Posted on 09/11/2007 8:51:03 AM PDT by longtermmemmory
Sept 11, 2007
TORONTO -- Commercial director Joseph Kosinski is in final negotiations to develop and direct "Tron," described as "the next chapter" of Disney's 1982 cult classic. Sean Bailey is producing via the Live Planet banner, as is Steven Lisberger, who co-wrote and directed the original film.
Kosinski, who last month signed on to helm the remake of "Logan's Run" for Warner Bros. Pictures, will oversee the visual development of the project and have input on the script, which is being written by "Lost" scribes Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Story details are being kept secret.
The original, about a computer programr thrust into a computer and forced to fight in games he helped create, is remembered for its sci-fi gladiator-style battles and groundbreaking special effects. It was the first movie to use computer-generated images instead of models and other optical effects in conjunction with live action. The arcade game based on the movie was so popular that it earned more than the movie.
When making the original, in order to convince the studio to take a chance on a first-time director, Lisberger shot a test reel, financed by the studio, involving the deadly Frisbee battle. In a case of historical synchronicity, sources said one of the things Kosinski will be doing is working on a sequence involving the movie's Light Cycles to work out his vision for the movie. Sources also said visual effects personnel, for many of whom "Tron" was an inspiration to enter the business, already are jockeying for pole position to work on the sequence.
Brigham Taylor is overseeing for Disney.
Kosinski is a former architect whose specs caught the attention of director David Fincher, who convinced Kosinski to move to Los Angeles, where he joined the director at commercial house Anonymous Content. Kosinski then moved quickly up the ladder, eventually directing award-winning spots for Nike, Apple and Nintendo that gained notice for their use of computer technology that erased the lines between reality and CGI.
Kosinski is repped by Endeavor and Michael Sugar and Bard Dorros at Anonymous Content.
TRON 2 is going to be a nightmare to make.
Its biggest critics and fans will be gamers, who will expect to see a cross between “300”, “Counter-Strike”, “Halo 3” and “World of Warcraft”.
It might actually be better to make the technology for TRON 2 so advanced that it is like The Matrix, going for a realism-plus look instead of a stylized computer graphics look.
That is, it is easier and maybe better to dress up Brent Spiner as an android then to make an android that looks like Brent Spiner. It can go wrong either way, but there is nothing they can put on the screen that will exceed the imagination.
The original TRON, with its antiquated computer graphics actually helped the actors because the plot had to be slower and they had to go for a “vast expanses, but still enclosed” look to the virtual sets.
If you look at computer games today, you can’t move five feet without something happening.
Most likely, it will end up as a lame excuse, like Lawnmower Man, that just becomes silly when it goes virtual.
I don’t buy that apocryphal stuff.
You’re on a roll today fierro
I bet they include blacks in the remake.
"They had a movie of the future called 'Logan's Run.' Ain't no n----rs in it. I said, well, white folks ain't planning for us to be here." - Richard Pryor
Whether you buy it or not, it is still a legend or myth like Hercules. It’s like saying “I don’t buy Star Wars.”
Well, fine, but so what? It’s a movie.
I liked both movies. I even bought the Logan's Run comic book (and still bought it after the serialization of the movie ended) and read the book it was based on. Fun to watch on tv sometimes. Saw Tron in the theaters, too, although that sometimes seems a bit hokey on TV, but I guess that was a movie that was made for CGI.
I'll probably see them both....
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