Tron (franchise)

Tron
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Created by
Original workTron (1982)
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
Years1982–present
Films and television
Film(s)Tron (1982)
Tron: Legacy (2010)
Tron: Ares (2025)
Short film(s)Tron: The Next Day (2011)
Animated seriesTron: Uprising (2012–2013)
Games
Video game(s)List of video games
Audio
Soundtrack(s)Tron (1982)
Tron: Legacy (2010)
Tron: Legacy Reconfigured (2011)
Miscellaneous
Theme park attraction(s)

Tron (stylized as TRON) is an American science fiction media franchise created by Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird. It began with the eponymous 1982 film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The original film portrays Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a genius computer programmer and video game developer who becomes transported inside a digital virtual reality known as "The Grid", where he interacts with programs in his quest to escape.

Tron became a cult film and was acclaimed for its groundbreaking visual effects and extensive use of early computer-generated imagery.[1] It was followed by the 2010 sequel film Tron: Legacy, which takes place 28 years after the events of the first film and depicts the attempts of Flynn's son Sam in retrieving his lost father from within the Grid, now ruled by a corrupt program.[2]

The film series has spawned various tie-ins, including video games, a comic book miniseries, music recording albums, theme park attractions, and an animated television series that aired on Disney XD in June 2012.[3][4]

  1. ^ Koehler, Sezin (March 16, 2020). "The Untold Truth of Tron". Looper. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Campbell, Kambole (December 17, 2020). "Tron: Legacy has morphed into a mesmerizing self-own". Polygon. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  3. ^ King, Susan (July 7, 2017). "'Tron' at 35: Star Jeff Bridges, Creators Detail the Uphill Battle of Making the CGI Classic". Variety. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "TV version of Tron 'being made'". BBC News. March 4, 2010.