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==Cast==
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* [[Jeff Bridges]] as "The Dude" portraying Kevin Flynn, the former CEO of ENCOM International and creator of the popular arcade game ''TRON''. He disappeared in 1989 while developing "a digital frontier that will reshape the human condition."<ref name="flynninfo">[http://www.latinoreview.com/news/tron-legacy-countdown-the-disappearance-of-kevin-flynn-the-return-of-jeff-bridges-9198 TRON LEGACY COUNTDOWN: The Disappearance Of Kevin Flynn & The Return Of Jeff Bridges]</ref> Bridges also portrays Clu , the film's primary antagonist. A more advanced incarnation of his original hacking program, Clu was designed by Flynn in 1983 to act as an "exact duplicate of himself" within the ''TRON'' world.<ref>[http://www.hitfix.com/articles/tron-legacy-director-talks-daft-punk-and-explicitly-not-making-another-matrix 'Tron Legacy' director talks Daft Punk and explicitly not making another 'Matrix']</ref>
* [[Jeff Bridges]] as Kevin Flynn, the former CEO of ENCOM International and creator of the popular arcade game ''TRON''. He disappeared in 1989 while developing "a digital frontier that will reshape the human condition."<ref name="flynninfo">[http://www.latinoreview.com/news/tron-legacy-countdown-the-disappearance-of-kevin-flynn-the-return-of-jeff-bridges-9198 TRON LEGACY COUNTDOWN: The Disappearance Of Kevin Flynn & The Return Of Jeff Bridges]</ref> Bridges also portrays Clu , the film's primary antagonist. A more advanced incarnation of his original hacking program, Clu was designed by Flynn in 1983 to act as an "exact duplicate of himself" within the ''TRON'' world.<ref>[http://www.hitfix.com/articles/tron-legacy-director-talks-daft-punk-and-explicitly-not-making-another-matrix 'Tron Legacy' director talks Daft Punk and explicitly not making another 'Matrix']</ref>
* [[Garrett Hedlund]] as Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn who, while looking into his father's disappearance, is transported into the computer world himself.
* [[Garrett Hedlund]] as Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn who, while looking into his father's disappearance, is transported into the computer world himself.
* [[Bruce Boxleitner]] as Alan Bradley, an executive consultant for ENCOM International<ref>http://www.encominternational.com/people.htm </ref> and close friend of Kevin Flynn.<ref name="flynninfo" /> After receiving a cryptic page from the office at Flynn's old arcade, he encourages Sam to investigate its origin. Boxleitner also plays Rinzler, a master warrior who later turns out to be Tron, Alan's program.
* [[Bruce Boxleitner]] as Alan Bradley, an executive consultant for ENCOM International<ref>http://www.encominternational.com/people.htm </ref> and close friend of Kevin Flynn.<ref name="flynninfo" /> After receiving a cryptic page from the office at Flynn's old arcade, he encourages Sam to investigate its origin. Boxleitner also plays Rinzler, a master warrior who later turns out to be Tron, Alan's program.

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Tron: Legacy
A man reaching to catch a disc, embraced by a woman
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Kosinski
Screenplay byAdam Horowitz
Edward Kitsis
Story byAdam Horowitz
Edward Kitsis
Brian Klugman
Lee Sternthal
Produced bySean Bailey
Jeffrey Silver
Steven Lisberger
StarringJeff Bridges
Garrett Hedlund
Bruce Boxleitner
Olivia Wilde
Michael Sheen
James Frain
CinematographyClaudio Miranda
Edited byJames Haygood
Music byDaft Punk
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Pictures
Release dates
  • December 16, 2010 (2010-12-16) (Australia)
  • December 17, 2010 (2010-12-17) (United States)
[1][2]
Running time
127 minutes
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200 million[3][4][5][6]

Tron: Legacy is a 2010 American science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, released on December 16, 2010. It is a sequel to the 1982 film Tron. Joseph Kosinski makes his feature film directorial debut with Tron: Legacy, while the previous film director, Steven Lisberger, returns as a producer. Jeff Bridges reprises his roles as Kevin Flynn and Clu, while Bruce Boxleitner reprises his roles as Alan Bradley and Tron. Garrett Hedlund portrays Flynn's now-adult son, Sam.[7] The other cast members include Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett, and Michael Sheen.[8]

Plot

For twenty years, Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) has been haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin (Jeff Bridges), an innovative software programmer and former CEO of ENCOM International. During a board of director's meeting before the launch of the twelfth version of ENCOM's operating system, Sam breaks in and releases it to the public for free while simultaneously uploading a malicious program into ENCOM's mainframe. He is subsequently caught and later released by the police. Later that night an executive consultant for ENCOM and friend of Kevin, Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner), sends Sam to investigate a mysterious page originating from the long abandoned Flynn's Arcade. While searching, Sam finds his father's office hidden beneath the arcade. While attempting to find information within his father's computer, he activates the laser which transports him to the Grid, a world existing inside the computer.

Sam is quickly caught by The Grid's sentinels and sent to the Gladiatorial Games. After beating his first opponent and attempting to escape, he is pitted against the master warrior Rinzler. He is subdued and exposed as a human user rather than one of The Grid's programs. Sam is taken before a figure identical to his father at a younger age, who is revealed to be Clu, a program written by Kevin Flynn. Clu forces Sam into a light cycle battle, which he nearly wins before his lightcycle is destroyed. Before Clu can kill Sam, Quorra (Olivia Wilde) intervenes and takes Sam away from the stadium to a hidden fortress 'off-grid', home of Kevin Flynn. Upon meeting, Sam's father explains this Grid is his creation, built with the assistance of Clu and Alan's program, Tron. While working on The Grid, a new life form known as isomorphic algorithms (ISOs) manifested, with the potential to unlock huge mysteries in almost every field of science. However Clu, built with the command of creating a 'perfect' Grid, saw the ISOs as imperfect beings, and betrayed Kevin, seemingly murdering Tron and taking over the Grid to enact genocide upon the ISOs. To Sam's dismay, his father reveals he will not be pursuing an escape through a portal open to the human world that will close within one mili-cycle, which is equivalent to eight hours, citing that the risk of being captured by Clu to be too great.

Upset at the idea of losing his father again and being stuck within the grid, Sam retreats to his room. Likwise displeased, Quorra gives Sam information leading him to Zuse, who she believes may be able to provide safe passage out of The Grid while neutralizing Clu. While searching for Zuse, Sam meets Jem, one of the Sirens, who armed him for the games. She tells him that she can lead him to the person he needs to find and takes him to the End of Line club, run by Castor, who is later revealed to be Zuse. However, before he can help Sam escape, Clu's forces arrive and fight breaks out. During the fight, Kevin and Quorra arrive to help Sam. In the fray, Quorra's arm is cut off. Sam, Kevin and Quorra are able to escape, but not before Kevin's disk, which also acts as the master key to the Grid, is stolen. Castor offers the disk to Clu in return for control of the city, betraying Sam. Clu takes the disc and proceeds to destroy the club, killing Castor and Jem.

While Kevin is healing Quorra, she is revealed to be the last ISO. The three arrive at a station where Clu addresses an army of programs that he has repurposed, revealing he plans to use Kevin's disk as a means to send them into the human world, so they can continue to 'perfect' it. Quorra sacrifices herself as a distraction to Rinzler so that Sam and Kevin may safely enter the station, at which point Kevin realizes that Rinzler is in fact Tron who has been repurposed by Clu. Sam then rescues Kevin's disc and saves Quorra while Kevin commandeers one of Clu's aerial fighters. The three get away and head for the portal. Clu discovers the breach and pursues the three with Rinzler. Sam, Kevin and Quorra fend off most of the pursuers, leaving only Rinzler and Clu . Rinzler has a flashback of himself telling Kevin to run and save himself and declares that he "fights for the users" before attacking Clu, allowing the three to arrive at the gate to the portal. However, Clu steals Tron's fighter, leaving Tron to drown in the ocean below, and arrives at the portal before the three. Kevin sacrifices himself by merging with Clu and destroying him while allowing Sam and Quorra to escape through the portal with his disk. Returning the human world, Sam downloads the master key and returns to the arcade where he tells Alan that he will start working at ENCOM on Monday, naming Alan as chairman. He then takes Quorra to show her a sunrise, as she had expressed interest in seeing one earlier in the film [9]

Cast

  • Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, the former CEO of ENCOM International and creator of the popular arcade game TRON. He disappeared in 1989 while developing "a digital frontier that will reshape the human condition."[10] Bridges also portrays Clu , the film's primary antagonist. A more advanced incarnation of his original hacking program, Clu was designed by Flynn in 1983 to act as an "exact duplicate of himself" within the TRON world.[11]
  • Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn who, while looking into his father's disappearance, is transported into the computer world himself.
  • Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley, an executive consultant for ENCOM International[12] and close friend of Kevin Flynn.[10] After receiving a cryptic page from the office at Flynn's old arcade, he encourages Sam to investigate its origin. Boxleitner also plays Rinzler, a master warrior who later turns out to be Tron, Alan's program.
  • Michael Sheen as Castor/Zuse, a vivacious and renowned program in the Grid who runs the End of Line Club at the top of a tower in the TRON city.[13]
  • Olivia Wilde as Quorra, a program, adept warrior and confidante of Kevin Flynn in the TRON system.
  • James Frain as Jarvis, CLU's right-hand program and chief intelligence officer.[14]
  • Daft Punk as two MP3 programs (the equivalent of disc jockeys) at the End of Line Club.[15]
  • Beau Garrett as Jem, one of four programs known as Sirens. The Sirens operate the Grid Game armory, equipping combatants with the armor needed to compete in the games.[16]
  • Yaya DaCosta, Serinda Swan, and Elizabeth Mathis as the other three Sirens.
  • An uncredited Cillian Murphy appears as Edward Dillinger, son of Ed Dillinger, the main antagonist from Tron.

The original character of Yori does not appear in the sequel. According to online media Sci Fi Wire: "Fans have been lobbying for actress Cindy Morgan to be in the movie". There are active campaigns online, such as "Yori Lives" on Facebook, which is independent of Morgan herself. "All I know is what I'm seeing online," Morgan said. "I am so thrilled and touched and excited about the fan reaction and about people talking about the first one and how it relates to the second one. I can't tell you how warm a feeling I get from that. It just means so much." No one from Tron: Legacy had contacted Morgan, and she did not directly speak with anyone from the Joe Kosinski-directed sequel.[17]

As Dr. Lora Baines, Cindy Morgan appeared with Bruce Boxleitner (as Alan Bradley) at the Encom Press Conference in San Francisco, April 2, 2010.

Production

Development

In the late 1990s, there was speculation that Disney would make a sequel film, due to the original film's cult following. On July 29, 1999, ZDnet News reported that a Tron sequel or remake was being considered by Pixar.[18] Throughout the next several years, many false rumors that a Tron sequel was in production or being developed were reported by various news websites.

On January 13, 2005, Variety reported that Disney had hired Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal to write a sequel to Tron.

Original sequel logo, from the test footage premiered at Comic-Con 2008.

At the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con, a preliminary teaser trailer (labeled as TR2N and directed by Joseph Kosinski) was shown as a surprise to convention guests. It depicted a yellow Program engaged in a light cycle battle with a blue Program, and it prominently featured Jeff Bridges reprising his role as an aged Kevin Flynn (from the first film). At the end of the trailer, the yellow Program showed his face, which appeared identical to Flynn's earlier program Clu (resembling the younger Flynn in Tron).

While the trailer did not confirm that a Tron sequel was in production, it showed that Disney was serious about a sequel. In an interview with Sci-Fi Wire, Bridges revealed that the test footage was not likely to appear in the finished movie.[19]

On July 23, 2009, Disney revealed the current title at their Comic-Con 3D panel. Jeff Bridges explains that the title is in reference to the story's theme: "It's basically a story about a son's search for his father." They also showed a trailer similar to the one shown at Comic-Con 2008, with updated visuals. At the time, the film just wrapped production and they had a year of post production ahead of them. Because none of the footage from inside the computer world was finished, they premiered concept images from the production. Art included the recognizer, which has been updated from the original film. Concept photos were also shown of Disc Wars, which has also been revised from the original film into a 16-game tournament. The arena is set-up so that the game court organically changes, and all 16 games are going on at the same time. The boards also combine in real time until the last two Disc warriors are connected.[citation needed]

Light cycles make a return,[20][21] with new designs by Daniel Simon.[22] According to the press conference at Comic-Con 2009, a new vehicle appears called a "Light Runner," a two-seat version of the light cycle. It is said to be very fast, and has the unique ability to go off the grid on its own power. We also get a glimpse at Kevin Flynn's own cycle, a "Second Generation Light Cycle" designed in 1989 by Flynn and "rumor has it it's still the fastest thing on the grid." It incorporates some of the look of both films.[23] The movie also features theatrical 7.1 surround sound.

File:TRON Legacy Light Cycle.JPG
Light cycle model on display at Fan Expo 2009 Disney booth

A life-size model of the light cycle was put on display at a booth at Fan Expo 2009 in Toronto, Canada from August 28–30, 2009, along with a special presentation of material from the production. The conceptual art shown at Comic-Con was shown in the session, along with some test film of the martial artists who play a more athletic style of Disc Wars. A segment from the movie showed Flynn's son entering the now-decrepit arcade, playing a Tron stand-up arcade video game, noticing a passage in the wall behind the Tron game and entering it, the passage closing behind him. Flynn's son makes the visit to the arcade after Alan Bradley receives a page from the disconnected phone number of the arcade. The footage was used later as part of the trailer released on March 5, 2010.

Filming

Filming began in Vancouver, British Columbia in April 2009.[24] Stage shooting for the film took place at the Canadian Motion Picture Park studio in south Burnaby. The entire film was filmed in 3D, as was the teaser.[25] Digital Domain is working on the visual effects.[26]

In April 2009, pictures were leaked onto the Internet showing actors in blue skintight suits. The design of the suits is reminiscent of the outfits worn by the actors in the original film.[27] Director Kosinski also revealed that the faces of the younger Flynn, as well as CLU 2, were created entirely in CG.[28]

Music

Electronic music duo Daft Punk composed the film score.[29] At the time of the 2009 Comic-Con, it was revealed they composed 24 tracks for the film.[30] When Kosinski was asked why he decided to have Daft Punk do the film score, he replied, "How could you not at least go to those guys?"[31] Kosinski referred to the score as being a mixture of orchestral and electronic elements.[32] Olivia Wilde stated that the duo may be involved with future promotional events.[30] A teaser trailer features Daft Punk and their track "Derezzed" from the soundtrack.[33] The film score features an 85-piece orchestra, recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Studios in London.[34] A soundtrack album of the film was released on December 6, 2010. A deluxe edition of the album was also released that includes a poster of Daft Punk from the film.[35] The songs "Separate Ways" by Journey and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by The Eurythmics are also featured in the film.[30] Daft Punk's score was arranged and orchestrated by Joseph Trapanese.[36] Jason Bentley served as the film's music supervisor.[37]

Sound effects

Crowd effects for the gaming arena were recorded at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. During one of the Tron: Legacy panels, the crowd was given instruction via a large video screen while techs from Skywalker Sound recorded the performance. The audience performed chants and stomping effects similar to what is heard in modern sports arenas.[38]

Marketing

On July 21, 2009, several movie-related websites posted they had received via mail a pair of "Flynn's Arcade" tokens along with a flash drive. Its content was an animated GIF that showed CSS code lines. Four of them were put together and part of the code was cracked, revealing the URL to Flynnlives.com,[39] a fictitious site maintained by activists who believe Kevin Flynn is alive, even though he's been missing since 1989. Clicking on a tiny spider in the lower section of the main page led to a countdown clock that hit zero on July 23, 2009, 9:30 pm PDT. Within the Terms of Use Section, an address was found. It lies in San Diego, California, USA near the city's convention center where the Comic Con 2009 took place and some footage and information on the sequel was released. Flynn's Arcade was re-opened at that location, with several Space Paranoids arcade machines and a variety of '80s video games. A full-size light cycle from the new movie was on display.[40]

A ninth viral site, homeoftron.com, was found. It portrays some of the history of Flynn's Arcade as well as a fan memoir section.[41] On December 19, 2009 a new poster was revealed, along with the second still from the movie.[42] Banners promoting the film paved the way to the 2010 Comic-Con convention center, making this a record third appearance for the film at the annual event.[43] On October 19, 2010, a new banner was revealed, combining segments from the original Tron poster in it. In the poster, Sam reaches out for his disk in the air, with Quorra by his side in the world of Tron.

The first theatrical trailer was released on March 5, 2010 with Alice in Wonderland, and featured scenes with Sam, Flynn and the Tron world. The second trailer was attached to Step Up 3D. Another trailer was attached to Resident Evil: Afterlife one was also attached to Jackass 3D. On November 9, 2010, a new trailer was released. Sneak previews of the film aired on November 5 on Disney Channel during new episodes of The Suite Life on Deck and Pair of Kings.

Disney also partnered with Coke Zero to promote Tron: Legacy. Said promotion included promotional in-store standees, as well as Tron: Legacy logos and character art on Coke Zero cans, bottles, and 2-liters, as well as pre-movie advertisements at movie theater chains, and extensive promotional material on the official Coke Zero website.

Theme parks and attractions

At the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, one monorail train was decorated with special artwork depicting lightcycles with trailing beams of light, along with the film's logo. This Tron themed monorail, which was renamed the "Tronorail," was unveiled in March 2010.[44]

At the Disneyland Resort in California, a nighttime dance party named "ElecTRONica" premiered on October 8, 2010 and is still continued, in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot at Disney California Adventure.[45] Winners of America's Best Dance Crew, Poreotics, perform at ElecTRONica. As part of ElecTRONica, a sneak peak with scenes from the film is shown in 3D with additional in-theater effects in the MuppetVision theater.

On October 29, 2010, the nighttime show World of Color at Disney California Adventure began soft-openings after its second show of a Tron: Legacy themed encore using a Daft Punk music piece titled "The Game Has Changed" from the movie soundtrack, using new effects and projections on Paradise Pier attractions. The encore officially premiered on November 1, 2010.[46]

Disney was involved with the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi through association with designers Ian Douglas-Jones at I-N-D-J and Ben Rousseau to create "The Legacy of the River", a high-tech suite inspired by "Tron: Legacy". The suite uses electroluminescent wire to capture the art style of the film. It consists of over 60 square meters of 100mm thick ice equating to approximately six tons. 160 linear meters of electroluminescent wire were routed out, sandwiched and then glued with powdered snow and water to create complex geometric forms. The Ice Hotel is expected to get 60,000 visitors for the season which lasts December 2010 through April 2011.[47]

Graphic novel

A tie-in 128-page graphic novel Tron: Betrayal was released by Disney Press on 16th November 2010. It contains a story that sits between the original film and the Tron: Evolution videogame.

Video game

A tie-in video game, entitled Tron: Evolution, was released on December 7, 2010.[48] The story sits between the graphic novel Tron: Betrayal and Tron: Legacy. Teaser trailers were released in November 2009, while a longer trailer was shown during the Spike Video Game Awards on December 12, 2009. There was also a game for the iOS devices (iPhone, iPod, and iPad )called LightBike 1 and 2 and there was another game for the iOS devices (iPhone, iPod, and iPad) for the movie.[49]

Screenings and release

On October 28, 2010, a 23-minute preview of the movie was screened on many IMAX theaters all over the world, except in southern Sweden. The tickets for this event were sold out within an hour on October 8. Stand-by tickets for the event were also sold shortly before the presentation started. Original merchandise from the movie was also available for sale. Some of the clips included in the presentation were seen in many of the film's trailers, but in complete form. That same day, a clip was released via the internet and the iTunes Store where Quorra apparently saved Sam in her lightrunner. Later, more scenes such as Sam encountering his father in the Tron world, and Sam geared up by the Sirens, were released. On November 20, a new clip was released where Sam and Alan Bradley met at Sam's apartment talking about his father, Kevin Flynn.

Announced through the official Tron Facebook page, the red carpet premiere of the film was broadcast live via the internet.[50] Tron Legacy will be released in theaters on December 17, 2010, in the United States and United Kingdom. The film was originally set to be released in the UK on December 26, 2010, but was brought forward due to high demand. According to the latest trailer, the film will be presented in IMAX 3D and Disney Digital 3D. The film will also be released with D-BOX motion code in select theaters and released in 50 Iosono-enhanced cinemas, creating "3D sound".[51]

On December 10, 2010, in Toronto, Canada, a special premiere was hosted by George Strombolopolous organized through Twitter, open to the first 100 people who showed up at the CN Tower. After the movie ended the tower was lit up blue to mirror the Grid.

On December 13, 2010, in select cities all over the United States, a free screening of the entire film in 3D was available to individuals on a first come, first serve basis. Free "Flynn Lives" pins were handed out to the attendees. The announcement of the free screenings was made on the official Flynn Lives Facebook page.

Critical reception

Tron: Legacy has received mixed reviews from film critics. 48% of 123 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes gave an overall positive review for the film, with an average score of 5.8/10.[52] The film has received a 28% rating based on 25 reviews when narrowed down to top critics.[52] The site's consensus stated, "The screenplay isn't as captivatingly state of the art as the visuals, but Tron Legacy proves a suitably dazzling sequel to the original." IMDB on the other hand rewarded the film 8.0/10 stars. Metacritic gave the movie a 50 out of 100. Jules Brenner of cinema signals remarked that Tron: Legacy "capitalizes on the visual design that Tron represents in its remarkable spatial line art, self illumination and photographic lighting balance".[53]

Roger Ebert gave Tron: Legacy 3 out of 4 stars, stating that "both [Tron] films, made so many years apart, can fairly lay claim to being state of the art."

Tron: Legacy has been compared to its matches: The Tourist and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but seemingly Tron: Legacy was left behind by Narnia, while gaining the second place from The Tourist. Narnia garnered a 50% approval from critics, while The Tourist garnered generally negative reviews from critics. (21%)

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