Jeff Bridges is going back to the grid.
The 74-year-old actor told the Film Comment podcast (via The Playlist) that he is going to appear in “Tron: Ares,” the third film in the long-running sci-fi franchise that Bridges inaugurated with “Tron” in 1982 and reprised with “Tron: Legacy” in 2010. The new film stars Jared Leto as the titular character Ares, with Joachim Rønning (“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”) directing from a script by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne.
“I’m heading off this Saturday to play a part in the third installment of the ‘Tron’ story,” Bridges said. “Jared Leto is the star of this third one. I’m really anxious to work with him. I’ve admired his work.”
“Tron” is best known for pioneering the use of computer generated imagery, which was used to create the digital world of a video game after Bridges’ character, Kevin Flynn, is zapped inside one.
The 74-year-old actor told the Film Comment podcast (via The Playlist) that he is going to appear in “Tron: Ares,” the third film in the long-running sci-fi franchise that Bridges inaugurated with “Tron” in 1982 and reprised with “Tron: Legacy” in 2010. The new film stars Jared Leto as the titular character Ares, with Joachim Rønning (“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”) directing from a script by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne.
“I’m heading off this Saturday to play a part in the third installment of the ‘Tron’ story,” Bridges said. “Jared Leto is the star of this third one. I’m really anxious to work with him. I’ve admired his work.”
“Tron” is best known for pioneering the use of computer generated imagery, which was used to create the digital world of a video game after Bridges’ character, Kevin Flynn, is zapped inside one.
- 4/29/2024
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
One of the hottest packages at the EFM has been taken off the table for international.
Sources tell Variety that Prime Video is close to snapping up multiple international rights, excluding the U.S., to Justin Kurzel’s “The Order,” which stars Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult in a story about the titular white supremacist organization that operated in the 1980s. The deal, which is in the eight-figure range, is believed to be in advanced negotiations.
The project is penned by Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated writer Zach Baylin (“King Richard”), who based the screenplay on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s book “The Silent Brotherhood.” Published in 1989, the book details the activities of the radical-right hate group The Order, which was one of the most sinister organizations to emerge in America since the Ku Klux Klan.
In the film, Law plays a lone FBI agent stationed in Idaho who starts piecing...
Sources tell Variety that Prime Video is close to snapping up multiple international rights, excluding the U.S., to Justin Kurzel’s “The Order,” which stars Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult in a story about the titular white supremacist organization that operated in the 1980s. The deal, which is in the eight-figure range, is believed to be in advanced negotiations.
The project is penned by Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated writer Zach Baylin (“King Richard”), who based the screenplay on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s book “The Silent Brotherhood.” Published in 1989, the book details the activities of the radical-right hate group The Order, which was one of the most sinister organizations to emerge in America since the Ku Klux Klan.
In the film, Law plays a lone FBI agent stationed in Idaho who starts piecing...
- 2/18/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
After years of anticipation, Disney is gearing up to return to the Grid with a third installment in the Tron film series. The sci-fi action franchise has seen various actors in the main cast since the original movie hit theaters in 1982. But this time around, fans are not happy to learn who’s slated to take the lead role in the third film, Tron: Ares.
Disney has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the ‘Tron’ franchise Olivia Wilde, Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, and Bruce Boxleitner at the ‘Tron: Legacy’ world premiere | John Sciulli/Getty Images
The original Tron starred Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a video designer transported into his game design. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The film was not considered a box office success, earning 33 million (around 100 million today), but it was admired for its groundbreaking visual effects and remained in the public consciousness for years to come,...
Disney has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the ‘Tron’ franchise Olivia Wilde, Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, and Bruce Boxleitner at the ‘Tron: Legacy’ world premiere | John Sciulli/Getty Images
The original Tron starred Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a video designer transported into his game design. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The film was not considered a box office success, earning 33 million (around 100 million today), but it was admired for its groundbreaking visual effects and remained in the public consciousness for years to come,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Rita DeMichiel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Scores are different then soundtracks for obvious reasons but mostly because it is a personal compilation of instrumental music built around a movie. There is no past with the songs, just present and just designed for that movie. This year was apparently the year for famous musicians, very accomplished musicians in their own right, to lend their hands to projects mostly out of the realms of their expertise. Also, there are a few films that could techinically be classified as 2009, but being that I live in Vancouver these weren’t actually released here until 2010. Vancouver may be a large city, but we’re still working on our movie release dates and the idea of getting more theatres that play lots of different movies as opposed to Sex and the City 2 for 13 weeks followed by Twilight: Eclipse for the next 14 weeks.
10. Alice in Wonderland
Marking yet another collaboration between composer Danny Elfman and director Tim Burton,...
10. Alice in Wonderland
Marking yet another collaboration between composer Danny Elfman and director Tim Burton,...
- 12/22/2010
- by Kaitlin McNabb
- SoundOnSight
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