TRON: Legacy seemed to have all of the ingredients necessary to make a memorable movie. It had revolutionary visual effects, a world that had never been realized to that scale, a futuristic soundtrack from Daft Punk, and actors Bruce Boxleitner and Jeff Bridges returned to the roles that they created in the original Tron.
Garrett Hedlund (Pan) and Olivia Wilde (The Lazarus Effect) have both agreed to return to the Tron franchise, in TRON: Ascension. According to a report by THR, they will be reprising the roles of Sam Flynn and Quorra respectively and continuing the story from 2010’s TRON: Legacy. Director Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion) returns for a second run at helm of the franchise. This is what THR reported.
Disney has been developing a sequel to Legacy since the movie grossed $400 million worldwide. Hedlund in 2012 said he would return to the visual-effects-heavy franchise, but that was when the project was circling a 2014 start.
The project is now looking to shoot this fall, likely in Vancouver, British Columbia. Plot details are being kept offline.
It didn’t seem likely that Disney was going to give Kosinski a second shot at the franchise. However it was Kosinski’s cutting-edge vision for TRON: Legacy that got the movie made in the first place. TRON: Legacy was put into production based on an amazing amount of hype that Kosinski’s proof of concept footage created. Laying the blueprint for the short film that director Tim Miller made for Deadpool, which convinced Fox Studios to greenlight Deadpool years later.
The potential for merchandising opportunities in other mediums for TRON is certainly possible. There has been an acclaimed animated show, Tron: Uprising, as well as a cult following that began with the 1982 film, which helped Disney pull the trigger on a third installment of the series. Hopefully this time Kosinski and the writers can come up with a story that is as strong as the visuals and we may be in for a special treat.
TRON: Ascension is expect to be released in 2017.
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