Joseph Kosinski has already been tapped to direct Logan’s Run and it looks like the commercial director continues to be held in high regard as he is in final negotiations to develop and direct Tron at Disney, described as “the next chapter” of Disney’s 1982 cult classic.
“Lost” scribes Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz are writing the script, but no details are being revealed. The original film centered on video game creator Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) who was convinced that his big ideas were being stolen by the company he worked for. While hacking on a company computer, Flynn is brought into an incredible virtual reality where he finds himself pitted against a sentient computer program, the “Master Control Program.” Trying to stop the rouge program from taking over the real world as well as cyberspace, Flynn finds himself challenged in a video game world where his real self will perish if he fails. As Flynn fights against the Master Control Program and its henchman Sark (David Warner, Planet of the Apes), he realizes that his best chance to survive rests in finding the legendary computer warrior, “Tron” (Bruce Boxleitner, TV’s “Babylon 5”).
Even though story details are being kept quiet you would think that considering Tron upped the ante in terms of visual effects that the same would be attempted with whatever this is being described as (reboot, remake, sequel?). However, one detail that has been rumored is that much like the original, Kosinski has been asked to shoot a test sequence involving the movie’s Light Cycles to work out his vision for the movie. I assume it won’t be the same as the original considering modern effects, but it would be nice if they had even come up with a different idea outside of the Light Cycles in my opinion.
If you want to see some of Kosinski’s impressive commercials click here.
