“Disney” refused “Tron” – BBC

The company “Disney” has refused to continue the development of the cult film 1982 due to too many stories, “Star Wars” and “Pirates of the Caribbean».

Third, “Throne” in the near future should not be expected. The company “Disney” refused to continue the development of the cult sci-fi movie, stating that the project never got the green light, according to THR. Although the company and recognized that discussion of “Tron 3″ still took place, there have explained its refusal congestion studio.

The “Disney” is really the movie is painted right up until 2018. There’s currently working on “The Jungle Book” and “Beauty and the Beast,” Tim Burton is going to do the game “Dumbo”; on the fifth stage of “Pirates of the Caribbean” and the second “Alice in Wonderland.” In addition, the movie will be released from the Marvel superhero kinovselennoy and new episodes of “Star Wars” – which also refer to the “Disney” as cartoons by Pixar. “Tron 3″ at this celebration of life simply does not fit.

The first “Tron»

The original “Tron” was released in 1982 and was inspired arcade video games that are just as experienced a “golden age.” The main role of the young computer genius in the movie played by Jeff Bridges – his character gets inside the computer and had to fight in gladiatorial combat with artificial intelligence, which cherishes the dream of world domination. ROLLING hit “Tron” and did not (charges $ 33 million with a budget of $ 17 million), but has gained a cult status. There are several reasons – it is a computer simulation of Movie scene and cyberpunk entourage, in the spirit of the time. And a series of popular video games for the story “Tron».

The sequel 30 years

who shot first “Tron” director Steven Lisberger and offered to make a sequel, but ” Disney “disappointed relatively modest revenue, postponed the idea on the back burner. We remembered it only at the end of zero: once it became clear that the original film is quite a lot of fans. On the role of the director called a specialist in computer special effects Joseph Kosinski, whose second “Tron” was to be the directorial debut – “Disney” has still not explained the decision. He was awarded $ 170 million and Lisberger as a producer. Even in the film agreed to return to Bridges that the project was to add points among fans of paintings in 1982, and the music was written by popular French electronics Daft Punk.

On the verge of recovery

Technically rental “Tron: Legacy” was good – it earned $ 400 million. However, taking into account the proportion of theaters (half of the charges) and advertising costs (by some estimates, about $ 100 million) – the film is likely everything was on the verge of recovery, if not in a deep red.

All of this could encourage the management of “Disney” refuse to be led by fans of the first “Tron” and engage in a more lucrative.

They have bought from George Lucas’ rights to “Star Wars” and are going to release the film each year. Adaptation of the classic Disney cartoons live action has already shown its worth: “Maleficent” in 2014 earned nearly $ 760 million (with a budget of $ 180 million), “Cinderella” has collected $ 527 million in the 95 millionth costs. While science fiction from the “Disney” special delight of the audience does not cause – became unprofitable and “Prince of Persia” in 2010 and “John Carter” in 2012.

close to failure, and another fantastic film – released in May this year, the 180 millionth “Land of the Future”, which earned for three weeks only $ 133 million.

The third part “Throne»

However, the rumors that “Disney” is going to continue the story of “Tron” started to go before the movie was released. And rumors extremely and internally consistent. It seems that the writer was found for writing a draft (Dee Gill, “Eight Below”), he has agreed to do the sequel Kosinski, and shooting was supposed to start in 2014 – just after the director would be freed from the “Oblivion” with Tom Cruise.

In trikvel agreed to return the actors of the “Heritage” Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund, dealt with the invitation Jared Leto on a leading role. I called and budget: $ 170 million, the same as it was at the “Heritage”. But now all these plans have apparently postponed – at least to discuss the projects, which will be released after 2018.

«Too big investment for the film, about which we do not know when he will be released” – shared with the publication of The Variety is one of the leaders of the studio.