‘Tron 3’ Is Moving Ahead With a New Director
By George Robbins
Not too long ago we heard news that was kind of unexpected in that we would be graced with a new ‘TRON’ movie. Some time in the near future production will begin for a new movie for the ‘TRON’ franchise and it will hopefully be what fans are hoping for. The ‘TRON’ movies are known for their futuristic art style and the fact that they have the unique story of taking place inside of technology. The original film released back in the early 1980’s and its follow-up sequel ‘TRON: Legacy‘ released in 2010. By the time the second film released, there was already a relatively active fandom for the original movie. Thus, the sequel wasn’t a failure in theaters, but it was met with mixed criticism.
Overall, the ‘TRON’ movies didn’t do bad all things considered and it was wondered whether there would be another entry into the film’s universe. For the following five years after the sequel’s release, fans wondered as to whether a third entry would actually come into existence or not. Following the bomb that was ‘Tomorrowland,’ Disney said that they would not be working on any more live-action science fiction movies which included ‘TRON.’ This meant that there would not be a third installment for the franchise like people had hoped and for years, this is how things stayed. Recently, however, the project has picked up steam again as Jared Leto was officially cast as a main role for a third installment.
Being known for choosing his movie roles carefully, this resulted in renewed interest from the general public and the film has started gaining more traction within the past month or so. Not much is known about the upcoming new installment, but we are slowly starting to get more and more details in regards to the film. The project now has a director attached to it with director Garth Davis taking the reins to make sure that the movie gets made. Even though more and more work is being done for the film, it has still not received the green light to go headlong into development. Whatever happens during the development process over the next few months will be determined by Disney based upon how much they can expect to make off of the film.