TRON 3: Disney Exec Says “Time Is Right” for the Sequel Tron: Legacy didn't exactly light the world on fire when it was released nearly 10 years ago, but its $400 million global box office haul was more than enough to convince its fans that it deserved a sequel. That sequel never came, but the cult status of the entire Tron franchise has done nothing but grow in the years since. The hype for more Tron has never been higher than it is today, and it appears that all of those patient fans may finally have something to celebrate. The folks at Disney are most definitely looking into a sequel to Tron: Legacy, with many feeling that the time is now right to explore more of the story. During an appearance on the Light the Fuse podcast, Disney music executive Mitchell Leib opened up about the future of the Tron franchise, having overseen the production of Daft Punk's beloved work on Tron: Legacy. Not only has Leib been talking with the music duo about a sequel, but he also confirmed that there was already a script that Disney really likes. Now with Disney+ alive and thriving, Tron 3 may actually happen. "Now with Disney+, I think there's opportunities to be creating content that we otherwise wouldn't have been able to create, you know because we're in the movie business," Leib explained. "We're in the big movie business, and unless it's a big movie idea we don't make small movies. We're only after basically billion dollar box office hits. On the one hand, that's great. On the other hand, that's a very narrow sleeve to operate in, and Disney+ I think is going to afford us the opportunity to expand and get much more diversified in the kind of content we can create. And Daft Punk has a bit of a television and movie development company, and all kinds of things they're into, businesses they're into. So I had lunch with Paul Hahn to further a bit of a starting conversation that we're looking at making a sequel to Tron now, we're looking at Tron 3. And we've got a great script, I mean a really phenomenal script that we're very excited about. Whereas the timing wasn't right to have done it years ago, I think we feel like the timing is right now, and I feel like we've learned a lot of lessons from that last movie." Leib went on to say that one of the most important pieces to the puzzle would be getting Daft Punk on board for another Tron, which is something the group is apparently open to. Disney also seems hopeful that Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski would return to helm the third movie. "The right and first thing to do is to try and bring Daft Punk and would they want to," he said. "And the answer is they're always open tp anything and everything, but you gotta take it as it comes and see what the circumstances are. We don't even know who would be directing it, I mean we're hopeful Joe Kosinski would come back and do another one." "A lot of things gotta fall into the right places, but certainly there's an open-mindedness to it," Leib added. So there isn't anything incredibly concrete about these Tron 3 hopes, outside of what seems to be a completed script. That's more than enough to get the ball rolling, though, and Leib's words make it clear that Disney certainly has its eye on exploring more in the world of Tron.
The original is a favorite of mine because I watched it a ton as a child - we owned it on a weird format called CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc - basically video records). I enjoyed the sequel and would gladly watch the next movie.
My neighbor had this disk and we watched it a lot. I was too poor for even a color tv but 4-5 families on my street had these disk players.
I'll be honest, I was excited for Tron Legacy. I saw Tron Legacy the opening weekend. I remember nothing from Tron Legacy. So I'm not sure bringing all the same people back for another sequel is a great idea. But I'll probably still check it out.
Jared Leto Seemingly Revealed The Title Of The New TRON Movie In Since Deleted Tweet We found out that Disney was officially moving forward with a third Tron movie earlier today, and star Jared Leto (Suicide Squad) now appears to have let the title slip in a since deleted Tweet... News broke earlier today that Disney was moving forward with a follow-up to Tron: Legacy with Garth Davis (Lion; Mary Magdalene) taking over directing duties. The trade report also confirmed that Jared Leto would star, and the Morbius actor now appears to have revealed a little more than he should have in a since deleted Tweet. Leto took to social media to confirm his involvement with the project, but the original version of the Tweet you see below included the movie's title: Tron: Ares. This could be a working or placeholder title (the movie hasn't been officially greenlit yet, so it's obviously very early days), but the fact that Leto removed the Tweet so quickly certainly suggests that he let the title slip before either realizing his error or getting a telling off from the House of Mouse. What do you guys think of the title? Are you looking forward to another adventure in The Grid? Let us know in the usual place.
I think he's the 'villain', so that's good, right? Timing of this movie is good with the rise of AI. I personally love Tron so am looking forward to it.
Love Tron. Love Daft Punk. Olivia Wilde was insanely distracting in Legacy. Loved the arcade game. Not a Jared Leto fan. Will see.
They are tied to a look and feel for the world. If they can somehow modify that to make it different, but maintain some elements to make it Tron, that will go a long way to paving a path forward. They can always write a great story, and develop great characters, but they are tied to the look and feel and that limits the freshness they can reward us with. I did like the style, aesthetic, look and feel of the last movie though. Especially the bikes.
