Sep 23 2009 Daft Punk's 'Tron Legacy' Theme Perfect for Marching in the Future While Carrying an Important Briefcase
Wondering if Daft Punk's Tron Legacy theme sounds like the music that always played when you saw the bad guys in the intro to every arcade game made in the late '80s/early '90s? It kind of does:
Sep 14 2009 Michael Sheen, Proprietor of TR2N's Night Club
Defying all who thought he'd somehow play Tony Blair for a fourth time, Michael Sheen has revealed that his role in Tron Legacy is not some kind of neon helmet-wearing Tony Blair. The actor told ComingSoon:
[M]y stuff was mainly in this amazing set that they built because I'm a nightclub host, so they built the nightclub and there were hundreds of extras and it was one of those great scenes where there's just loads going on.
That's a shame, really. Trony Blair could have been one goddammer of a character.
Mar 5 2009 Daft Punk Scoring 'TR2N'
When did Disney get so aware of how to make TR2N relevant? Following rumors that the title will not be the ridiculously stupid TR2N (I'll still be calling it TR2N) and that there will be light jet v. light cycle battles, Billboard has announced that Daft Punk will be doing the score. That's right--the same Daft Punk you like the music of! Now if they could just get Groovy Dancing Girl to take over Bruce Boxleitner's part, then we'd really have something.
(Thanks, Matt and Musnud.)
Mar 3 2009 'TR2N' Probably Not Called 'TR2N' Anymore, Has Awesome Fight
If you love the Tron sequel spoilers, AICN has new information on what Jeff Bridges and his son are doing in the CLU with the MCP cones and whatever. But if you're like me, less thirsty for general TR2N news, mostly just interested in why anyone would see fit to name a movie TR2N and if there are any light jet versus light cycle battles, here's the news on that front:
1. Seeing that every human thinks TR2N is a stupid and unpronounceable title, Disney has reportedly decided against it, and will likely be going with the popular format of [Old Movie's Title]: [Some Sort of Subtitle]. I stand by my suggestion of inTRONet.
2. There will be a light jet/light cycle battle, which sounds incredible.
That's all you need to know. For now.
Dec 24 2008 Tron Returns to Tron
What's a Tron without a Tron, y'know? So bruce Boxleitner, who played Tron in Tron, is reportedly reprising his role as Tron in TR2N:
Bruce Boxleitner, who played Alan Bradley and the title character in Walt Disney Pictures' 1982 film Tron, is currently filming a role for the studio's upcoming Tron 2.0. He joins fellow original cast member Jeff Bridges and newcomers Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett in the anticipated action-adventure.In the original, hacker/arcade owner Kevin Flynn (Bridges) is digitally broken down into a data stream by a villainous software pirate known as the Master Control Program (MCP) and reconstituted into the internal, 3-D graphical world of computers. It is there, in the ultimate blazingly colorful, geometrically intense landscapes of cyberspace, that Flynn joins forces with Tron (Boxleitner) to outmaneuver the MCP that holds them captive in the equivalent of a gigantic, infinitely challenging computer game.
Besides looking forward to the return of stars Bridges and Bridges, audiences can also look forward to my regular Tron references to enjoy an increase in relevancy. "Phew, it feels like an MCP cone in this place!" will almost make sense again.
Dec 1 2008 'TR2N' Renamed to Sound Like a Motorola Phone
/Film has reported that trade magazine Production Weekly claims the upcoming Tron sequel, which Disney has thus far marketed as TR2N, has gone through a change of title in response to all the criticism. Now it's being called TRZ. So that takes care of the whole idiotic, unpronounceable title issue.
Oct 7 2008 'TR2N' Will Discriminate Against the Monocular
Sometimes, in between posts, I'll pause just to type the title of the upcoming TRON sequel, TR2N--admiring its simple, unpronounceable elegance--and I'll start to wonder a couple things. Is it "Tur-two-en," "Tron Two," or just "Tron" but you trace a two in the air as you're saying it? Also, could they not squeeze another number or two intermingled about the letters?
I still haven't heard a definitive pronunciation, but at least I not know the answer to the latter question: yes. Yes, they can fit more numbers among the letters. Try TR2N 3D!
From AICN:
The [TR2N] Comic Con teaser was shot in stereoscopic 3D, and the film will be, too. [Director] Kosinski is particularly excited about the look of the game grid in this format.
OK, so maybe no one actually said it would be called TR2N 3D, but it should be. The trailers could say, "This Christmas... get Tronned! Because the 2 is an O and the 3 is an E!"
The director also noted that Watchmen's Michael Wilkinson has joined the crew as costume designer, presumably because he already has some TRON costumes lying around.
Jul 28 2008 'TR2N' Comic Con Trailer in Convenient Postage Stamp Size
Here's another video that won't exist long, because it was meant only for the eyes of those who attended a weekend convention of comic books and other nerdy entertainment. Disney's preferred method of dispersing TR2N information is through word of mouth, with Con attendees telling non-Con attendees, "Jeff Bridges was totally in it, and there were those sweet light motorcycles just like in the first Tron, or like in the Tron arcade game, but without the part where you have to fire upwards at the MCP cone. Also, it was called 'Tr-two-en' for some reason." But if you'd rather just see it yourself, here it is.
(Thanks, Dave.)
The Real Tr2n Trailer [Gizmodo]
