Thursday, September 3, 2009

'Tron: Legacy' Gets Date

Walt Disney Pictures has set December 17, 2010 as the release date for 'Tron Legacy'. Kevin Flynn's return to the computer world will be against Sony's 'The Green Hornet' and 'The Smurfs', as well as Warner Bros.' Yogi Bear' which all have December release dates.

Tron Legacy is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain, Beau Garrett and Michael Sheen.

In the 3D adventure, Sam Flynn (Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Bridges), looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant (Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.