Linky What we know so far: - Jared Leto being sought to star - Daft Punk will return to do the music Don't know about the return of any previous characters, like Dillinger Jr. from Legacy (although Boxleitner once said that "Cillian Murphy doesn't do cameos"...make of that what you will), Alan, Ram's user, Sam, Quorra, etc. Also no word on a plot. But I guess this is...BEGINNING OF LINE
As excited as I am about the potential sequel being back on, I'm going to need a better source than some blogger. Unless DisInsider has proven to be reputable. I honestly have no idea since I've never heard of them until now. I'll keep my fingers crossed as I've had since Tron: Legacy came out...but I'm highly skeptical considering Disney's track record on this franchise. I'm still bitter about how they treated Tron: Uprising.
Yeah, I'd love for this to happen, but I'm very skeptical right now. If it is true and Jared Leto is the star, I hope they at least bring back Garrett Headland, Olivia Wilde, and Cillian Murphy, they're stories really feel like they should continue after Legacy.
Exciting and looked forward to, if true! Tron is by its nature very niche; it's hard to sell it to big companies. Tron Legacy, the Tron game, and Tron: Uprising...long shots. Beautiful, beautiful long shots. And even if 3 sucks the OST will slap so there's that.
I don't understand why all these movies are being announced... When will they be filmed? We're in a decade long worldwide pandemic that's ever worsening...
I just want to get to a point in this Covid crisis where TV and film productions can continue. This news is good, but like Strange New Worlds, I feel like it will be at least 2 or 3 years before any of this comes to fruition.
Given the... iffy press Leto amassed for Suicide Squad, I'm skeptical that Disney, especially the mainline studio, would hire him for such a high-budget project. New Zealand's open for business; can always shoot there!
I had similar thoughts. I think it will be much easier existing tv shows to go back into production. They will have to make adjustments. But they have already established cast and crew to make those changes. Apples and Oranges but I have been working at my factory without shutdown this whole time. Essential workers major adjustment were made. Especially if cast and crew are quarantined outside of work. But new shows and movies - you have setting up a new operation with new people PLUS new health and safety adjustments. TV is aiming at at home viewing. New theatrical releases is a complete question mark right now. Tron 3 is probably a rumor still. But I would be dubious of any new Hollywood films for theaters which are announced. Unless they are willing to sit on a huge stockpile of unleaded films until theaters are safe.
Somebody you've (probably) never heard of is going to direct it: https://deadline.com/2020/08/garth-davis-tron-sequel-director-jared-leto-movie-1202992103/
Well, I hadn't heard of Joseph Kosinski either but Tron: Legacy turned out pretty good (in my mind). Hell, same for Steven Lisberger. That said, Deadline doesn't provide a source (Oh, they're the source? Meh.) so until Disney actually announces something, it's all rumors and hearsay as far as I'm concerned.
Most of the directors Disney has picked for their big movies have done a good job, so I'm optimistic, if this happens.
The OP article says people want Daft Punk to return, but that they aren't officially attached in any way.. And this article at SYFY Wire says that Disney wants a reboot, NOT a continuation (a big mistake, IMHO), meaning that none of the original or Legacy stars would return. While I know I'll see it, a reboot really doesn't interest me much. Legacy had its flaws, but it was a good movie with a solid story and set up sequel(s) beautifully. That and I loved the look and feel of the grid-world. I would hate to see that all scrapped.
Yeah, there were a lot threads in Legacy that was really hoping we'd see followed up, with Qorra in the real world, and Dillinger Jr. being the two biggest.
^ I seem to recall that Dillinger Jr. was ... Spoiler supposed to be in cahoots with his father to take back control of ENCOM.