Bruce Boxleitner was at the Hallmark Channel’s Television Critics Association summer press tour party for his TV series Cedar Cove. I interviewed him about the current season, and then brought up the cancellation of TRON 3 by Disney. Now, even though the recent version of the film is dead, things can always come back around.…
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Bruce Boxleitner said last month that he wasn't sure if he'd be back for Tron 3, but apparently there's another sequel that'd be more than happy to have him. In a recent interview, director Rich Moore revealed that he had originally wanted a Tron cameo in Wreck-It Ralph. And while that didn't pan out, he's…
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Today's Sequel Bits is jam-packed with quotes, videos, images, and more. After the jump: Die Hard is getting a permanent mural for its 25th birthday J.J. Abrams talks Star Trek; what do the comics tell us? Who wants a walk-on role in Insidious Chapter 2? Jack Reynor comments on his Transformers 4 casting Dave Franco would…
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For the princely (or make that kingly) sum of $30,000 plus shipping and handling, you can spend the next season of Game of Thrones watching from an Iron Throne of your very own. Also after the jump: Bruce Boxleitner says Tron: Uprising is "not a kiddie show" Friends With Kids' Jennifer Westfeldt goes to HBO…
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We've got some quick hits on the sci-fi action-adventure sequel front today, including: Bruce Boxleitner's prediction on when TRON 3 will get going Vin Diesel's snapshots from the Riddick set Sony's just announced release date for the Robocop remake Several months after star Bruce Boxleitner assured fans that TRON 3 was "a done deal," the…
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At the D23 Expo last week, speculation ran rampant about what new films Disney would announce. Two years ago, D23 was where they officially announced Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and this year, we got the confirmation of two upcoming Pixar movies. One thing that wasn't mentioned, at least by the Disney executives,…
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Stock in Tron -- elevated in value over the years thanks to the forgiving nature of nostalgia -- took a dive after the release of Tron: Legacy. But Disney isn't giving up on the property, and is moving full speed ahead with an animated series that explores the Grid, aka the digital world at the…
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Last year, before Tron Legacy was released, Disney shot some footage that didn't appear in the film, but will show up on the DVD release that hits in April. Some of that footage became Tron: The Next Day (Flynn Lives Revealed), which is on YouTube now. You can watch the ten-minute short after the break.…
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Part of the whole plan with Tron: Legacy was to launch a multi-platform new franchise which would span the movies, potential sequels, video games, animated television projects and maybe even a theme park attraction. The animated series Tron: Uprising voice cast includes Elijah Wood, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, Nate Corddry, Lance Henriksen and…
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Yep, you read that right. For the last few weeks there has been a persistent rumor going around that the Tron Legacy DVD and Blu-ray release would feature a teaser for Tron 3. We haven't run much because we couldn't confirm it 100%, but someone else got some pretty detailed information that suggests the rumor…
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Walt Disney Pictures has released a fourth video clip from Tron Legacy. The first clip featured Quorra (Olivia Wilde) saving Sam (Garrett Hedlund) from possible death, escaping through some off road terrain on a four-wheel Light Runner (one of the new vehicles introduced in the sequel). If you missed that clip, you can watch it…
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Everyone wants to know more and more about Tron Legacy. For those of you not at Comic-Con, we have transcribed the entire Tron Legacy panel which took place on Thursday. Here is the panel's official description: Returning for an unprecedented third year to the fans and convention that started it all, Walt Disney Pictures is…
Read MoreLast year at Comic-Con, Disney held a viral event which was the talk of the convention -- leading Tron fans on a scavenger hunt around the city to find Flynn's Arcade, and a secret real-life Lightcycle hidden in a secret room. This year the Tron Legacy viral continued, and Flynn's Arcade returned to San Diego…
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On Friday night, fictional software company ENCOM held their first public press conference in years (possibly ever) in San Francisco, CA. A renegade group who believes that revolutionary programer Kevin Flynn is still alive (despite having disappeared from the public eye two decades ago), infiltrated the event and took over the press conference. Of course,…
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The Asylum, the direct-to-dvd production company responsible for producing cheap knock-offs of the latest big budget Hollywood movies (termed "Knockbusters) takes on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with a film titled Transmorphers: Fall of Man, starring Bruce Boxleitner (Tron), Jennifer Rubin, and Shane Van Dyke. The Asylum's past titles include: The Terminators, Street Racer ,…
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AICN has gotten new details on TRON 2.0. According to a "reliable tipster" the story takes place 25 years after the original film. Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) has disappeared after creating some of the world's top selling game of all time and fathering a son. ENCOM head Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner) presents twenty-something-year-old Sean Flynn…
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Bruce Boxleitner has signed on to return in TRON 2.0, according to ComingSoon. Boxleitner played Alan Bradley, aka TRON, in the original 1982 Disney film Tron, and will reprise his role in the sequel. Previously announced, Jeff Bridges will reprise the role of Kevin Flynn, Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett have also joined the cast.…
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