‘Tron: Legacy’ Sequel on the Fast Track at Disney with a New Writer

Though it was assumed a third film in the Tron franchise would arrive after the moderate success of Tron: Legacy, a sequel that arrived 28 years after the first innovative sci-fi film, development has been stagnant. But now word is coming from Heat Vision that Disney has a “renewed urgency” to get what is currently only called Tron 3 off the ground thanks to new studio head Alan Horn. Though reviews have been mixed on Tron: Legacy, the film grossed over $400 million worldwide so that’s enough for Disney to get the franchise back on track. And to get the sequel moving, writer Jesse Tigutow has been hired to write a new draft. Wigutow has been around for a little while (he wrote the adaptation of Eragon), but more recently he’s been pretty busy with an adaptation of Peter and the Starcatchers also at Disney (with Gary Ross directing) and he …