The rumors are growing louder that Tron 3 is being prepped for the greenlight and that Disney is attaching a teaser for the sequel to
Tron: Legacy's DVD and Blu-Ray release.
Once again, Ain't It Cool News has details on what this teaser includes:
One includes Bruce Boxleitner (as Alan) and Dan Shor (as Ram). Turns out that "Ram" was apparently running the FLYNN LIVES campaign and he's frantically destroying all of that data and files, as Alan confronts him. Dan apparently utters the line, "Why did Kevin give you the cool name" - which means to my way of thinking that after Flynn came out of the Grid, he sought out the human soul of Ram and befriended him and started calling him RAM - you know - some geek that wrote that Actuarial Program that helped people plan for the future. I sorta love that. And love that the kindness Flynn showed this lowly geek, apparently created a gung ho champion for the life and memory of Kevin Flynn.
Another has Quora showing up to ENCOM and getting acousted by the press because she's riding Sam's Ducati - and states that she just spoke with Kevin Flynn, yesterday!
The last scene that was shot in this mini-shoot involved text screens where you see the Father & Son... The Dillingers stating that everything is going as planned.
Of course, all of this was filmed before
Tron: Legacy was released to lukewarm returns in December.
With unremarkable box office and poor merchandise sales, does it even make sense for Disney to pursue Tron as a franchise? Much less an expensive film sequel?
CHUD's indelible Damon Houx makes the point perfectly:
...It’s just that it doesn’t seem like good business sense. The Hangover getting a sequel is stupid, but I get it, the first film made a lot of money, and it would be nearly impossible for a Hangover sequel not to make at least $150 Million domestic, which should – hopefully – make the film profitable. Tron Legacy has no such goodwill, and ultimately you’re going to have to sell the audience you cracked the narrative with the next film. You’ve essentially killed off Jeff Bridges, and since the sequel has to take place on the grid… But not just on a story level, these numbers don’t suggest enthusiasm, and it’s like you’re throwing more money at New Coke. This seems like a bad business decision, so that’s why I don’t get it. Ultimately, maybe they’ll fix the problems (doubtful as they didn’t with the second film), and it’s not like if they don’t make this some masterpiece will happen, but still, it seems like something that should be let go.
I'm just guessing, but even if the footage shows up on the
Tron: Legacy home video release they may just tout it as "bonus content" or a "never before seen bonus ending" and not as a teaser for a third film.
But, who knows, maybe Rich Ross will keep throwing good money after bad.