View Full Version : Tron 3 to film this Fall
TigerClaw
03-10-2015, 06:50 PM
It looks like Tron 3 will film this Fall in Vancouver, And Joseph Kosinski returns as the director.
http://badassdigest.com/2015/03/10/report-tron-3-shoots-this-fall-in-vancouver/
I wonder what Daft Punk album they'll use.
NinjaPug
03-10-2015, 07:02 PM
Why are you calling this Tron Legacy 2?
TigerClaw
03-10-2015, 07:03 PM
Why are you calling this Tron Legacy 2?
Because there was an update to the article and it seems like its gonna be called Tron Legacy 2.
UPDATE: Right after I ran this story I was contacted by a trusted source who tells me that the movie is happening, and that Joseph Kosinski is back for it. So here it is, folks, Tron Legacy 2.
NinjaPug
03-10-2015, 07:17 PM
Because there was an update to the article and it seems like its gonna be called Tron Legacy 2.
No, Devin was making a joke because he doesn't like Kosinski and hated Tron: Legacy.
It's the third Tron movie.
TigerClaw
03-10-2015, 07:20 PM
No, Devin was making a joke because he doesn't like Kosinski and hated Tron: Legacy.
It's the third Tron movie.
Alrighty then.
mexichrist83
03-10-2015, 08:25 PM
I was actually wondering about whether or not a third Tron movie would be made recently after watching both Tron movies back to back so this is surprising and awesome news! I hope Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde and Bruce Boxleitner come back! I also really hope Bruce Boxleitner gets a bigger role in the next movie.
Slade
03-10-2015, 11:47 PM
3? Hell, I didn't know there was a 2.
Candy Kappa
03-11-2015, 02:30 AM
3? Hell, I didn't know there was a 2.
It even had a (very elusive) toyline.
ProactiveMan
03-11-2015, 03:01 AM
Cool. Tron Legacy was great.
Slade
03-11-2015, 08:51 AM
It even had a (very elusive) toyline.
Really?? Wow, I had no idea. It was in theaters?
snake
03-11-2015, 11:00 AM
Really?? Wow, I had no idea. It was in theaters?
It was Tron Legacy.
Sumac
03-11-2015, 11:35 AM
Tron Legacy didn't inspire much optimism about continuation.
TigerClaw
03-11-2015, 11:37 AM
I'm looking forward to it, Olivia Wilde's character ends up in the real world at the end, It'll be interesting to see how she reacts, Since she doesn't have all the abilities she had while inside the computer.
Slade
03-11-2015, 02:15 PM
It was Tron Legacy.
Oh, sh*t. I saw that. I didn't know that was the second one. I'm just read for now. I'm not contributing sh*t to this topic.
THGhost
03-11-2015, 03:56 PM
Looking forward to it. Not sure it needs to exist though.
I wonder what Daft Punk album they'll use.
Unfortunately, they won't be returning.
Oh, sh*t. I saw that. I didn't know that was the second one. I'm just read for now. I'm not contributing sh*t to this topic.
How could you not realise it was a sequel to Tron? :lol:
Slade
03-12-2015, 08:37 AM
I'd never heard of Tron before that one.
TurtleTitan97
03-12-2015, 03:07 PM
It's most likely not gonna happen, but I' love it if this movie could explain what happened to Beck after the end of Tron: Uprising. That show was great, such a shame it got canceled after just one season.
TigerClaw
03-30-2015, 09:14 PM
Tron 3 to be titled. Tron: Ascension
http://www.slashfilm.com/tron-3-title/
MsMarvelDuckie
03-30-2015, 10:42 PM
Mixed feeling on this. On the one hand, I loved Tron, and Legacy was pretty good. It was great to see Jeff back, and the story itself was pretty good. Not sure if they need another movie, though.
Not really sure how this is gonna fair without the soundtrack being composed by Daft Punk, but I'm still interested.
mexichrist83
04-08-2015, 09:15 PM
Olivia Wilde and Garret Hedlund will return for Tron 3. Now let's get Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner back! Hell, let's fit in Cindy Morgan while we're at it!
http://io9.com/olivia-wilde-and-garrett-hedlund-will-return-for-tron-3-1696261446
NinjaPug
04-08-2015, 09:18 PM
Not really sure how this is gonna fair without the soundtrack being composed by Daft Punk, but I'm still interested.
Who said Daft Punk isn't doing the score?
Cryomancer
04-08-2015, 09:24 PM
I feel weird because I saw legacy and then later thought back to it and completely misremembered a part. For some reason I had it in my head he actually played the Tron cab while Separate Ways was playing, like it was some rad montage of killing it on the machine while the song blasted and maybe getting a high score unlocked the hidden room? That scene was way cooler in my false memory!
TigerClaw
05-29-2015, 11:01 PM
Tron 3 isn't happening, For now.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-not-moving-forward-tron-798941
Shred Head
05-30-2015, 07:25 AM
Tron 3 isn't happening, For now.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-not-moving-forward-tron-798941
Son of a bitch that sucks I was really hoping it would be made. Granted it makes sense Disney owns two of the biggest action blockbuster powerhouses with Star Wars and Marvel. Why bother with one that only really has a cult following.
NinjaPug
05-30-2015, 08:36 AM
Damn. I was looking forward to this.
If this is really due to Tomorrowland tanking then this just adds to my disappointment with that movie. It makes me feel like we'll only be getting the following from Disney for the foreseeable future: Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, Disney Animation and live action remakes of their cartoons.
I still wish they made another season of Tron: Uprising.
Purse Grabbin Puke
05-31-2015, 03:27 PM
I'm hoping the die hards will start a petition to get it going again, because I really want more TRON. TRON Legacy IMO is the best 3D movie to date. It's soundtrack and look is just so great...and if they couldn't get Daft Punk back, M83 actually did the score for the director's movie Oblivion and it was pretty great too...so I'm sure he'd go to them as a backup.
TigerClaw
05-31-2015, 04:07 PM
I'm hoping the die hards will start a petition to get it going again, because I really want more TRON. TRON Legacy IMO is the best 3D movie to date. It's soundtrack and look is just so great...and if they couldn't get Daft Punk back, M83 actually did the score for the director's movie Oblivion and it was pretty great too...so I'm sure he'd go to them as a backup.
Unfortunately that will never work, Disney does not listen to the fans, They only listen to dollar signs.
ninja-zero
06-01-2015, 03:15 PM
Wonder what happened in the last movie when Tron broke free of CLU's control? The last time we saw him he fell into the sea of simulation.
Is he still alive or will there be a new TRON taking place after that one?
Sumac
06-04-2015, 09:53 AM
Good. Or rather "expected".
TRON: Legacy wasn't the most stellar picture and after failure after failure of other potential fanchises, it was expected that Disney won't pay for another potential multimillion mediocricity.
As for me, while idea of another possible TRON movie is interesting, after Legacy, I am not really sure if it should be done by the same team. Or at least by the same director.
Andrew NDB
01-19-2023, 01:09 PM
It looks like Tron 3 will film this Fall in Vancouver
Well, it's filming in Vancouver. That part is right:
https://www.darkhorizons.com/third-tron-sets-august-filming-start/?fbclid=IwAR3miZSw7_L-yfNl8QKfjZahE4LrwkkPaJDkK_EXTZfQxDIps3A7Tb3hK0g
Starts shooting in August. Might be called Tron: Ares.
Sumac
01-19-2023, 02:18 PM
Eh. If this is as dour as TL I won't bother.
Andrew NDB
05-17-2023, 10:56 PM
Actually it starts filming on July 3rd.
Damn, it's actually happening.
neatoman
05-18-2023, 06:11 AM
This thread started eight years ago and they are only now starting to shoot this movie?
Andrew NDB
11-21-2023, 05:33 PM
Still going forward:
https://www.darkhorizons.com/tron-ares-sets-filming-start-window/
This thread started eight years ago and they are only now starting to shoot this movie?
Tron and Tron: Legacy are 28 years apart. For this franchise it's no big deal, really.
neatoman
11-22-2023, 09:22 AM
Tron and Tron: Legacy are 28 years apart. For this franchise it's no big deal, really.
Except Tron: Legacy started to film about a year before it was released, with with pre-production starting about two years before that. It's not like they intended to film it in 2001 but got delayed eight years.
Except Tron: Legacy started to film about a year before it was released, with with pre-production starting about two years before that. It's not like they intended to film it in 2001 but got delayed eight years.
Fair point.
Yeaaaaah, I don't think Daft Punk is doing the score for this one.
Andrew NDB
11-23-2023, 02:16 AM
It'll be an interesting study in what they do and don't do. Will ANYTHING Legacy set be paid off here? Even a little?
From what I've been reading it sounds like the Ares script is actually a cannibalization of the Tron Ascension script from 2015, which would have been a direct Legacy sequel. It sounds like what planned for Quorra in it has been basically rejiggered and given over to the new Jared Leto character, also an AI in the real world from the game world.
Sumac
11-23-2023, 02:20 AM
Good.
At least, if movie is as boring as the last one, no-one will be able to scream, BUT SOUNDTRACK IS SO GOOD IT SAVES THE MOVIE!!
Bleh.
Andrew NDB
11-23-2023, 03:00 PM
Yeaaaaah, I don't think Daft Punk is doing the score for this one.
Why would you say that? That's probably the one thing they'd want to keep in this, if nothing else.
daft punk broke up like 3 years ago. I mean I'm sure they'll reunite again but they're big comeback is not likely Tron 3.
I love Tron despite thinking both movies are so boring. I hope visually it looks nothing like 2. Tron movies should always look different from one another just like tech evolves. Keep the neon but give it a different style.
Andrew NDB
11-23-2023, 03:11 PM
daft punk broke up like 3 years ago.
Oh. Well that'd be a good reason.
Also, I guess there's already a link to Tron Legacy. Ares himself was mentioned in Tron Legacy, apparently, and named as a leader of the resistance in the game world.
Why would you say that? That's probably the one thing they'd want to keep in this, if nothing else.
I was mostly bringing a post I said here years ago full circle. Haha.
But yeah, Daft Punk also broke up, so it's a valid statement.
Andrew NDB
11-23-2023, 09:03 PM
Watched some old previews of Legacy and it jarred my memory. Basically when the trailers for Legacy came out, I'd never even seen Tron... but that was some damned compelling imagery and what a score. So I went and watched Tron 1 for the first time and checked out Legacy in theaters. I was a bit disappointed that it was just basically a big fat requel with a handful of new ideas but mostly the same "chassis" in place, and a pretty neat ending. I figured a part 3 could bring things squarely into a "new" place as things had been left.
Wasn't disappointed much in Legacy, though. It's a nice evolution on a technical level of the first movie, and it'd been 30 years so I can forgive the writ large requel stuff. But I guess I wasn't expecting TOO much from something derived from the original movie, which is just essentially, "Let's dive into an 80s-style arcade world and ride cool bikes that leave a trail and throw discs at each other." I guess more people did than me. I think what could have happened is that fresh faces that never saw the original either didn't want to bother seeing the original because it looks horrifically dated in the same way -- or actually much worse -- than Lawnmower Man looks now in 2023, so they either didn't see Legacy at all or they saw it and felt like they were missing out on lore and sort of word spread on a critical level there. Also, maybe the people that were hugs fans of Tron 1 didn't like it being a big fat requel, so they resented it in that way... so maybe a loss on both ends?
So probably with Ares... I expect we may get mere breadcrumbs from Tron 1 and 2, but that's it, since going full bore sequel in Legacy didn't work last time. Maybe a mid credits scene with Quorra and stuff about Flynn and his son, if that.
Andrew NDB
01-22-2024, 05:53 PM
Tron 3 has started filming. Also, Gillian Anderson has joined the cast:
https://www.darkhorizons.com/gillian-anderson-joins-third-tron/
Sumac
01-22-2024, 05:57 PM
Tron was fun 80s sci-fi / fantasy romp, typical for 80s. A bit boring in the middle and probably just a bit up its own ass with the mythology, but amazing nevertheless.
Legacy, was all about being up its own ass and was BORING. Not to mention style-wise it was inferior to the original movie.
I have no idea what they will do for the Tron 3, especially with a Leto on board, but I don't expect anything good.
Hamato_Clan
01-23-2024, 02:13 PM
I don’t think Daft Punk will come back as a duo but Thomas is doing film scores now so that’d be the next best thing. They could always get Justice.
Andrew NDB
03-13-2024, 01:36 PM
Set video shows Jared Leto in costume:
https://www.darkhorizons.com/tron-ares-set-video-reveals-leto/
So... his Morbius look, then?
I don’t think Daft Punk will come back as a duo but Thomas is doing film scores now so that’d be the next best thing. They could always get Justice.
The Tron Legacy Soundtrack is so good that it could have easily been it's own album unaffiliated with "Tron" and it would've been great on it's own merits.
Mayhem
03-13-2024, 04:25 PM
The Tron Legacy Soundtrack is so good that it could have easily been it's own album unaffiliated with "Tron" and it would've been great on it's own merits.
As good and legendary as Trent Reznor is, I still don't know how the Tron Legacy soundtrack didn't win the Oscar.
Andrew NDB
03-13-2024, 04:33 PM
As good and legendary as Trent Reznor is, I still don't know how the Tron Legacy soundtrack didn't win the Oscar.
I love Trent's 90s and early 2000s stuff but most of his movie-type scores (oddly enough a thing that seemed to begin with the first Quake game) just seem like... noise.
I love Trent's 90s and early 2000s stuff but most of his movie-type scores (oddly enough a thing that seemed to begin with the first Quake game) just seem like... noise.
It is....
Like the Gone Girl soundtrack - it's haunting and atmospheric but it's more like spooky nature sounds than Music.
Andrew NDB
04-30-2024, 12:25 AM
So Jeff Bridges is in it.
https://cosmicbook.news/jeff-bridges-tron-ares?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1p89Cfi1FxzVQ8U31E sXbII618xDlU2XpELOu1xiQPmLXbgrWwfzFbsUk_aem_AeRFQh NEllLAgJoOqLzEogfjDI175gxoYOnLgyT3Xo8tFsMtJCv6bKuD kYhJoJETlqgLtH3EgARDDUdM65bu-R0Q
It is....
Like the Gone Girl soundtrack - it's haunting and atmospheric but it's more like spooky nature sounds than Music.
I found it pretty effective in Gone Girl. Elsewhere, not as much. In the Social Network it kind of worked, too.
So Jeff Bridges is in it.
https://cosmicbook.news/jeff-bridges-tron-ares?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1p89Cfi1FxzVQ8U31E sXbII618xDlU2XpELOu1xiQPmLXbgrWwfzFbsUk_aem_AeRFQh NEllLAgJoOqLzEogfjDI175gxoYOnLgyT3Xo8tFsMtJCv6bKuD kYhJoJETlqgLtH3EgARDDUdM65bu-R0Q
I found it pretty effective in Gone Girl. Elsewhere, not as much. In the Social Network it kind of worked, too.
Well in the movie it is very effective. But I have the soundtrack and as a listening experience it's a little weird.
Andrew NDB
05-07-2024, 03:31 PM
It's a wrap:
https://www.darkhorizons.com/tron-ares-wraps-production/
Andrew NDB
08-10-2024, 12:24 AM
No Daft Punk. NIN will do the score.
https://www.darkhorizons.com/nine-inch-nails-to-do-tron-ares-score/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEj2JxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRR2CaF0URUV buuQfV0K66V5weUjhiEhLt8HXBi_xOHdmByK6BgkBZjKpg_aem _iQFqcYzO1DHoayV5N9qfIQ
RaphaelinSTL
08-10-2024, 01:08 AM
Holy ****. Nine Inch Nails is my favorite band of all time, and this is kind of huge.
Could it be that it's a marketing tactic to say it's scored by NIN as opposed to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross? A Tron movie scored by Nine Inch Nails just reads like a great headline. Will be interesting to hear what Trent has to say about it. Not the first time that an actual OST was listed under Nine Inch Nails as NIN scored the Quake soundtrack in 1996.
Could be a way to get more established electronic artists to be involved with more Tron-related content. Going from Wendy Carlos to Daft Punk to Nine Inch Nails just even sounds cool saying it out loud, haha.
Trent is really gonna make me see a Jared Leto movie opening weekend huh? Either way, I'm excited for 2025!
And that's just for the score. The leaked trailer looks like a whatever movie, but new music from Trent easily gets me interested.
RaphaelinSTL
08-10-2024, 01:15 AM
Just posting again for the sake of the score ... Trent's also been on a roll OST-wise. I adored the Mutant Mayhem score from last year and his Challengers soundtrack work is some of the craziest stuff he's done in a while. I like his 2010-score stuff for the most part, but his score for The Social Network really set the bar super high.
I'm also a huge fan of ambient, so a lot of what he dabbled in since 2010 is always welcomed, but it's not stuff I revisit often ... unlike TSN, Mutant Mayhem and Challengers.
Really, really excited to see what the two of them come up with here. I also highly recommend NIN's run of two EPs and an album from 2016 to 2018 ... lots of good stuff in there.
Andrew NDB
08-10-2024, 01:16 AM
Holy ****. Nine Inch Nails is my favorite band of all time, and this is kind of huge.
Could it be that it's a marketing tactic to say it's scored by NIN as opposed to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross?
If I had to speculate, TPTB approached Reznor and said, "Hey, we want you to do the score. But people are going to be pissed that it isn't Daft Punk doing the score. So if you do it, it HAS to be as NIN, not 'Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.' For marquee value."
I dunno. 20 years ago this would have blown my mind. I just haven't heard a lot of music from Reznor beyond "The Fragile" album that's wowed me, beyond basic atmospheric music here and there.
RaphaelinSTL
08-10-2024, 01:43 AM
If I had to speculate, TPTB approached Reznor and said, "Hey, we want you to do the score. But people are going to be pissed that it isn't Daft Punk doing the score. So if you do it, it HAS to be as NIN, not 'Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.' For marquee value."
I dunno. 20 years ago this would have blown my mind. I just haven't heard a lot of music from Reznor beyond "The Fragile" album that's wowed me, beyond basic atmospheric music here and there.
I mean, you're talking to a huge NIN fan here whose favorite album of all time is "The Fragile" and changed the way I listen to and think of music ... so I'm a little biased, haha. I think the thing I've always liked about Trent's career as I got older was that there are always hints of what you expect a NIN record to sound or feel like, but each album has a different way of going about it. The most exciting artists to me are the ones that keep you guessing, makes sense why Reznor was such a huge fan of David Bowie.
Not sure what you listen to regularly, but I think there's been some great stuff in his work since "With Teeth".
Andrew NDB
08-10-2024, 02:13 AM
I mean, you're talking to a huge NIN fan here whose favorite album of all time is "The Fragile" and changed the way I listen to and think of music ...
Are you kidding me? That album totally shaped my high school years. I never didn't have it on repeat. That album was a true "experience." Better than "The Downward Spiral." A true work of art, as I've ever seen in my life.
so I'm a little biased, haha. I think the thing I've always liked about Trent's career as I got older was that there are always hints of what you expect a NIN record to sound or feel like, but each album has a different way of going about it. The most exciting artists to me are the ones that keep you guessing, makes sense why Reznor was such a huge fan of David Bowie.
Not sure what you listen to regularly, but I think there's been some great stuff in his work since "With Teeth".
I mean... can you tell me examples? There's probably a lot of stuff I've glossed over because everything since "The Fragile" (and yeah, I think there was like 1 or 2 bangers on With Teeth). Year Zero or whatever it was, it didn't do anything for me. I think he did his best work when he was high, then he did EVEN BETTER when he was sobering up... and then after that he didn't really have much to say. Except being mad at George Bush or something. And then -- literally -- just "noise" since.
Daft Punk was churning out straight-up masterpieces with the Legacy soundtrack and their Random Access Memories album. I'd love to see them back for this new movie.
But, Reznor has done some solid soundtracks too. Although, the truth is that while The Downward Spiral was this big phenomena-release back in High School, I always liked Broken and Pretty Hate Machine more....
Andrew NDB
04-05-2025, 08:34 PM
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Super excited, but also hoping that something is done with Flynn's son and Kora from the last movie.
I know that it's really Flynn's trilogy, but still....
Andrew NDB
04-05-2025, 08:59 PM
They f***ing better. And plus the whole movie is basically building off the ending scene of the last movie where Kora came to the real world. And Ares was also mentioned in it as well.
Most signs point to Tron: Ares mostly being a repurposing of the old Tron 3 scripts where basically Kora would have been Ares.
Mayhem
04-06-2025, 02:44 AM
Wryly amusing that Ares is scored by NiN who beat out Daft Punk for Tron Legacy to the best soundtrack Oscar.
And as Andrew notes, given the end to Legacy, there’s need to be some reference to Quorra here, or even Sam. Wonder if we will see Boxleitner or Cillian Murphy in any capacity? Sadly no David Warner probably despite Legacy’s “hidden” end scene.
They f***ing better. And plus the whole movie is basically building off the ending scene of the last movie where Kora came to the real world. And Ares was also mentioned in it as well.
Most signs point to Tron: Ares mostly being a repurposing of the old Tron 3 scripts where basically Kora would have been Ares.
:lol: Be careful with that. Technodrome clowns have a problem computing that failed scripts are repurposed and reincorporated into new material. Remember that fiasco of a "conversation"? :lol:
On another note now I wouldn't mind sitting through that animated Tron show that was on for a bit. Too bad that didn't have stronger legs.
Tron go outside the computers? This is ridiculous and a silly concept to try to make a movie that seems to be going for a more serious tone than the original. The appeal of Tron has been going inside the computer.
I know Tron has always failed but this one is going to be even worse.
I don't even remember what happened in Legacy, did they really set up going to the real world? Even if it did I'm sure this movie will be treated like a soft-reboot not really taking much into account from Legacy since no one watched that and it's been 10+ years since it came out.
I'm going to gamble that the although the Score to this one will be solid and interesting, it won't even remotely be as listenable all the way through as what Daft Punk churned out.
The Reznor scores have personality of their own, but they are loaded with atmospheric sounds that are routinely broken up by obnoxious loud moments. And so, basically the underlying sounds are intriguing, but not deeply "listenable" as compositions. The Gone Girl soundtrack is a perfect example of this - great, but not truly "listenable" because every song has moments of being broken up by chaos and it takes you out of the thesis of the moment.
Andrew NDB
04-08-2025, 12:28 AM
I'm going to gamble that the although the Score to this one will be solid and interesting, it won't even remotely be as listenable all the way through as what Daft Punk churned out.
The Reznor scores have personality of their own, but they are loaded with atmospheric sounds that are routinely broken up by obnoxious loud moments. And so, basically the underlying sounds are intriguing, but not deeply "listenable" as compositions. The Gone Girl soundtrack is a perfect example of this - great, but not truly "listenable" because every song has moments of being broken up by chaos and it takes you out of the thesis of the moment.
Yeah, probably. Tron: Legacy's soundtrack you can listen to outside of the movie. I'm sure Tron: Ares's soundtrack will be decent... IN the movie, serving the movie, but wouldn't be something you'd be listening to outside of it.
Reznor is good at "melodic noise." But that Daft Punk score was art.
Reznor is good at "melodic noise." But that Daft Punk score was art.
Loved this.... yeah exactly. You really encapsulated what I was illustrating there. Exactly.
Andrew NDB
07-17-2025, 04:06 PM
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Yeah... just a lot of NIN "noise" going on musically.
Andrew NDB
09-16-2025, 01:24 AM
https://www.darkhorizons.com/tron-ares-director-explains-absentees/
The absence of the two characters from Legacy is "explained." Seems like maybe Olivia Wilde didn't want to come back and as such they didn't want to bother bringing back Garret?
Andrew NDB
10-07-2025, 01:14 AM
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So this was the final trailer, I guess. It comes out on Friday. Jeeze... I'm not sure about this movie at all. I hope it's great... but if it is, they're hiding a lot in these trailers. Which could be a GREAT thing.
What we know so far:
* Jeff Bridges only did like a 1 day shoot. So we shouldn't expect too much there.
* Early leaks show it's all about a millennial Asian lady being the key to saving us from climate change, or something.
* Encom has been reduced to a whiney kid with tattoos who is mostly kept in check by Gillian Anderson (his mommy).
* Everything about the end of Legacy is gone. Remember? Sam Flynn took control of Encom. Cillian Murphy was on the board (the son of David Warner from the first movie) and allowed to stay. Sam Flynn was about to save the world with Quorra's blood that can save everything and all. Yeah. All gone. Maybe not even mentioned? But we don't know yet. But wow... they'll need some whopper of an explanation here.
* Also... remember this? I didn't. I watched it 15 years ago and then forgot about it. But this was a little added film included on DVDs and such back then. A Tron 2.5, as it were. "The Next Day."
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This is basically a soft reboot, nobody remembers Legacy.
Why do people hate Jared Leto so much? Based on reactions online you'd think he put Jesus on the cross or something. I mean I didn't like his Joker either but damn, people always get personal when his name pops up :lol:
Andrew NDB
10-07-2025, 12:07 PM
Why do people hate Jared Leto so much?
I guess the stuff about him in his band/cult where he was supposedly grooming a bunch of underage women regularly? I don't think anything was ever definitively proven. But it's something like that, coupled with the "what a weird guy" sentiment with all of his backstage antics on stuff like Suicide Squad where he'd supposedly stay in character as the Joker and send Will Smith dead rats or such.
Barkworm
10-08-2025, 12:59 AM
I've been listening to some of the soundtrack lately, it's really good.
I guess the stuff about him in his band/cult where he was supposedly grooming a bunch of underage women regularly? I don't think anything was ever definitively proven. But it's something like that, coupled with the "what a weird guy" sentiment with all of his backstage antics on stuff like Suicide Squad where he'd supposedly stay in character as the Joker and send Will Smith dead rats or such.Reading about the allegations I'm surprised he hasn't been canceled yet.
Andrew NDB
10-12-2025, 02:06 AM
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Sounds like it's getting eviscerated by critics and the box office... but the RLM guys liked it (mostly).
Mayhem
10-12-2025, 02:52 AM
I’ve had mostly good reports about it from people I know who’ve seen it, but yeah I’d seen the critics were laying into it.
Andrew NDB
10-12-2025, 03:01 AM
I've skimmed over a... eh, version of it. For now. I do intend to watch it in IMAX 3D. A lot of reviews sort of make these seem like nothing, but there is definitely some tantalizing things about Quorra in there toward the end.
This film is opening lower than Morbius. They should've let Kosinski make his Legacy sequel.
This film is opening lower than Morbius. They should've let Kosinski make his Legacy sequel.
Absolutely.
I still plan on seeing Ares, but Legacy did so much for the franchise that they are out of their minds for not turning it into a proper trilogy with the third one.
Tron is an ongoing dropped ball for Disney. And you can add the lack of 2nd season to Tron: Uprising, along with the icing on the cake: Hasbro just started a crowdfund for an amazing set of 3.75" Tron figures (https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/tron-heroes-of-the-grid-375inch-collectors-set/G35465L00). It's amazing. And they want $265 with 10,000 backers for it. :lol:
I would have been all-in, but you can't support that on principle alone.
Let's be honest Tron has always been a failure, the original movie was, Legacy was, and now this is as well. I don't see too many people blaming Jared Leto much since apparently he's a positive aspect of the movie, also apparently it was his push that helped get the movie mad. I don't think the movie had great marketing.
Now Legacy seemed to be bigger than it really was, Disney spent tons on marketing, it was everywhere, I really did think Tron was going to be a big thing but despite all of it people were not impressed. I'm sure if they had spent just as much in marketing it coud've made similar numbers.
If I find it in 4D or even just 3D I'll try to watch it but apparently it's not from what I've seen so I might as well wait until it's on Disney+ in a few weeks. As I've stated I think the tron movies are boring but I like the aesthetic and concept so much I like watching them.
I don't think that the "success" of Legacy was inflated at all. It did a moderate run and most people know that. But it's looked on as a quality movie and it's quickly become a cult classic.
The thing that they finally had with Legacy was a foundation for a narrative through the first movie, and finally had some characters people wanted to follow.
Basically they successfully used Legacy to turn one-off "Tron" into an ongoing narrative. And then they ignored the potential for a Trilogy story with Ares, opting instead for the kind of winding continuity of characters we see in Jurassic Park or in The Conjuring universe.
Basically, Legacy (exciting) breathed life into the original Tron (VERY boring movie) that the franchise needed and then Ares (meh) ignored that momentum.
What momentum? The franchise had been dead for over a decade and people say "it's a great 2 hour music video" when they describe it online, I woudln't say people love the story, they like the visuals and music. Isn't Ares already using an altered version of what the original Legacy sequel was going to be? They only modified it to make it more newbie friendly for new people wanting to check out the movie and not know anything about the franchise. If it had been a direct sequel to a movie that was not that successful it would've been the same result as they're getting now. The original Tron movie was a cult classic over the years despite its failure and only reason Legacy was ever made. I wonder if Ares will also end up a cult classic in a few years since apparently it's not all bad. I don't know the whole computers in the real world kinda doesn't do it for me.
Andrew NDB
10-13-2025, 11:31 AM
I don't think the movie had great marketing.
It definitely... HAD marketing. Tron: Ares stuff was all over the place. However, it's always like the same 10-15 second clip of the Recognizer ship firing rockets and the Asian lady running towards the camera sort of emotion-less. So, maybe not the BEST marketing?
What momentum?
The story momentum that Tron Legacy established.
I would have thought this was obvious for most normal, well adjusted-people in conversation before you took the path of least resistance to argue nonsense when correlating "momentum" to "time lapse in between movies".
Like other people of the Technodrome forums and liberals, wordplay doesn't actually make you clever or a winner.
Isn't Ares already using an altered version of what the original Legacy sequel was going to be?
Oh. You mean they repurposed the original story-assets and adapted them to Ares? Like they did with that $#!((y Rise of the TMNT cartoon and the new nerd-version-movie we just had? Be careful saying that - there's a slew of people here who took deep offense to that and swore up and down only someone who had no idea what they are talking about would say it....
Clearly Tron is a very touchy subject for some :tlol:
Andrew NDB
10-16-2025, 12:35 AM
Saw it properly, and in 3D. And they did make the 3D pop a bit more this time than I remember they did with Legacy.
idk. It's not as bad as a lot of reviews make it out to be. If you're going in with a lot of energy from Legacy and that storyline, wow, you're going to be pretty angry here. If you're like a super casual fan, or even someone who's never seen a Tron movie... this might actually be the best people to see this.
Although I don't really imagine this making many waves. There's not enough in there to really "wow" any people that have never seen a Tron movie. This is like the "Pixels" movie, only taken somewhat more seriously. And the actual hardcore Tron fans will either just find stuff they've already seen before (and better, arguably) or be angry about how little was done with the ending of Legacy.
I can actually count the references to Legacy in the movie:
* Very beginning, there's like a 2 second flash of Sam Flynn where the narration mentions he quit as Encom CEO untold years ago for "personal reasons."
* When Ares is peeping through the internets we see a QUICK flash of either a newspaper or web article with the big headline: "SAM FLYNN SEEN WITH MYSTERY WOMAN!" Clearly implying Quorra.
* The Dillinger grandson at one point makes a comment about the Asian lady CEO of Encom and then says, "Their wonder boy CEO Sam didn't work out so well either!"
* The very end, with Ares looking at an old picture of Sam and Quorra... and then flipping to a NEW picture of Olivia Wilde with different and blondish hair (like maybe a recent pic of her, actually) with GPS coordinates on it and something written "LAST SEEN" on it.
Also, now it makes what Dillinger Cillian Murphy was playing in Legacy a little nebulous. If Gillian Anderson is the daughter of Dillinger from part 1 and the new Dillinger is her son... who was Cillian? Like a nephew? His character receives 0 nods in the new movie. In Legacy they called him "junior." Just a random low-key brother of Gillian Anderson's, maybe?
Andrew NDB
10-28-2025, 10:17 PM
Ooof... yeah, not even on demand purchases or a ton of streaming is going to save these Tron: Ares numbers. It's died at 63 million domestic and only 80 million internationally and it's taken almost 4 weeks to get there. That's less than half of what Legacy did domestically OR internationally, and that was in 2010 dollars when tickets were half as much money.
I was hoping the movie would make juuuust enough to warrant more Tron while not necessarily more Ares but this is all pretty damning.
The Hasbro kickstarter for that 3.75" collection of figures from the original Tron movie is amazing.
It's literally everything you could ever want in toy form from that movie. Except the price is outrageous and required number of backers makes me think they dropped it for the optics and don't actually want it to fund.
It's ashame too because I would love to have that set.
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