OMG SQUEEEE!

[dianeduane]

A new Tron movie!!

Commercial director Joseph Kosinski is in final negotiations to develop and direct "Tron," described as "the next chapter" of Disney's 1982 cult classic. Sean Bailey is producing via the Live Planet banner, as is Steven Lisberger, who co-wrote and directed the original film.

Kosinski, who last month signed on to helm the remake of "Logan's Run" for Warner Bros. Pictures, will oversee the visual development of the project and have input on the script, which is being written by "Lost" scribes Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Story details are being kept secret.

Oh please Ghu don't let them screw it up!!

 

(EDIT: The things that pop up in the window next to your Gmail. I want one of these: The Encom T-shirt.)

(Also: in light of this, and apropos of nothing else whatsoever -- but a useful thing to know about as the holiday season begins its stealthy approach -- here's a website called TheThingsIWant.com, which lets you do custom wishlists (public) and shopping lists (private) so you can quickly add to them things you come across on the Web: and people who want to get you something for whatever-holiday-you're-celebrating no longer have the excuse that You're Hard To Buy For. They just go down the list, find something that suits their price range, and get it for you.

The app installs a tab in your browser's bookmark bar so that when you've navigated to the thing you want, you just hit the tab and a little bot-box comes up and notes all the item's particulars, allows you to add notes / customize, and then stores the whole business in whichever list you want it to go in. See, here's one of mine, so you can see how it looks. No, I'm not angling for anything, cut it out.)(Or alternately: Yeah, all of you pull out your credit cards this minute and buy me that $9000 copy of the Thousand Nights and a Night! (sigh) ...That's for when I win the lottery. I love Burton.)

Comments

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

I just bought a copy of the original Tron movie. And I really hope they don't screw it up either.

[ink-gypsy.livejournal.com]

Now that's what I call a long time between sequels. I had no idea they were remaking "Logan's Run," also one of my favorites. Can't wait to see how they both turn out.

[dancingwriter.livejournal.com]

I must confess I've somehow never managed to see Tron--but Logan's Run, now.... I do hope it turns out well!

[posicat.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Tron is a movie I've loved since I saw it as a child with my dad. The concept that programs we write can take on a life of their own in an alternate reality is fascinating. As kids my friends and I would endlessly throw bucket lids at each other pretending to live in that world. And every once in a while in adult life my inner Walter Mitty wanders off that way too.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Tron: The Next Generation? I hope it's good. I'm not sure that Logan's Run needs a remake, but it will be interesting to find out what they do with it (there were several scenes in the book which were not in the movie, for instance).

[spatch]

(if I had the "YES" bit icon I'd put it up here)

Finally! Something that puts to bed the Tron2.0 rumors that have been goin 'round for quite some time. Considering TRON was I think the first "ghost in the machine" type hackin' films I'd ever seen, it's got quite a place in my heart. And the glowing look of the innards really captivated me as a kid.

I wonder if hope Wendy Carlos could be persuaded to score the remake...

(and as far as the Logan's Run remake goes, did I hear correctly when I heard the film version would lower the Lastday age back to 21 from 30? The film's 30-year cutoff made sense in the context of the Generation Gap-focused 70s, but I think we've kinda gotten over that by now.)

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

I greatly enjoyed the TRON 2.0 we got a few years back, in video game form. I imagine they'll want to do something different for a movie, though.

[ex-robhu.livejournal.com]

Did you ever find a yes icon?

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Considering how far computers have come since Tron (not to mention CGI) this could be interesting so long as they do a great story.

[sdn.livejournal.com]

a tronlink (http://www.tronguy.net/TRONcostume/) for you.

[anamin.livejournal.com]

25 years ex post facto. I wonder if there is a sequal put out after waiting even LONGER. X-files is in the running, I think.

I hope they don't screw it up either.

[cee-m.livejournal.com]

TRON! So scared this is just going to suck beyond the telling of it. Ugh. The first one was so high tech for its time that I don't know how well the new one is going to go over.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Hee, I'm wearing my 'I ♥ TOXIC WASTE' tshirt from that same site today. The ENCOM one is deeply tempting -- if only I hadn't just become a broke grad student!

[blues-dream.livejournal.com]

Hey, kinda off-topic, but speaking of movies ... any news on the possibility of a Young Wizards movie? Just curious. :)

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

The litmus test will be whether they do call it Troff.

Boy do I hope they don't screw it up ...

[jmswallow.livejournal.com]

(EDIT: The things that pop up in the window next to your Gmail. I want one of these: The Encom T-shirt.)

If you think that's cool, check out the matching jacket and sneakers:
http://www.tron-sector.com/gallery/show.aspx?id=2610
http://www.tron-sector.com/gallery/show.aspx?id=2609
Geek that I am, went out and bought both.