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Tron 3 Is Cancelled

Posted by timothy on from the in-this-universe's-timeline-anyhow dept.

Dave Knott writes: Tron 3 won't be coming to a theater near you. Disney had been developing a sequel to Tron:Legacy since the movie, made for $170 million, grossed $400 million worldwide. But now they have chosen not to move forward with a third installment in the sci-fi series, sources say. "Disney has had strong success with its live-action properties recently, including Maleficent and this year's Cinderella, which earned $527.4 million worldwide. But it recently had a stumble with the $180 million live-action film Tomorrowland, which underperformed at the box office this past weekend with a $33 million U.S. debut."

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  1. Of course it bombed by cheesybagel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Too much money wasted on big name actors and advertising. Ludicrous story. It goes on and on.

    I do think it is too early for another Tron sequel though. If they had made one one year after the last one it would have been ok but not now.

    1. Re:Of course it bombed by iluvcapra · · Score: 5, Insightful

      With regard to Tron 3, it's not so important that Tron 2 bombed-- what really matters is Escape from Tomorrowland bombed, and Disney has decided if it's going to make fantasy films, it'd rather plow money into it's wholly-owned subsidiaries, Lucasfilm and Marvel.

      America, you will be getting all your science fiction and fantasy in Avengers form in Galactic Basic. This is a win if you like big scifi movies that make billions of dollars, it's a loss if you liked a little bit of diversity in your movies. Disney will now double down on sequels and reboots.

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      Don't blame me, I voted for Baltar.
    2. Re:Of course it bombed by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Too much money wasted on big name actors and advertising. Ludicrous story. It goes on and on.

      The same could be said of Pirates of the Caribbean, right?

      --
      "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
  2. Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let Flynn and Quora ride off into the sunrise, and let it be OVER. Stories end. How about you come up with new ones?

  3. Re:Tron could be a very good series by mccalli · · Score: 5, Insightful

    " However, if Disney would actually give it to a good director and writers and take it darker..."

    No. No. No.

    Enough with the silly darker trend. Have you actuallyseen the original Tron? You know with the talking silly Bit in it? It's adventure certainly, but it's not dark. Tron 2 went more philosophical and arguably darker as well, and I happen to really like the film, but I would argue that's also part of what killed it.

    Everyone time I hear of a reboot it's "we'll take the original and make it grittier", or "we'll take the original and make it darker", or sometimes we're treated to both gritter and darker at the same time. Bah. Enough of this - it's an adolescant's version of what makes a grown-up film. Give me varied films with a mix of emotions in them please. Relentless dark and misery is not what I want to be offered all of the time.