Tag: TRON:Legacy

Disney Releases First Episode Of ‘Tron: Uprising’ Online!

by Scott Alminiana

Greetings programs! Disney has released the first episode of their new animated series Tron: Uprising online and it is a sight to be seen.

Now, I love me some Tron and Tron: Legacy but I’ll be the first person to admit that they are flawed movies and far from perfect. You know what though? I’m okay with that. I love them for what they each represent. The first was groundbreaking for its use of computer animation and was one of the coolest looking things I’d ever seen as a child. The second played on my childhood nostalgia and looked amazing with its updated version of The Grid and was backed by the great Daft Punk soundtrack. Yeah, sure, the stories weren’t the best and the pacing lags in both but it’s better than a lot of the other crap that gets released.

Disney first announced their intentions for this prequel-series to Tron: Legacy back in December of 2010 and I’ve been eagerly awaiting it ever since. Disney then released a teaser trailer for the series when Legacy was released on DVD/Blu-ray. And now at long last it is here…

The series takes place in-between events shown in Tron: Legacy, and follows a young program named Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), as he assumes the identity of Tron and attempts to start a revolution against the villainous Clu. The voice-cast is quite impressive, featuring Lance Henriksen, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, Paul Reubens, Nate Corddry, and Bruce Boxleitner as Tron. The animation, a blend of 2D animation and CGI, is also quite impressive. It keeps the up-dated character, vehicle and landscape designs of the movie while setting out to tell a completely new story. The Tron-universe is an untapped gold-mine of stories to tell. If the rest of the series is anything like it’s premiere episode than I think fans have quite the ride in store for them. Don’t take my word for it, check it out yourselves and let me know that you think.

Tron: Uprising premieres on Disney XD on June 7.

First TRON 3 Tidbits Leaked At WonderCon

by Eric Diaz

The first real tidbits of information concerning TRON 3 were inadvertently leaked this weekend at WonderCon; Speaking with io9  at the convention this weekend while promoting their ABC show Once Upon A Time, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (who co-wrote TRON: Legacy and are producers on the third installment)  ended up giving an update on a potential third movie. Due to their schedule on Once Upon A Time, they are not the screenwriters for TRON 3, but had this to say “We are working on a sequel….we’ve moved to be co-producers on it. But there’s a script being written right now. Dave DiGilio is writing it,  (TRON Legacy director) Joseph Kosinski is right now shooting Oblivion, but we’ve had a lot of meetings and conversations and we’ve seen the first draft of the TRON sequel.”

The writing duo were asked about the possible return of Jeff Bridges’ Kevin Flynn, who (SPOILERS for the last movie) seemingly died at the end of TRON: Legacy. “I would say the definition of life and death in the digital realm —Will be explored in the sequel.” Also making comments lately about a third installment is TRON himself,  as Bruce Boxleitner has said the current plan is to shoot the movie around 2014.

I know TRON: Legacy has its fair share of haters out there, but despite the crappy acting by lead actor Garrett Hedlund and a generic script, I pretty much dug it. I adored the updated world of the grid, and I think the Daft Punk soundtrack is one of the best soundtracks in years (in other words, I’m shallow, and to impress me you just need to have pretty lights and cool sounds and I’m sold) And for those who maintain that TRON: Legacy was some kind of bomb for not making Avatar level money…I remind you that the movie made $400 million on a $170 million budget. Believe me, right now Disney wishes John Carter was “bombing” like TRON: Legacy did.