Despite the increased focus and production from Disney movie divisions including Pixar, which has two films opening in theaters this year; Marvel Studios, which is aiming for 2-3 big budget blockbusters per year; and Lucasfilm, which is relaunching Star Wars with annualized releases.
Disney is making good on their promise to take moviegoers back to the Grid with TRON 3 and reportedly aims to begin production on the TRON: Legacy followup this fall, returning to Vancouver, Canada, to shoot.
The local scoop comes from Vancity Buzz who have it from insiders claiming that principal photography begins on TRON 3 on October 5, 2015. The only additional detail they have is that Garrett Hedlund is currently the only star confirmed to return.
Given how Legacy concludes however, it’s a safe bet Olivia Wilde and Bruce Boxleitner – who both spoke about returning previously – will return as well. We’d be shocked if director Joseph Kosinski, who spearheaded the bringing back of TRON in the first place, doesn’t find a way to have Jeff Bridges return as well as grid creator Kevin Flynn.
While this is the first update in a while about an actual, legitimate start date for TRON 3, Kosinski has continually teased details and potential release dates. He even has a title already. He claims TRON 3 is the “Empire Strikes Back” of the series, so expect a darker, less happy ending, to setup another followup one day.
Kosinksi initially expected the TRON: Legacy followup to hit theaters in 2015-16 so the earliest we could see TRON 3 in theaters would be late 2016, assuming the studios can get the heavy load post-production work done in a year. This time around, they at least have the principal assets of their recreation of the digital world of the Grid and its vehicles ready to go, alongside a shooting style that works for 3D. It was only a matter of time before Disney got around to greenlighting the three-quel.
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