TRON: LEGACY Director Joseph Kosinski Still Believes A Third TRON Movie Could Happen

TRON: LEGACY Director Joseph Kosinski Still Believes A Third TRON Movie Could Happen

After reports that plans for a TRON TV series on Disney+ were scrapped by the studio, TRON: Legacy filmmaker Joseph Kosinski remains optimistic about a sequel to his movie eventually becoming a reality!

By Nighthawk01 - Apr 14, 2020 03:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Tron
Source: ComicBook.com

In 2010, TRON: Legacy grossed $400 million on a $170 million budget, a box office haul which should have guaranteed a sequel. Production was even slated to begin in 2015, but Disney would pull the plug after Tomorrowland bombed and the studio got cold feet about pushing ahead with another ambitious sci-fi tentpole. 

When ComicBook.com caught up with TRON: Legacy director John Kosinski, the filmmaker made it clear that he remains invested in making a sequel of some sort happen one day. 

"There's always been an interest since Legacy [for a sequel]. There's always been talk and murmuring of doing another and continuing the story," he explained. "Like anything, it just needs the right confluence of...it's all about timing and the right elements and everything's got to come together for a movie to happen." 

Noting that TRON remains a big part of the Disney brand thanks to the TRON Lightcycle Power Run which currently resides in Shanghai Disneyland and will debut in Orlando's Disney World next year, Kosinski pointed out that, "I don't ever see TRON being something where you pump one out every two years. You just can't. They're too hard to make."

"It's got to be a passion project and it's got to really be reaching for something different and innovative and ambitious," he concluded, "because that's in the DNA of it."

A TRON reboot was considered by Disney, as was a Disney+ TV show, but neither came to fruition. 

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ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 4/14/2020, 3:48 AM
I really enjoyed Tron: Legacy. Jeff Bridges was outstanding
MutantEquality
MutantEquality - 4/14/2020, 7:43 AM
@ChangAlang - Please Please Please do another one. The grand music, the epic visuals, the feeling of future technology and even Jeff Bridges being stuck in the grid for 1000 years and showing the light beams while he meditated....just everything was great. Where is the petition? Im signing up!
Moriakum
Moriakum - 4/14/2020, 3:59 AM
No studio spends 200 plus million (including marketing costs) to make "only" 400 million. That's why a third movie hasn't been made and probably never will.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 4/14/2020, 6:06 AM
Both Tron movies are probably my favorite live-action Disney movies. I just love the world and atmosphere they created.
Iports
Iports - 4/14/2020, 7:38 AM
Jeff bridges

Absolutely amazing in that film
Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 4/14/2020, 8:03 AM
This franchise is among my favorites, the overall aesthetic alone is one of the most beautiful ever put to film and has become something inconic and immediately recognized(pun intended), I think a movie done right could absolutely be successful
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 4/14/2020, 8:21 AM
This movie's so underrated. I actually prefer it to the original, as important and unique as the original was.

The themes and the flow and damn I love that final shot... She finally gets everything she wants. She's secretly the main character.
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 4/14/2020, 8:33 AM
I'm so happy to see all the Tron love here. This film was brilliant in so many aspects. Music, visuals, acting, storytelling, and just the overall aesthetic. It was such a stylistic treat and deserves a sequel.





KingLeonidas
KingLeonidas - 4/14/2020, 8:34 AM
The delusion is now total and complete. Might as well sign him up for the Flash movie - another movie that is not going to happen.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 4/14/2020, 9:43 AM
Daft Punk's music for this is easily my top 5 favorite movie soundtracks of all time. I used to listen to it constantly.

As for a sequel, of course, yes please. There's so much potential for the Tron world. They've barely scratched the surface.
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 4/14/2020, 8:24 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - That soundtrack is masterful. And I've done the same. It was the soundtrack to my life for a while. Especially for a nice gym sesh.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 4/14/2020, 1:14 PM
I actually really enjoyed TRON Legacy and would definitely watch a third. However they need to bring back, you know, TRON, even if they recast. He is just a program.
WackyBantha
WackyBantha - 4/14/2020, 1:22 PM
Even when they're not in the Grid, it's awesome!
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 4/14/2020, 2:28 PM
I'm up for another movie. It has been 10 years since I saw it and I was really into it and immersed by it.

But the OST was just amazing. Still holds up to the date.





L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 4/14/2020, 3:15 PM
Bring them back:

GratefulBat
GratefulBat - 4/14/2020, 7:05 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - please please please. It’s not going to be cheap, but it’s completely necessary.
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