17Aug
Today, Disney announced a line-up of new attractions and entertainment coming to its theme parks around the world during the D23 EXPO 2015 in Anaheim, Calif. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek gave 7,500 lucky fans a behind-the-scenes look at what’s to come. He was joined by Imagineers working on these projects as […]
Tags: Avatar, D23, Disney, Iron Man, Star Wars, Tron
08Jul
We just left “The Making of TRON” panel here at Pop Con LA with an interesting tease of a possible event (or events) that may take place in the near future at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. During the laid-back and hilariously entertaining panel, a lively Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan shared anecdotes from the […]
Tags: 30th, anniversary, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Harrison Ellenshaw, Tron, William Kallay
21May
After orchestrating Daft Punk’s score for 2010′s “TRON: Legacy,†Joe Trapanese (who also scored the amazing “The Raid: Redemption”) is taking on the music for Disney XD’s epic animated series “TRON: Uprising.” Trapanese spoke a bit last weekend about his new score for the show. Since the events of the show take place between 1982’s […]
Tags: Joe Trapanese, Soundtrack, Tron, Tron: Uprising, Wendy Carlos
18May
Scenes from Disney’s “TRON: UPRISING” Premiere Event last weekend… “TRON: Uprising” stars Elijah Wood, Bruce Boxleitner, Mandy Moore, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nate Corddry, Lance Henriksen, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Reubens and Tricia Helfer join the creative team to celebrate the launch of Disney XD’s new animated series “TRON: Uprising” at DisneyToon Studios in Glendale, California (May 12). […]
Tags: Bruce Boxleitner, Disney, Elijah Wood, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lance Henriksen, Mandy Moore, Nate Corddry, paul reubens, Reginald VelJohnson, Tron, Tron Legacy, Tron: Uprising
13May
GET ON THE GRID WITH THE DISNEY XD PREVIEW OF TRON: UPRISING! Bruce Boxleitner, Elijah Wood, Paul Reubens, Lance Henriksen, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Nate Corddry and Reginald VelJohnson voice characters in this new epic series set between the events of ‘Tron’ and ‘Tron: Legacy’… Beck is a young mechanic living in Argon City, a […]
Tags: Bruce Boxleitner, Disney, Elijah Wood, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lance Henriksen, Mandy Moore, Nate Corddry, paul reubens, Reginald VelJohnson, Tron, Tron Legacy, Tron: Uprising
12May
Before Paul Reubens brings Pee-Wee Herman back to the big screen in the upcoming Judd Apatow-produced adventure, he will show up on our small screens, and more specifically, inside THE GRID of “TRON: Uprising,” the all-new animated series on Disney XD. And while Reubens had much to say about his new animated character “Pavel,” an […]
Tags: paul reubens, pee-wee herman, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Tron, Tron: Uprising
12May
Disney had some surprises in store for members of the press during their junket for the new animated series “TRON: Uprising” on Saturday, but the studio had one surprise for TRON himself, star Bruce Boxleitner. As the day wound down, a TRON birthday cake was wheeled out to commemorate the actor’s 62nd birthday (or would […]
Tags: Bruce Boxleitner, Disney, Elijah Wood, Tron, Tron Legacy, Tron: Uprising
23Aug
Yeah, it’s a commercial for duct tape and it ends with that awkward TRON Guy, but it’s still a clever idea revolving around the TRON light cycles. I’ll take it! At least there’s no RAM in here.
Tags: commercial, duct tape, light cycles, Tron, tron guy
02Jul
When the news broke that Disney would not be hosting a panel in Hall H this year in San Diego, my dreams of a repeat of the surprise Tron reveal of 2008 were derezzed. And while I still truly believe there will be some sort of TR3N type announcement at Disney’s own D23 Expo in […]
Tags: Comic-Con, San Diego Comic-Con, Tron, Uprising
27Jun
One of the most nifty pieces of TRON: Legacy advertising last year was the TRONorail, the Tron makeover given to their Monorail in Walt Disney World. I remember thinking how I wish they would keep it like that forever. Now, word has just come in that the Tronorail is, in fact, just that! The Tronorail […]
Tags: Disney, Epcot, monorail, Tron, Tron Legacy, Tronorail
13Jun
Michael J. Fox will lend his voice to the fifth and final chapter of Telltale Games’ Back to the Future adventure, but we didn’t know he’d be supplying the voices of two characters. Telltale’s creative director, Dave Grossman, confirmed the dual appearance during a preview of Telltale’s coming work at E3 2011. Grossman wouldn’t say […]
Tags: D23, Disney, Tron
21May
Now that Star Tours has been revealed, we should get back to our regularly scheduled TRON-inspired posts! Well, this isn’t exactly any new Tron news, but it’s close — The team behind the film – director Joe Kosinski and editor Jim Haygood – joined forces with Digital Domain on a new :30 spot for BMW. […]
Tags: BMW, Joe Kosinski, Tron, Tron Legacy, TV Spot
15May
A Tron-inspired painting by Flynn himself was auctioned off on Saturday for over ten grand which will go toward the ‘Share Our Strength, No Kid Hungry‘ campaign. Jeff Bridges explained on Hero Complex: “On that same piece of plastic, I wiped that and then put some more paint on it and waited to see where […]
Tags: flynn, jeff bridges, Tron, Tron Legacy
12May
The good news = According to the Twitter account of @ThemeParkOne, there is a strong possibility Disneyland will give its less-than-Orlando / should-have-kept-Carousel-of-Progress “Innoventions” pavilion a “Stark Expo” makeover. He goes as far as claiming that “Mockups, renderings, even costume designs exist at WDI.” With Richard Sherman providing the very retro Disney-esque theme to the […]
Tags: Disneyland, ElecTRONica, marvel, Peoplemover, stark expo, Tony Stark, Tron
11May
When it comes to TRON and the digital world it led to both on and off-screen, there’s no bigger expert than Jay West, a guest writer over the last year for The LA Times’ Hero Complex on all things concerning The Grid. He recently sat down with Steven Lisberger, Joe Kosinksi and Eric Barba (VFX […]
Tags: Joseph Kosinki, Steve Lisberger, TR3N, Tron, Tron Legacy
06May
Radical news, Programs! Disney’s ElecTRONica nighttime interactive experience at Disney California Adventure park will continue to heat up the night now through Labor Day. With this continuing on alongside the openings of Star Tours, Mermaid, Goofy’s Skyschool, the new Soundsational parade, DL Hotel’s Tangaroa Terrace and Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar, it’s looking like the […]
Tags: Disneyland, ElecTRONica, Tron, tron legacy. flynn
28Apr
D23 recently uncovered a rare comic strip depicting characters from the original TRON. This comic strip, which was distributed in 1982, tells another tale of Flynn’s adventures into the digital grid. It was a part of series called “Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales,” which ran in Sunday newspapers from the early ’50s to the […]
Tags: Disney, Tron, walt disney
22Apr
1982’s TRON was screened at a sold-out 70mm showing at LA’s Aero Theatre on March 5 and its filmmakers discussed the challenges of the film’s production and the development of its pioneering visual effects and techniques. Check out what went down courtesy of The Hero Complex’s Jay West… right HERE.
Tags: Bill Kroyer, Harrison Ellenshaw, John Scheele, Richard Taylor, Steve Lisberger, Steven Lisberger, Tron, Tron Legacy
18Apr
For Disneyland’s 30th anniversary in 1985, the Pointer Sister’s hit song “Neutron Dance” was turned into “The New TRON Dance” – and the world was never the same again.
Tags: Disneyland, Tron
11Apr
Tron is Back! Duran Duran is Back! And now another staple from 1982 is back as well — the Commodore 64!! Check out the details HERE on Commodore’s new official site!
Tags: C-64, Commodore, commodore 64, Computer, PC, Tron, Tron Legacy