Comic Con Interview with Cast and Crew of ‘Tron Legacy’
At the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, MoviesOnline caught up with Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Sean Bailey, Joe Kosinski, Steven Lisberger and Oren Aviv to talk about Tron Legacy.
Tron Legacy is the sequel to the 1982 sci-fi movie Tron. So naturally, the interview’s first question is about the 30 year time gap between films.
Oren Aviv, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, says it’s not a goal of his to reinvent Disney classics, even though the studio is putting out Alice in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol and Tron Legacy. He says that “a great story and a great storyteller, that we can combine to come up with something that is fresh and unique” is what excites him.
Jeff Bridges wouldn’t talk much as to why his younger self appears in the sequel only to say that the technique used to pull off this trick was a challenge.
Steven Lisberger, director of the 1982 Tron and producer on the sequel, assures both old and new fans alike:
“This movie takes place in 2010 but accepts the history of what happened between 1982 and 2010 really happened. I guess it heavily considers the original and accepts the events of the original as true fact and back-story, for our story, but our story is a stand alone story.”
I’m excited about this new movie, and from the cast and crew’s interview, it sounds like they are as well! Most importantly, they seem to recognize that they need to pay homage to the loyal Tron fans but given the three decades gap, they need to make it assessable to new fans.
Disney’s Guinea Pigs Steal Boy Wizard’s Box Office Magic
Wow! Who would’ve thought that the Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer action guinea pig movie would knock of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the box office? Granted G-Force only beat the sixth Harry Potter movie by 3.1 million but I’m still a bit surprised. Because of the success of G-Force, soon we’ll hear about the rise in guinea pig sales for little kids.
‘Tron Legacy’ Revealed by Disney at SDCC and on Facebook
Today, simultaneously at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con and on Facebook, Walt Disney Pictures reveals the official name and logo for the Tron sequel: Tron Legacy.
Announced at the Comic Con panel is that the new movie is still about a year away from completion. Concept art of the new lightcycles and car versions of the lightcycles were revealed.
I’m glad the earlier reports of the new movie just simply being called Tron were incorrect. Tron Legacy sounds cool. And since it’s been 27 years since the original movie, the “legacy” name could really work.
What do you think? Are you excited for Tron Legacy? Do you like this official name? Tell us what you think!
Disney Asks Facebook Users: Choose Your Fandom To See Exclusive Look at Tim Burton’s ‘Alice’
In a unique marketing promotion for the much anticipated trailer for Tim Burton’s re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland, Disney is asking Facebook users to choose theirr allegiance. Or in Facebook terms, you need to choose which fan page to join. Choose wisely as the biggest fan page will get the exclusive preview of Alice at 4pm PDT on Thursday, July 23rd.
Decide from the following armies:
The Loyal Subjects of the Red Queen: www.facebook.com/RedQueenSubjects
The Loyal Subjects of the White Queen: www.facebook.com/WhiteQueenSubjects
The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter: www.facebook.com/MadHatterSubjects
I’m rooting for the White Queen as Anne Hathaway looks radiant and beautiful as the White Queen! But I have a feeling that the Mad Hatter will win.
Disney Reveals ‘Prince of Persia’ Movie Photos
Uber-producer Jerrry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Pictures will bring the popular Ubisoft fantasy adventure video game to the big screen. What is sure to be an epic movie for the 2010 summer movie season, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Dastan, a street urchin in 6th century Persia. After showing valor in battle, he is adopted by the king as his heir, so the king’s two sons will not fight over the throne. He teams up with Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to rescue the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that controls time, from the hands of the villainous nobleman, Nizam (Sir Ben Kingsley).
Alfred Molina will portray Sheik Amar, Dastan’s mentor.
Mike Newell will direct the movie, which will hit theaters May 28, 2010.
Here are Gyllenhaal as the tough-looking, Dastan, and the beautiful Gemma as Princess Tamina.
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Check out the September issue of Empire for more exclusive pictures, and a report from the set of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Comingsoon.net has an exclusive photo of Sir Ben Kingsley as the villian in the movie.
I have yet to play any of the Prince of Persia video games, but I hear great reviews for this action video game series. Also, how can you go wrong with a Jerry Brucheimer produced action blockbuster movie? Newell did a good job on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which had action, drama and emotion.
What do you think? Is Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time on your movie watching list? Is this another epic movie for Disney?
Disney Reveals Synopsis for new ‘Tron’ movie
Walt Disney Pictures reveals new Tron movie to be simply called Tron, not Tron 2, Tron 2.0 or Tr2n as previously reported.
The studio will screen footage from the new film the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday July 23 at 11am.
This is the official synopsis for the Tron reboot:
“TRON is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.”
For those that crave spoilers, jump on over to CC2K for an Advanced Script Review. SPOILER WARNING!
“Bolt” Movie Trailer
We seen this trailer twice while at the movies recently. It looks very cute and very funny. Especially the hamster side-kick. It is sure to be another great family movie from Walt Disney Pictures.
