History Film / TronLegacy

The film's title is ''TRON: Ares'', with Joachim Rønning (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'') attached to direct and Creator/JaredLeto starring, with Creator/EvanPeters, Creator/GretaLee, Creator/JodieTurnerSmith, Creator/CameronMonaghan, Creator/GillianAnderson and Creator/HasanMinhaj among the confirmed additional cast members. It is currently scheduled for release in 2025.

''TRON: Legacy'' is the 2010 sequel to Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1982 CultClassic ScienceFiction film ''Film/{{Tron}}''. It was directed by Creator/JosephKosinski from a screenplay by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz based on a story by Horowitz, Kitsis, Creator/BrianKlugman and Lee Sternthal. Music/DaftPunk provided the score.

''TRON: Legacy'' is the 2010 sequel to Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1982 CultClassic ScienceFiction film ''Film/{{Tron}}''. It was directed by Creator/JosephKosinski from a screenplay by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz based on a story by Horowitz, Kitsis, Creator/BrianKlugman and Lee Sternthal. Music/DaftPunk composed the score.

A sequel has been in on/off development since before ''Legacy''[='=]s release. The script was worked on for several years, and filming was slated to start in late 2015, with Hedlund returning as Sam Flynn, Wilde returning as Quorra, and Joseph Kosinski back in the director's chair. However, it was back-burnered the week after fellow Disney sci-fi film ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' opened to a lukewarm commercial response.

Prospects of reviving the sequel popped up sporadically over the next few years, and it was confirmed as still being an active project in summer 2020. As of June 2023, the film's title is ''Tron: Ares'', with Joachim Rønning (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'') attached to direct. Creator/JaredLeto, Creator/EvanPeters, Creator/GretaLee, Creator/JodieTurnerSmith, Creator/CameronMonaghan and Sarah Desjardins are confirmed cast members. With the announcement of the project's activity in 2020, the return of the ''Legacy'' cast was anticipated but not confirmed, as was the return of Daft Punk's scoring (with a Disney exec even calling it an utmost priority at one point) prior to the announcement of their breakup.

* QuotesForATrailer: Several such lines that were used in various TV spots (see one example [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-6QqFLhd08&ab_channel=Breezyvideos03 here]]) include Castor's "This is going to be quite the ride." and Sam's "Now that's what I'm talking about!"

** Music/DaftPunk used Wendy Carlos's {{Leitmotif}} extensively, and sampled generously from ''all'' the ''TRON'' video games, including the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} ones.

** If you pause at the frame when Sam swept the dust away from the screen of the Grid mainframe, you can see some basic information of the mainframe: it used a weird mix of Intel and Sun processors, runs [[{{UsefulNotes/Unix}} Solaris with GNU userland and X]], have 2 users logged in, mostly idle, and is up for about 8 and a half days. Subsequent scenes revealed Flynn's username being "flynn", logging into the system using username "backdoor" will grant system priviledges, Flynn wrote the Grid using C programming language and named the program [=LLLSDLaserControl=] and left his last will and testament before entering the Grid.

* RapidFireTyping: Though the film does use [[ShownTheirWork real and accurate]] Unix commands in a few scenes, it has also been pointed out (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) that even for Dillinger or Flynn, being able to type that quickly, that accurately on a virtual keyboard is practically a CharlesAtlasSuperpower.

** While the movie doesn't completely avert HollywoodHacking (for obvious reasons), on two occasions, they show a person typing at a console to accomplish a task (Dillinger at the Encom conference, in order to kill the dog video, and Sam accessing the computer at Kevin's lab). Both times, the commands typed are the correct Unix commands that you would use to accomplish that sort of task. Except for Sam trying the "Backdoor". The computer responds as expected of the real life OS to his attempt at HollywoodHacking, by spitting out an error.

''TRON: Legacy'' is the 2010 sequel to Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1982 CultClassic ScienceFiction film ''Film/{{Tron}}''. It was directed by Creator/JosephKosinski from a screenplay by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz based on a story by Horowitz, Kitsis, Creator/BrianKlugman and Lee Sternthal. Music/DaftPunk [[PopStarComposer composed the score.]]

''TRON: Legacy'' is the 2010 sequel to Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1982 CultClassic film ''Film/{{Tron}}''. It was directed by Creator/JosephKosinski with a screenplay by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and the story by Horowitz, Kitsis, Creator/BrianKlugman and Lee Sternthal. Music/DaftPunk composed the score.

* CoolestClubEver: Castor’s End Of Line Club is a sleek, futuristic nightclub and lounge full of interesting programs and fancy cocktails. Not to mention Music/DaftPunk in the DJ booth!

* ImpliedLoveInterest: The relationship between Sam and Quorra isn't explicitely romantic but they have some ShipTease [[spoiler: and [[RomanticRideSharing they share a ride on his bike at the end]].

** Kevin, when Clu starts a running leap across the gap in the bridge to get to Sam, Quorra, and the portal.

''TRON: Legacy'' is the 2010 sequel to Disney's 1982 CultClassic film ''Film/{{Tron}}''. It was directed by Creator/JosephKosinski with a screenplay by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and the story by Horowitz, Kitsis, Creator/BrianKlugman and Lee Sternthal. Music/DaftPunk composed the score.

* A graphic novel, ''TRON: Betrayal'', tells the story of how Kevin Flynn created The Grid and Clu, as well as the emergence of the [=ISO=]s and Clu's desire to rebel against Flynn.
* The game ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'' takes place during Clu's rebellion and gives players control of Anon, a system monitor created by Flynn who fights against Clu and a virus named Abraxas.
* ''TRON: Evolution: Battle Grids'', set before Clu's rebellion, allows the player take control of their own character to compete in various games in the arena.
* An animated series, ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'', depicting Clu's rule of The Grid; the series focuses on Beck, a program trained by Tron who hopes to lead a revolution against Clu and free his hometown Argon City from his army.

A sequel has been in on/off development since before ''Legacy''[='=]s release. The script was worked on for several years, and filming was slated to start in late 2015, with Hedlund returning as Sam Flynn, Wilde returning as Quorra, and Joseph Kosinski back in the director's chair. However, it was back-burnered the week after fellow Disney sci-fi film ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' opened to a lukewarm response.

** ''TRON 3'' was given the go-ahead before ''Legacy'' had even opened; due to the IronicEcho, the front-runner for the next movie's name seems to be ''TRON: Destiny''. As of this moment (Spring 2015), production has started with the temporary use of ''[=TR3N=]'' as the name -- neatly calling back to Legacy's original title scheme, though a proper title is in the works- however the rumor mill now points to it being called ''TRON: Ascension''.

Prospects of reviving the sequel popped up sporadically over the next few years, and it was confirmed as still being an active project in summer 2020. As of June 2023, the film's title is ''Tron: Ares'', with Joachim Rønning (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'') attached to direct. Creator/JaredLeto, Creator/EvanPeters, Creator/GretaLee and Creator/JodieTurnerSmith are confirmed cast members. With the announcement of the project's activity in 2020, the return of the ''Legacy'' cast was anticipated but not confirmed, as was the return of Daft Punk's scoring (with a Disney exec even calling it an utmost priority at one point) prior to the announcement of their breakup.

* CollapsibleHelmet: Clu and Quorra, for their respective {{Dramatic Unmask}}ing. Also, Sam Flynn and the programs involved in the Disc Wars and Light Cycle match.

Prospects of reviving the sequel popped up sporadically over the next few years, and it was confirmed as still being an active project in summer 2020. As of June 2023, the film's title is ''Tron: Ares'', with Joachim Rønning (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'') attached to direct. Creator/JaredLeto, Creator/EvanPeters, Creator/GretaLee and Creator/JodieTurnerSmith are confirmed cast members. With the announcement of the project's activity in 2020, the return of the ''Legacy'' cast was anticipated but not confirmed, as was the return of Music/DaftPunk's scoring (with a Disney exec even calling it an utmost priority at one point) prior to the announcement of their breakup.

''TRON: Legacy'' is the 2010 sequel to Disney's 1982 CultClassic film ''Film/{{Tron}}''. It was directed by Creator/JosephKosinski with a screenplay by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and the story by Horowitz, Kitsis, Creator/BrianKlugman and Lee Sternthal. It was released on December 17, 2010.

Disney produced several tie-in prequels set between ''TRON'' and ''TRON: Legacy'':

A sequel has been in on/off development since before ''Legacy''[='=]s release. The script was worked on for several years, and filming was slated to start in late 2015, with Hedlund returning as Sam Flynn, Wilde returning as Quorra, and Joseph Kosinski back in the director's chair. However, it was back-burnered the week after fellow Disney sci-fi film ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' opened with a lukewarm response. Prospective murmurs of reviving the sequel bubbled up sporadically over the next few years, but solid plans wouldn't resurface until summer 2020, when it was confirmed that the sequel was still an active project. As of now, the only names officially attached are Garth Davis as director and Creator/JaredLeto as lead actor. The return of the ''Legacy'' cast is anticipated but not confirmed, as was the return of Music/DaftPunk's scoring (with a Disney exec even calling it an utmost priority at one point) prior to the announcement of their breakup. As of [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/tron-ares-joachim-ronning-helm-jared-leto-disney-sci-fi-sequel-1235227464/ January 2023]], Joachim Rønning (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'') is in talks to direct Leto in the film, now titled ''Tron: Ares''.

** If you pause at the frame when Sam swept the dust away from the screen of the Grid mainframe, you can see some basic information of the mainframe: it used a weird mix of Intel and Sun processors, runs [[{{UsefulNotes/Unix}} Solaris with GNU userland and X]], have 2 users logged in, mostly idle, and is up for about 8 and a half days. Subsequent scenes revealed Flynn's username being "flynn", logging into the system using username "backdoor" will grant system priviledges, Flynn wrote the Grid using C programming language and named the program LLLSDLaserControl and left his last will and testament before entering the Grid.

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[[caption-width-right:299:[[CrazyEnoughToWork Hey, it worked in 1982.]]]]

* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: In-universe example. In the opening scene set in 1989, Kevin Flynn shows Sam an action figure of Tron. This may look like ProductPlacement, but a Tron action figure with the light-up gimmick seen only in modern-day ''TRON: Legacy'' toys never actually existed in RealLife, cool though they may look.[[note]]''Film/{{Tron}}'' action figures from 1982 were molded in colored transparent plastic with circuitry painted over it. The discs glowed in the dark, and the figures had only five points of articulation.[[/note]] The only reason for its inclusion seems to be to serve as a ChekhovsGun establishing the [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife T tetromino]] pattern on Tron's chest, to clue viewers in [[spoiler:when they later see the same pattern on Rinzler's chest]].

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: While it's not immediately obvious, the fact that Sam has a controlling interest in Encom stock implies that he's rather wealthy. While he doesn't exactly flaunt his wealth, he's not really depicted as doing anything with his life other than griefing Encom, aside from various charity work Alan alludes to. There is a subtle display of wealth; BASE jumping gear isn't exactly cheap, and his Ducati Sport Classic retails for around $10k USD.

''TRON: Legacy'' is the 2010 sequel to Disney's 1982 CultClassic film ''Film/{{Tron}}''. It was directed by Joseph Kosinski with the screenplay by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and the story by Horowitz, Kitsis, Creator/BrianKlugman and Lee Sternthal. It was released on December 17, 2010.

A sequel has been in on/off development since before ''Legacy''[='=]s release. The script was worked on for several years, and filming was slated to start in late 2015, with Hedlund returning as Sam Flynn, Wilde returning as Quorra, and Joseph Kosinski back in the director's chair. However, it was back-burnered the week after fellow Disney sci-fi film ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' opened with a lukewarm response. Prospective murmurs of reviving the sequel bubbled up sporadically over the next few years, but solid plans wouldn't resurface until summer 2020, when it was confirmed that the sequel was still an active project. As of now, the only names officially attached are Garth Davis as director and Creator/JaredLeto as lead actor. The return of the ''Legacy'' cast is anticipated but not confirmed, as was the return of Music/DaftPunk's scoring (with a Disney exec even calling it an utmost priority at one point) prior to the announcement of their breakup.