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Pixar Tron Remake?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-that-be-interesting dept.

RAZ was among several folks who wrote in to tell us about a ZDNet article that talks about Pixar and Tron. No official comment from the studio, but there still are rumors floating about that Pixar may be redoing that classic little piece of disney sci fi. And I just got the DVD of the original ;)

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  1. No way by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5
    I don't work there any longer, an I sold off all of my Pixar stock, so I can say what I want now. I am not a Pixar spokesperson. With that said:

    No way.

    Pixar is not a special-effects house. Their specialty is telling good stories with 3-D computer-graphic character animation, but telling good stories comes first. They actually spend more time on the script than they do on production. Toy Story and A Bug's Life spent 3 or 4 years in writing. Not until we could like the movie when shown as 100 minutes of shots of black and white pencil-drawn storyboards, with dialogue read by people around the office, would we go into production.

    The problem with Tron is that the story isn't good enough - most people just are not interested in that story and the movie can not be saved by better special effects, not that any move can be saved this way. Nerdy folks like you and me might like it, but not a general audience. So, you might see a lesser studio give it a try, like the folks who did Small Soldiers.

    Pixar writes its movies in house. They aren't interested in recycling old garbage. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but they could not be as successful as they are if they operated differently.

    Again, I'm not a Pixar spokesperson, just someone who worked there for 12 years.

    Thanks

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.