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Title: 'Tron' Sequel Trailer Released by Disney

Link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/0...

This October will see the release of a film that's nearly 43 years in the
making, reports Ars Technica: It's difficult to underestimate the massive
influence that Disney's 1982 cult science fiction film, TRON, had on both the
film industry - thanks to combining live action with what were then
groundbreaking visual effects rife with computer-generated imagery - and on
nerd culture at large. Over the ensuing decades there has been one sequel, an
animated TV series, a comic book miniseries, video games, and theme park
attractions, all modeled on director Steve Lisberg's original fictional
world. Now we're getting a third installment in the film franchise: TRON:
Ares, directed by Joachim Ronning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No
Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil), that serves as a standalone sequel to
2010's TRON: Legacy. Disney just released the first trailer and poster art,
and while the footage is short on plot, it's got the show-stopping visuals
we've come to expect from all things TRON. The film's director says it
"builds upon the legacy of cutting-edge design, technology and storytelling,
according to an official statement from Disney. And here's how they describe
the plot. "TRON: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is
sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission,
marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings." Share your thoughts in
the comments. (Anyone remember playing the Tron videogame?) The first episode
of 2012's animated Tron: Uprising is available on the Disney XD YouTube
channel...

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