How much does Disney like Tron Legacy? So much that they’ve begun working on a sequel. And are planning a trilogy.
According to the Heat Vision blog the Mouse House has gathered Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, writers of Tron Legacy, back to begin writing the next film. There are no other folks attached at the moment – including director Joseph Kosinski, who is supposed to reboot The Black Hole next and may very well go for the Old Failed Live Action Disney Remake Trifecta with Dragonslayer – but supposedly the suits would like to get as many of the players back to continue in the sequel.
What would it be about? Nobody’s saying, but I am pretty sure that such contingencies were planned for when the first film was being made. It isn’t like Tron Legacy ends with the destruction of computers and the deaths of every major character, and everybody is nailed down with multi-picture contracts.
This doesn’t mean a Tron Legacy sequel will begin any time soon; Disney’s going to wait and see if the public likes the film as much as they think they might. But what’s going to happen is that Disney will have a sequel ready to ramp up into production ASAP, and won’t have to wait years and years to get the next one out. These films will be heavy on FX, and Tron Legacy will spend a solid year in post-production. Expect another year in post for the sequel, and consider the average of a year or so development and pre-production with another six months or so of production; if Disney waited until 2011 to strike on a Tron sequel they wouldn’t even begin to think about having it in theaters until about 2014. With a script in place, they can greenlight the sequel the day after and Legacy opens and have a movie in theaters in 2013 or 2012.
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just make it good Disney.
Christ.
LEAVE DRAGONSLAYER ALONE!!! Seriously, don't even put that thought in their heads. Phil Tippett's Go-Motion effects dazzled me as a child. I don't want some plasticky CG-nonsense sullying that memory…
What's with that last paragraph? It reads like Devin is trying to explain string theory or something.
Dragonslayer is the kind of effects movie they used to make – where they spent as much effort on the script as the monsters. Judging by the recent Clash of the Titans, it's not the CG you need to worry about, it's screenwriters who think they're cleverer than they are.
#3, that was Devin showcasing his knowledge of the inner-workings of the film industry without being, in any way, a contributing factor in the film industry. It's adorable.
The Dragonslayer remake will be safe if they just don't fuck with the structure and characters – for some reason it didn't and doesn't connect with audiences (just the accents of the leads? too scary/dark for kids?) despite being a really great piece of work. Got my DVD copy a few months back (finally) and it still delivers, but a few of the rubber tail/rudimentary articulation on the full-size head and claw moments are more obvious now, which hurts some of the "Hidden Dragon" sequences. The movement on Tippet's puppet is still amazing, but as the guy is still in the business and seemingly still as talented (in FX at least) – the dragon should be safe also.
Gee, I'm probably the only one who feels DRAGONSLAYER couldn't really get any better FX wise, then what it is in a time when we didn't have all this CGI stuff.. Now there going to fuck it up with a reboot.. As for TRON LEGACY?? What if it doesn't do well? Will it still get a sequel??? Would it be a shock if this didn't do well cause I'm not exactly hearing anyone outside the net clamoring for a TRON movie..
This kind of reminds(well, before I became a unich) of when you ask a girl out and she is like "totally! call me sometime and we can set something up!"…..The whole time leading up to the call you are imagining what you will do on your date, what you will talk about, if you will kiss her, and, if you're really desparate, what your kids will look like. You are totally nervous to call her, but you are giddy with excitement….. then you call….. and you get that message that says "this number is not a valid number" and you redial, thinking you typed the number in wrong only to find out she gave you a fake number…… Right now Disney totally thinks the audience is digging them and they have reached that unhealthy opionion of themselevs where they are envisioning the children they will have with you(sequels), despite not having even gotten to first base with the audience…. such is the life of a nerd.
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