First TRON 3 Tidbits Leaked At WonderCon

The first real tidbits of information concerning TRON 3 were inadvertently leaked this weekend at WonderCon; Speaking with io9  at the convention this weekend while promoting their ABC show Once Upon A Time, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (who co-wrote TRON: Legacy and are producers on the third installment)  ended up giving an update on a potential third movie. Due to their schedule on Once Upon A Time, they are not the screenwriters for TRON 3, but had this to say “We are working on a sequel….we’ve moved to be co-producers on it. But there’s a script being written right now. Dave DiGilio is writing it,  (TRON Legacy director) Joseph Kosinski is right now shooting Oblivion, but we’ve had a lot of meetings and conversations and we’ve seen the first draft of the TRON sequel.”

The writing duo were asked about the possible return of Jeff Bridges’ Kevin Flynn, who (SPOILERS for the last movie) seemingly died at the end of TRON: Legacy. “I would say the definition of life and death in the digital realm —Will be explored in the sequel.” Also making comments lately about a third installment is TRON himself,  as Bruce Boxleitner has said the current plan is to shoot the movie around 2014.

I know TRON: Legacy has its fair share of haters out there, but despite the crappy acting by lead actor Garrett Hedlund and a generic script, I pretty much dug it. I adored the updated world of the grid, and I think the Daft Punk soundtrack is one of the best soundtracks in years (in other words, I’m shallow, and to impress me you just need to have pretty lights and cool sounds and I’m sold) And for those who maintain that TRON: Legacy was some kind of bomb for not making Avatar level money…I remind you that the movie made $400 million on a $170 million budget. Believe me, right now Disney wishes John Carter was “bombing” like TRON: Legacy did.