History Trivia / TronLegacy

* TheOtherDarrin: In the Japanese dub, Creator/HochuOtsuka voices Alan Bradley and Tron instead of Creator/HiroshiTsuchida, and Tsutomu Isobe voices Kevin Flynn and Clu instead of Creator/JurotaKosugi.

* DoingItForTheArt:
** Olivia Wilde was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjHbaI_SnL0 very committed to her character]], to the point that she influenced everything from her appearance to preventing her from being a SatelliteLoveInterest.
** Likewise, Music/DaftPunk had a ''lot'' of questions for the Creator/{{Disney}} representatives who approached them about the soundtrack. The pair, unsurprisingly, turned out to be [[PromotedFanboy raging fanboys]] who wanted to know if it would be done "right". The Disney execs admitted that they felt like the musicians were interviewing ''them'' for the job, not the other way around.

** Similarly, Daft Punk; WordOfGod states that his initial interview with the duo felt more like the musicians were interviewing him to make sure he was doing right by the ''TRON'' name.

* OrphanedSeries: Just as the sequel to ''Legacy'' would start production in 2015, Disney pulled the plug, reportedly because of ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' underperforming....''until'' 2020 anyway, when it was revealed that the project ''would'' be brought back and Disney is definetely planning on continuing so with everyone, including newcomer Jared Leto.

* FanNickname:
** Some people refer to [[spoiler:Tron/Rinzler as Tronzler]].
** Kevin Flynn is "Obi-Wan Lebowski".
** The film itself gets called "Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Series/GameOfThrones''" on Website/{{Tumblr}} due to the depressing tone and high body count.

* DevelopmentHell: After years in development hell, the first indication that Disney was serious about creating a sequel was the showing of a "VFX Concept Test" teaser at Comic-Con 2008. The teaser showed the updated light-cycles, and revealed Jeff Bridges as Flynn and Clu. The title revealed was [="TR2N"=], but by the time the teaser was released (officially) online several months later, the title had been changed to "TRON: Legacy".

** The Grid itself. Back in TheEighties, when Flynn built it, it was a multi-millon-dollar supercomputer that he used to revolutionize all of ENCOM's software, the source of his fortune. 2011? ''[[spoiler:Sam puts the entire thing on a memory card and wears it as a necklace the size of a common SD card!]]''[[note]][=SanDisk=] had recently introduce 512GB full size SDXC and 128GB microSDXC cards, pricey for sure, but to store 512GB of data using 80's tech you do need a truck full of hard drives, which need a datacenter worth of servers to make them all run properly.[[/note]]

** A planned 2017 sequel [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/davegonzales/2015/05/31/the-inevitable-tron-3-isnt-happening/ has been scrapped]] from a combination of factors, one of which being the flopping of ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'', another big-budget Disney sci-fi action film (''Legacy'' barely turned a profit for Disney, who may not have been eager to throw another $150 million for another ''TRON''). Also cited is a crowded studio schedule; with the current game plan being built around year-round tentpoles of Marvel, ''Star Wars'', and live-action Disney adaptations, there might have been no room to properly schedule and market ''TRON'' in the face of heavy competition. On the other hand, the writers have said the third movie is "cryogenic frozen", but Disney has shown thoughts on ''rebooting'' the series and have Jared Leto play a role.

* OrphanedSeries: Just as the sequel to ''Legacy'' would start production in 2015, Disney pulled the plug, reportedly because of ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' underperforming.

** Olivia Wilde. She was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjHbaI_SnL0 very committed to her character]], to the point that she influenced everything from her appearance to preventing her from being a SatelliteLoveInterest.

* ActingForTwo: As in the previous film, Bruce Boxleitner plays both Alan and Tron, and Jeff Bridges plays both Kevin Flynn and Clu. In both cases, as well as a flashback scene with Flynn, CGI is used to de-age the actors for their computer counterparts.

* ReferencedBy: ''TRON: Legacy'' appears as a level in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'', called '''The Grid'''; while it's mostly unrelated to [[Film/{{Tron}} "Space Paranoids"]] from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', there is a minor connection between the two worlds when playing as Sora. [[spoiler:Rinzler]] also serves as a boss in the game.

** A planned 2017 sequel [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/davegonzales/2015/05/31/the-inevitable-tron-3-isnt-happening/ has been scrapped]] from a combination of factors, one of which being the flopping of ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'', another big-budget Disney sci-fi action film (''Legacy'' barely turned a profit for Disney, who may not have been eager to throw another $150 million for another ''TRON''). Also cited is a crowded studio schedule; with the current game plan being built around year-round tentpoles of ''Marvel'', ''Star Wars'', and live-action Disney adaptations, there might have been no room to properly schedule and market ''TRON'' in the face of heavy competition. On the other hand, the writers have said the third movie is "cryogenic frozen", but Disney has shown thoughts on ''rebooting'' the series and have Jared Leto play a role. Oh dear.

* * RealSongThemeTune: The pinball game includes three soundtracks from Music/DaftPunk.

** The Grid itself. Back in TheEighties, when Flynn built it, it was a multi-millon-dollar supercomputer that he used to revolutionize all of ENCOM's software, the source of his fortune. 2011? ''[[spoiler:Sam puts the entire thing on a memory card and wears it as a necklace the size of a common SD card!]]''[[note]]SanDisk recently did introduce 512GB full size SDXC and 128GB microSDXC cards, pricey for sure, but to store 512GB of data using 80's tech you do need a truck full of hard drives, which need a datacenter worth of servers to make them all run properly.[[/note]]

* ''TRON: Legacy'' appears as a level in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'', called '''The Grid'''; while it's mostly unrelated to [[Film/{{Tron}} "Space Paranoids"]] from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', there is a minor connection between the two worlds when playing as Sora. [[spoiler:Rinzler]] also serves as a boss in the game.
* Unlike most of its contemporaries, this movie was filmed from the outset in 3D format, as opposed to being later converted in post production. The camera equipment used was also a generational step beyond the 3D technology used in ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. Note: The "real world" footage is presented in 2-D, and the "Electronic world" footage is presented in 3-D, as per the filmmaker's intentions.

* ActingForTwo: Bruce Boxleitner plays both Alan and Tron. Jeff Bridges plays both Kevin Flynn and Clu. In both cases, as well as a flashback scene with Flynn, CGI is used to de-age the actors for their computer counterparts.

** A planned 2017 sequel [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/davegonzales/2015/05/31/the-inevitable-tron-3-isnt-happening/ has been scrapped]] from a combination of factors, one of which being the flopping of ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'', another big-budget Disney sci-fi action film (''Legacy'' barely turned a profit for Disney, who may not have been eager to throw another $150 million for another ''TRON''). Also cited is a crowded studio schedule; with the current game plan being built around year-round tentpoles of ''Marvel'', ''Star Wars'', and live-action Disney adaptations, there might have been no room to properly schedule and market ''TRON'' in the face of heavy competition. On the other hand, the writers have said the third movie is "cryogenic frozen", but Disney has shown thoughts on ''rebooting'' the series and have Jared Leto play a roll. Oh dear.

** Reportedly, Music/{{deadmau5}} was under consideration to compose the score for the film. According to him, had he been offered the job and found out that Daft Punk was being considered, [[OneOfUs he would have given the job to them]].

%%* ActingForTwo:

** Michael Sheen was so eager to join ''Legacy'', being a huge fan of the original, that his agents actually had to hide his fandom from Disney so the actor wouldn't get lowballed for it.

** A planned 2017 sequel [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/davegonzales/2015/05/31/the-inevitable-tron-3-isnt-happening/ has been scrapped]] from a combination of factors, one of which being the flopping of ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'', another big-budget Disney sci-fi action film (''Legacy'' barely turned a profit for Disney, who may not have been eager to throw another $150 million for another ''TRON''). Also cited is a crowded studio schedule; with the current game plan being built around year-round tentpoles of ''Marvel'', ''Star Wars'', and live-action Disney adaptations, there might have been no room to properly schedule and market ''TRON'' in the face of heavy competition.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Music/DaftPunk's score was heavily altered by Music/HansZimmer and his company Remote Control Productions after test audiences had trouble following the music. As a result, it sounds less like Daft Punk and more like a ripoff of Zimmer's own ''Film/{{Inception}}'' and Brad Fiedel's ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The audience cheering in the disk wars scene was recorded using attendees of a ''Tron'' panel at [=ComicCon=].