springer in the new film, plus the story of the original film, by Steve Lisberger, put them together and explore it in all sorts of ways that they couldn't even imagine. So its kind of the best of both worlds. You're kind of working within a really strong framework and really strong legacy, but you're also exploring it in ways that you're finding new creativity at every turn.

THR: How much recognition will feel fans of the films experience in your music? Will it at all be the same, or will it be a totally separate score in the way Clone Wars was as a series to the Star Wars films?

Trapanese: I think if you enjoyed the score for TRON: Legacy, you'll very much enjoy the score for TRON: Uprising.

 

[ttotheusher]

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I usually don't like things like this, but that was really well done.

 

[Gabe99]

* SPOILER*
From io9:

Spoiler

Could Jeff Bridges be in Tron 3 after all?

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^Interesting, I have a feeling Flynn isnt dead, or maybe it could be another Clu, who knows at this point but it wouldnt surprise me if he was in it.

 

[The Morningstar]

Guys, check out this Tron inspired concert.

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Holy **** that is awesome.

 

[TheVileOne]

FYI everyone, I talked to Kitsis and Horowitz over the weekend. They said they did some work on a sequel and a script is being written. Though I'm not sure I believe it will get made.

 

[chaseter]

I think Jeff Bridges IMO died but ascended to become a god of that world. His body is dead but his consciousness lives on inside that world. That could work IMO.

 

[ttotheusher]

* SPOILER*
From io9:

Spoiler

Could Jeff Bridges be in Tron 3 after all?

^Interesting, I have a feeling Flynn isnt dead, or maybe it could be another Clu, who knows at this point but it wouldnt surprise me if he was in it.

Obi-Wan died in the first Star Wars and still managed to come back for the two sequels. I imagine it will be something like that.

 

[Donut]

I guess Sam could go back in The Grid & do what his father did & remake another model of his dad. But he will pretty much be like a clone of him & be a more realistic version of his dad maybe ?

 

[TheVileOne]

I asked Kitsis and Horowitz about Flynn's death and here is what they said:

"Dying in the digital world is not the same as dying in the real world."