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Tron Legacy Challenges The Green Hornet?!

Posted on Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta

Tron Legacy

This past weekend Sony revealed that they would be moving The Green Hornet back to December 17th 2010. I had heard rumors that Disney was hoping to release Tron Legacy in that same date, and it looks like Sony’s announcement has pushed the mouse house’s hand to announce the release information. That’s right, as it currently stands, The Green Hornet and Tron Legacy will be hitting theaters the exact same weekend next year, in the 2010 “Avatar slot.”

Who will budge first in this game of Box Office chicken? I doubt Disney will be changing their plans, so hopefully someone at Sony has the foresight to see just how much of a potential disaster it would be to come out the same weekend as the much anticipated Tron sequel.

Also scheduled for that weekend are two other 3D family films, The Smurfs (also a Sony release) and Yogi Bear. I wonder if there will be enough digital 3D screens by then to accommodate three big films. There definitely aren’t enough screens right now for more than one release. But the amount of 3D capable theaters may explode if Avatar generates big box office dollars.

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  • Digby
    Everything but Tron will move. Mark my words bitches!
  • Yeah, I think you're right about TRON doing well. I didn't even know Smurfs and Yogi Bear movie was being made. Is there that big of a market for those two?

    On another note I still think Cindy Morgan deserves at least a Cameo in TRON Legacy. There's still over a year for Disney to put her in it.
  • thatguy27
    Why is it called the "Avatar" spot? Whilst Cameron's new movie is getting a lot of hype it is still an untested and unseen movie. It could be crap, it could be great, or it could be just okay. Wouldn't it make more sense to call it the "LotR" spot since all three did great business and were critically acclaimed as well.
  • dagreenman18
    Daft Punk vs Gondry!!! Whoever wins, we also win.
  • WHA?!
    Is there really that much anticipation for Tron outside of the internet?
  • cletusvandamme
    Yeah, I think the Lord of the Rings spot, or the Titanic spot, would be more appropriate, for what it's worth.
  • GregoryV
    Money on Tron, baby.

    "I Plead the FIF!" "1, 2, 3, 4, FIF!"
  • Alek
    Now that's the Tron Legacy I wanna see in theaters
  • Chuck Bartowski
    Here's some advice to Sony. Really good advice, IMO.

    Move "Yogi Bear" up a few weeks earlier to Thanksgiving weekend 2010. It's completely open right now for a kids movie (though it would be a week after Harry Potter, but that's a possibly-PG-13 dark fantasy thriller, compared to Yogi Bear's possible silly family-friendly G/PG). Grab the slot while you still can!!

    Green Hornet and Tron Legacy... that's a really good pairing, but it's the holidays so people have time to see both (sooner or later), right? Maybe move Green Hornet up to December 15 to get a head start with audiences before Tron can? Hopefully Sony studioheads enjoy reading slashfilm. Trying to help them out here.

    As for the Smurfs... maybe push it back to Christmas weekend? Depends if Gulliver's Travels is aiming squarely at kids. If not Christmas, then March 2011.

    There. Just saved them some time. Hope they listen.
  • Ben C
    Green Hornet should change the release date yet again, I think.
  • What percentage of the average movie-going public even know what the fuck Tron is?
  • GreatBigLion
    "This past weekend Sony revealed that they would be moving The Green Hornet back to December 17th 2010. I had heard rumors that Disney was hoping to release Tron Legacy in that same date, and it looks like Sony’s announcement has pushed the mouse house’s hand to announce the release information. That’s right, as it currently stands, The Green Hornet and Tron Legacy will be hitting theaters the exact same weekend next year, in the 2010 “Avatar slot.”" What? Isn't Avatar coming out this year?
  • mchops
    over a year away? weak!
  • You do realize feature films can't be made in a single day overnight do you?
  • mchops
    Yes I do but I can hardly wait for it. I was kid when the first one came out
    and it was awesome so I'm allowed to be excited.
  • mchops
    My response didn't register for some reason. Yes I do realize they can't be made in one day but I can be excited. I was a kid when the first one came out and it was sick!
  • In that context your comment makes more sense. Sorry for being snippy, I got a bad sunburn today and my patience has been worn thin.
  • goobity
    If you were a kid when Tron came out, you're too old to be using phrases like "it was sick!".
    :)
  • mchops
    Nah never too old. Tron was sexy! How's that?
  • mchops
    all good mate.
  • mchops
    Tron will demolish the Green Hornet!
  • Rockie
    i agree
  • robgrizzly
    Smurfs ftw!
  • Name
    Wow. If the weekend stood like it is now, it would be sick. Four potential blockbusters in one weekend is more than a human being can handle.

    Tron should stay in that same slot, but The Green Hornet would be better off without the competition. Moving it to December 4th would be a nice strategy. The Smurfs should be moved to early November. I have no idea where Yogi Bear could stand. Is Summer 2011 too long a stretch?
  • It's like having to pick between my children... that I have neither fathered nor the right to be anywhere near in any kind of meaningful way. I'm excited about both, and I want both to do well. Can't everybody win?
  • monkeymafia
    Whoo-hoo my birthday!
  • Chuck
    Honestly, who cares about the Green Hornet?
  • Chuck
    Honestly, who cares about the Green Hornet? It won't be a big hit.
  • I have to say that I would rather see Tron than The Green Hornet. I might see both, but Tron will come first.
  • This is assuming that Green Hornet actually gets made. And it doesn't have a good track record so far.
  • Filming has started on the Sony lot. If you take the tour, you'll probably see it.
  • freemachine
    Green Hornet will get sloppy-seconds.
  • charles
    May the best Man win is what I say. I think films should compete more often. It gives studios an incentives to make there films quality better.
  • Juicebox
    oh my god who fucking cares!

    Terminator: Salvation has certainly disrupted my appetite for sequels to movies from over 15 years ago. So has Escape From LA, and Superman Returns.

    Green Hornet is also becoming far less interesting. A comic book character that will get overshadowed by the creative team and delays - just to be certain, this will not be another Iron Man. It'll probably end up being another Batman and Robin.

    And the two of them going head to head? Internet buzz may be an indicator of what people are curious about, but is highly inaccurate about the things people are actually willing to pay to see.
  • SoCal
    The original Tron was a masterpiece and far, far ahead of its time. I really didn't understand much about the movie when it first came out, as I was about 10. But watching it later in life, I could appreciate the movie for what it is. (Knowing about computers helps too). Legacy will have to be a phenomenal movie to match the original. Sadly, I'm leaning towards disappointment on this one.
  • I can see TRON's viewership running pretty deep, especially if the film delivers and word of mouth (see: Twitter) is positive. Green Hornet will be seen as more of a 'for comic book geeks' film.
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