Tron Legacy

[MadVillainy]

I just wanna say if this movie ends up bad..it'll be the 10th movie this year that I thought looked awesome from the trailers and ended up bad

Also I hyped this movie up to all my friends who were skeptical at first. Don't make me a liar Tron

 

[ttotheusher]

OK, this is weird.

My Grandma sent me a letter today with two cinema ticket's as an early christmas present (god love her); however, the film she booked is Tron: Legacy. I've already booked IMAX ticket's for this, so I was just about to offer them to my sister when I looked at the date for when she's booked it for:

7/12/10 (for you Americano's, that should read 12/7/10)

I'm starting to freak out now. Could this really mean I am going to see this early?

 

[Webhead2006]

Maybe its an advance screening for that theater.

 

[ttotheusher]

Maybe its an advance screening for that theater.

Well, I did have that thought, but 10 days in advance? I've never heard of that before. Either way, I'll go along and check it out, it may just be a typo. I just love the fact my Nan booked me tickets to Tron anyhow.

 

[Webhead2006]

i seen it before, heck my local comic shop gets advance screening tickets for certain movies, at least a week/week and a half before official screenings.

 

[Soulinertia]

My Tron Disc mod:

 

[BlackLantern]

I just wanna say if this movie ends up bad..it'll be the 10th movie this year that I thought looked awesome from the trailers and ended up bad

Also I hyped this movie up to all my friends who were skeptical at first. Don't make me a liar Tron

that's why I stopped doing that....got tired of trying to justify my fandom to my "civilian" friends

 

[LostSon88]

This looks really interesting...

I hope the original isn't required viewing to see this sequel. Because honestly, don't have much interest in seeing the first one from 1982.

 

[terry78]

Played some of Tron Evolution at Best Buy today, which ironically is rated T. It's interesting, but it's a lot of running and parkour type **** you have to do...wall running, leaping slo-mo over giant gaps, etc.

 

[That-Guy]

So I saw an article today that said that this movie is only "projected" to make $35M in it's opening weekend. Anyone know how the hell they can come up with that number this early? Are they just basing it on advanced ticket sales? Because it might be news to them, but most people don't buy movie tickets two weeks in advance.

 

[Webhead2006]

Was posted back a page that guy. I am sure it will do well. Heck only main competition it has for its weekend is yogi bear I think.

 

[jacobed]

Don't sell Yogi Bear short. It'll make a crap load of money but they're two opposite demographics so it shouldn't hurt Tron's box office. This may be a stupid question but is the movie being filmed with 3d cameras or has it been post production 3d?

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Wondering when the reviews will start rolling in now for this, I believe it had its UK premiere in London today so was expecting a few after that.

 

[MadVillainy]

Tokyo premier was recently too I think

 

[Crockett]

This may be a stupid question but is the movie being filmed with 3d cameras or has it been post production 3d?

Filmed with 3D cameras.

 

[jacobed]

alright so the 3d will at least be somewhat worth the admission price.

 

[tecnowraith]

Should Tron get it's own section now with this being a franchise with more movies after this one, an animated series, game series and comics?

 

[Anita18]

So I saw an article today that said that this movie is only "projected" to make $35M in it's opening weekend. Anyone know how the hell they can come up with that number this early? Are they just basing it on advanced ticket sales? Because it might be news to them, but most people don't buy movie tickets two weeks in advance.

I think they might be basing it on awareness. They do polling (where, no clue) as well as track advance sales and online popularity from like, Twitter hits I guess. But it certainly isn't just advance sales - TF2 I recall was predicted to do really well and there were a lot of walkups.

 

[san15]

HOLY CRAP!!! I can’t believe Disney gave a guy (Joseph Kosinski) 200 million dollars to make his directorial debut. James Cameron didn’t have that kind of money to spend until he made Titanic, but Cameron already made himself a household name, who had several successful movies under his belt. It’s too damn bad women aren’t hired to direct 100 million let alone 200 million dollar movies. The special effects spectacles that can make tons of money.

 

[dark_b]

thats why a lot of big dogs from hollywood helped finishing this movie. Disney hired them to help Kosinski .Fincher,Bird,......


the funny thing is that if this movie is bad then Kosinski will have a hard time making more movies. if it makes money then he is on a good path.

 

[san15]

^I’m not sure how M. Night Shyamalan still gets hired to make bad movies.

 

[redhawk23]

Well, I did have that thought, but 10 days in advance? I've never heard of that before. Either way, I'll go along and check it out, it may just be a typo. I just love the fact my Nan booked me tickets to Tron anyhow.

I saw Attack of the Clones a full 2 weeks before it came out way back in 02, so its possible.

 

[redhawk23]

So I saw an article today that said that this movie is only "projected" to make $35M in it's opening weekend. Anyone know how the hell they can come up with that number this early? Are they just basing it on advanced ticket sales? Because it might be news to them, but most people don't buy movie tickets two weeks in advance.

I've gotten a phone survey before that asked a long series of questions rating my level of excitedness for about 3 months of studio releases. Took a long time, I only went along with it because I thought there might be a free offer or something at the end of it. No such luck, but I assume thats where these numbers come from, large surveys.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

HOLY CRAP!!! I can’t believe Disney gave a guy (Joseph Kosinski) 200 million dollars to make his directorial debut. James Cameron didn’t have that kind of money to spend until he made Titanic, but Cameron already made himself a household name, who had several successful movies under his belt. It’s too damn bad women aren’t hired to direct 100 million let alone 200 million dollar movies. The special effects spectacles that can make tons of money.

200 million doesn't go as far as it used too.

but I agree, heads are gonna roll if this movie doesn't perform.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

HOLY CRAP!!! I can’t believe Disney gave a guy (Joseph Kosinski) 200 million dollars to make his directorial debut. James Cameron didn’t have that kind of money to spend until he made Titanic, but Cameron already made himself a household name, who had several successful movies under his belt. It’s too damn bad women aren’t hired to direct 100 million let alone 200 million dollar movies. The special effects spectacles that can make tons of money.

Technically, since T2 (and to a smaller extent The Abyss). 200 million today isn't the same as it was back then. Every film Cameron's made since T2 has been the most expensive film ever produced. The fact that both T2 and True Lies we're both R-rated films was even more astounding, and for it's time, Titanic's budget was beyond absurd.

But he had already proven himself by that point and had the clout to get what he wanted. He made a name for himself with Terminator, and Aliens which was Cameron's first studio film, was very successful.

Tron Legacy is definitely the biggest film made by a first time director. JJ Abrams held the title previously with M:I 3.