The grid is going dark again. Though there had seemingly been real movement on the third Tron film – which was rumoured to bear the title Tron: Ascension – The Hollywood Reporter uploads the news that Disney has decided to halt any forward movement for now, cancelling the current plans.
While it had appeared that the film was gearing up into pre-production for a shoot in Vancouver later this year, with director Joseph Kosinski and stars Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde back for more techno-action, the trade mag’s sources say there wasn’t an official greenlight for the movie, and despite thoughts towards trying to snag Jared Leto for a role, no offer had been made.
Part of the decision seems to be simply that the studio’s schedule is full for at least the next couple of years, with Pixar and Marvel providing a full pipeline of movies alongside the likes of The Jungle Book, Beauty And The Beast and Alice In Wonderland: Through The Looking Glass. The disappointing performance of Tomorrowland also may have affected the studio’s thinking, especially since the new Tron would be arriving several years after Legacy, which did decent but hardly stellar business. So for now, the world of Tron will have to sit in that dark arcade, waiting for a chance to come back to life.
from Empire News
