TRON 3, however, has yet to actually come to fruition. Joseph Kosinski, who directed TRON: Legacy and was supposed to direct TRON 3 , spoke to Collider about what the film – titled TRON: Ascension – would have been and why it has yet to happen:
>“I guess I can say that TRON 3 is in cryogenic freeze. So, it’s there. It’s not dead. It’s alive, but it’s sitting there, waiting for the right time to move forward. I mean, you have to remember that when we made TRON: Legacy, Disney did not own Marvel. Disney did not own Lucasfilm…they own everything now. But this was before they owned everything, so from the studio point of view, they have a certain number of slots and a certain amount of money to make movies and if you can make a Star Wars spinoff or another Marvel movie, which are all doing incredibly well, a TRON movie, even though I think it would do very well, the question is: Would it do as well as one of those? That is more the reason we haven’t seen another TRON is that Disney stock is flushed with really successful properties right now. But that doesn’t mean we won’t see one at one point.”
TRON: Ascension was meant to be a direct sequel to TRON: Legacy according to Kosinski, bringing back stars Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde. Unlike the first two films – which mostly took place inside of computer programs – it would have largely taken place in the real world:
>“The movie was called, “TRON: Ascension”, I think that’s out there. I think we got the script to about 80%. We were in good shape. We were probably eight or nine months out, which is still a good amount of distance from being ready to shoot it, but I think the script was in good shape. What I’m excited about is the concept, which is an invasion movie from inside the machine coming out as opposed to one we’ve usually seen. So we hinted at that at the end of Legacy with Quorra coming out, but the idea for Ascension was a movie that was, the first act was in the real world, the second act was in the world of TRON, or multiple worlds of TRON, and the third act was totally in the real world. And I think that really opens up, blows open the concept of TRON in a way that would be thrilling to see on screen. But there’s also a really interesting character study in Quorra and a ‘Stranger in a Strange Land,’ trying to figure out where she belongs having lived in the real world for a few years, and where does she fit in.”
Jose Morales
>Seeing Disney release every classic film as Live action as fangirls scream and throw money at the, whilst not having Tron 3.
Eh, they dropped the ball with Tron legacy. No real reason to continue with that shit show. Better to just do a relaunch and actually stick to the concept of exploring the insides of a computer than flashy lights.
Hudson Wilson
>Eh, they dropped the ball with Tron legacy.
How so?
Tron Legacy is actually better than Tron 1
Luke Adams
I would have really dug seeing how computer programs try and adapt to the real world, what sort of abilities the real world gives them. It'd also give a bit more depth to Quorra's character.
Anything for more neon-based city porn, honestly.
Caleb Morris
And an ace soundtrack.
Oliver Morris
>How so? Well, you see, in
>Tron Legacy is actually better than Tron 1 ooooh, OK
David Garcia
Getting DP back for this would be a suitable replacement for NOT doing Alive 2017.
Levi Torres
>anime shit >all the faces look like they are negroids
Dominic Barnes
Tron has great ideas, but its mostly dull as shit.
It has terrible pacing, is not nearly as interesting after the game grid (same issue as Legacy) and the MCP was a laughable bad guy even back then.
The effects have also aged badly even if they were revolutionary at the time.
Noah Peterson
Tron Legacy was the first movie that I watched in theater more than once.
It really was way better in theater than on bluray. The atmosphere was intoxicating, enough so that it made up for all of the low points of the movie.
Aaron Cooper
I guess, it's just nostalgia/novelty speaking, but Tron blew me away, Legacy was just fine.
Jackson Baker
;_;
Grayson Martin
it's a great ending, but making a whole movie of this >dress-up montage >OMG, what are those ICE CREAM things >etc would've been dull.
Gavin Hughes
>No Cillian Murphy bad guy
Leo Reed
Fuck man they were going to use him in 3 I was so hyped
