Tron: Legacy

[Krakalakachkn]

Disney Pictures is hoping "Tron: Legacy", its upcoming sequel/reboot of the 80's sci-fi classic will be a major hit because plans have already been made for a potential franchise.

 

Blue Sky claims that "on the theatrical front, this could be the beginning of a new trilogy, and I'm not talking about including the original Tron. If all goes according to plan you could see this as the first in a trilogy of films that start with the word "Tron" and end somewhere else... Legacy is only the beginning. There are preliminary plans to milk this into a franchise of "Pirate" proportions."

 

Indeed the studios hopes to not only make a lot of money of the film and related merchandise, but there may be plans for a TV spin-off as well - "Plans have been put into motion for a computer animated television series that could conceivably be up by late 2011/early 2012. This would be something of a placeholder to keep the fans interest still peaked in between this first film and the next one. No word yet on where it will wind up being broadcast... but as of now the concept has been greenlit."

 

Of course a lot will depend upon box-office when 'Legacy' opens on December 17th.

[Majsju]

Nononono!

 

Dammit! First they give us a geekgasm with a preview of a sequel that looks like it could be all kinds of epic and awesome. Then they have to smash all hopes to pieces by using the most horrible word in the industry, 'franchise'.

 

Ok, so we can expect at least two long scenes in the first movie that can be turned into video games (the racing is a given, question is what the other will be). And a sloppy, unimaginative ending so that there can be a related plot for the coming movies.

 

Meh.

[reyler]

. Didn't see it in the trailers thread. So.

[Krakalakachkn]

Sequel in the works...

 

Disney Pictures is already moving forward with plans for a sequel to "Tron Legacy" says Heat Vision.

 

Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, who penned the first film, are already at work on scripting the sequel and are "working on a way to round the story into a trilogy."

 

No deals have been made with director Joseph Kosinski or the cast members to return, though sequel options were included in their deals for 'Legacy'.

 

'Legacy', itself a sequel the original 1982 cult classic "Tron", follows 27-year-old Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) looking into his father's disappearance who finds himself pulled into the same cyberworld of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years.

 

"Tron Legacy" opens in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theatres on December 17th.