Tron: Uprising

[The Mike]

Whether or not you love or hate TRON: Legacy, there’s no denying that Disney is all in with their investment in the franchise. Video games, theme parks, toys and, of course, the upcoming animated series. Tron: Uprising will begin airing on Disney XD (that’s like Disney Channel for Boys) during the Summer of 2012 and it sports an impressive voice cast including Elijah Wood, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, Nate Corddry, Lance Henriksen and Bruce Boxleitner, who will reprise his role as Tron. There’s also a 10-part micro-series in the works that will premiere in the Fall.

We’ve now learned a bit more about the cartoon series, including where it starts and will end. Read about it after the break.
In an interview with Box Office Magazine (with a heads up from Ain’t It Cool News), TRON: Legacy co-screenwriter Adam Horowitz said they’re treating the series “very seriously” and revealed where it’ll take place in the TRON timeline.

This animated show will take place from when Flynn is in a safe house. It’s from when Clu takes over the grid to before when Sam comes in. So if you were wondering what was the grid like before that, then watch the show.

Previously, it was announced that the main focus of the show would be a character named Beck (voiced by Wood) who would lead an uprising inside the Grid. But that’s not all, according to Horowitz, who is a consulting producer on the show along with his co-screenwriter Edward Kitsis. Horowitz said that the series would be a great opportunity to expand on many of the loose ends and storylines they couldn’t explore – but have information on – in the film.

To give you an example of how we approached storytelling sometimes is like when you’re in the End of Line club, when we first meet Castor and he’s being berated by one of the patrons saying, ‘I want an audience with Zuse.’ His name is Bartik, and there’s an entire back story we have for him. The guy with him, his name is Hopper, there’s a whole thing between the two of them, what they are doing in there, and how they got there.

It’s like over the years of developing this movie, we developed all these mythologies and all these back stories and all little tangential things. Did we have time to do the Bartik story? No. But now maybe the Bartik story is in the animated series —you know, he’s got a huge scar on his face. I want to know how he got that scar. We couldn’t sit down and write that there’s a guy with a scar on his face without knowing what the scar was. So we hope it adds to the depth of the movie.

Our intention is to try and make something that is more than just, let’s go get something. We treat TRON very, very seriously and as writers we try to have a reason and a world for everything and not all of it gets to be shown because in this particular movie, we only had two hours. [So] hopefully it fills in the blanks in and in a fun way and an intriguing way.

TRON certainly lends itself to an animated series, but the question remains, will people care about it in 18 months? Still, it seems like a cool world and story to explore. What do you think about this series?

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Hmm...very cool, but I agree with the statement towards the end "will people care about it in 18 months?"
~ I don't think so. It would be great to see it take off, but I'm not sure it's going to pick up right away. I guess we'll see.

 

[Biojex]

Peaks my interest. I hope it sees the light of day.

 

[Kuzeh]

!!
More Tron is always a good thing!!!

 

[CelticPredator]

Daft Punk must do the intro theme!

 

[Kal-El]

This is great news. Looking forward to more Tron.

 

[Biojex]

Daft Punk must do the intro theme!

Agreed....

 

[Kuzeh]

First teaser!!
Great cast!!
looks awesome!!

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[darthviper107]

That actually looks pretty cool, I'd watch that

 

[CelticPredator]

I will watch it every day.

If they got Daft Punk to do the music, i'd watch it every day...twice.

 

[Biojex]

Damn, looks great so far.

 

[The Entity]

I must say, that looks awesome!!

 

[Kuzeh]

Some info:

The story focuses on an era of the TRON storyline that transpires after the original 1982 TRON feature film and before the story in TRON: LEGACY. Its impressive list of artists, animators, directors, producers and digital technicians includes Executive Producer/Director Charlie Bean ("Robotboy," "Samurai Jack," and "Powerpuff Girls"); and Consulting Producers Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz (both Screenwriters of TRON: LEGACY / Executive Producers of "Lost") and Justin Springer (Co-Producer of TRON: LEGACY). TRON: UPRISING is set to begin airing during the Summer of 2012, and will be preceded by a 10-part TRON micro-series launching in Fall 2011, both of which will be shown on the Disney X D channel.

Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series follows Beck, a young program who becomes the unlikely leader of a revolution inside the computer world of "The Grid". His mission is to free his home and friends from the reign of the villainous CLU and his henchman General Tesler. Beck will be trained by TRON - the greatest warrior the Grid has ever known. Tron will not only teach Beck the fighting skills he needs to challenge this brutal military occupation, but will be a guide and mentor to him as he grows beyond his youthful, impulsive nature into a courageous, powerful leader. Destined to become the new protector of the system, Beck adopts TRON's persona and becomes the archenemy of Tesler and his oppressive forces.

The impressive voice cast of TRON: UPRISING includes Elijah Wood as Beck, Emmanuelle Chriqui as Paige, Mandy Moore as Mara, Nate Corddry as Zed, Lance Henriksen as Tesler, Paul Reubens as Pavel, Reginald Vel Johnson as Able, and Bruce Boxleitner reprising his role as TRON!

Gary Marsh, President, Entertainment, and Chief Creative Officer, Disney Channels Worldwide says: "TRON: UPRISING is the culmination of an extraordinary collaboration between Disney Television Animation and our feature film studio. And it is a perfect reflection of everything we want Disney X D to stand for - innovative storytelling, aspirational, heroic characters, and world class design.

 

[Kuzeh]

A tidbit of the soundtrack!


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[Biojex]

 

[Kuzeh]

New footage shown @ ComicCon...
Don't know how I missed this!!

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[darthviper107]

So awesome, when does it start?

 

[Kuzeh]

Until next year...

 

[Kuzeh]

It's coming this June!!
!!

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Too bad I don't have cable...

 

[Oscar_the_Gungan]

Everything I've seen for this so far looks good. I sure hope this lights a fire under the Tron franchise and we see movement again on a new movie and hopefully HT figures.