{"id":1360,"date":"2007-09-11T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-11T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/09\/tron-sequel-in-the-works-again\/"},"modified":"2007-09-11T23:59:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-11T23:59:00","slug":"tron-sequel-in-the-works-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/09\/tron-sequel-in-the-works-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Tron sequel in the works … again?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Last week<\/a>, it was announced that Steven Lisberger, the writer and director of Tron<\/a><\/i> (1982; my review<\/a>), was working on his first new movie in years. Then, today, it was announced that he would produce \u2014 though not direct \u2014 a sequel to Tron<\/i> itself!<\/span><\/p>\n

Quoth the Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>:<\/p>\n

Commercial director Joseph Kosinski is in final negotiations to develop and direct \u201cTron,\u201d described as \u201cthe next chapter\u201d of Disney\u2019s 1982 cult classic. Sean Bailey is producing via the Live Planet banner, as is Steven Lisberger, who co-wrote and directed the original film.<\/p>\n

Kosinski, who last month signed on to helm the remake of \u201cLogan\u2019s Run\u201d for Warner Bros. Pictures, will oversee the visual development of the project and have input on the script, which is being written by \u201cLost\u201d scribes Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Story details are being kept secret. . . .<\/p>\n

When making the original, in order to convince the studio to take a chance on a first-time director, Lisberger shot a test reel, financed by the studio, involving the deadly Frisbee battle. In a case of historical synchronicity, sources said one of the things Kosinski will be doing is working on a sequence involving the movie\u2019s Light Cycles to work out his vision for the movie. Sources also said visual effects personnel, for many of whom \u201cTron\u201d was an inspiration to enter the business, already are jockeying for pole position to work on the sequence. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Incidentally, Variety<\/a><\/i> noted last week that Lisberger \u201cwrote a \u2018Tron\u2019 sequel several years ago but the movie stalled amid Mouse House regime changes.\u201d Will this new film be based on that script? Or have advances in the technology rendered that screenplay out of date? Either way, I am curious to see how this turns out.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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