Daft Punk Talks About Their Experience With TRON: LEGACY

Shrouded in mystery, the helmeted French techno-pop duo known as Daft Punk have been creating some serious buzz in the scene of electronic dance music since the early 90’s. They’ve won Grammy Awards, created fusions of techno and rock, helped evolve the raving subculture, and maintained a serious dedication to helmet hair whenever in the public eye (…not sure if they shower with them too, but I would never doubt it). And now with the release of Tron: Legacy and their subsequent film-scoring debut, they are truly at the top of their game.

Hit the jump to check out what Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (yeah, those are their names) had to say:

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The Sound Design of Tron: Legacy

Our friends at the Soundworks Collection take a look at the sound design and music of Tron Legacy.

Explore the world of TRON: LEGACY, a high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever seen or heard. In this exclusive sound for film profile we talk with Sound Re-Recording Mixer Gary Rizzo, Supervising Sound Editor Gwen Yates Whittle, and Sound Designer Steve Boeddeker.

Hit the jump to watch the 9 minute behind the scenes featurette.

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TRON: LEGACY Soundtrack $3.99!

If you’ve been looking forward to Daft Punk’s TRON: Legacy Soundtrack (it’s awesome and one of my favorites of the year), Amazon is selling it tonight for $3.99!  The only thing to know is…it’s just for the MP3’s.  But if you don’t mind just having digital copies, it’s a hell of a deal.  No idea when this sale will end so I wouldn’t wait too long…

'Tron: Legacy,' Weak in Early Box-Office Tracking

THR is reporting that the film is tracking “soft” right now and is headed for a disappointing $35 million opening weekend.  That would be a major blow to Disney, who have reportedly spent $200 million on the production (not to mention the costs of their massive marketing campaign).  The film has to open at at least $50 million to  be on the path to profitability.  However, this number doesn’t factor in international grosses and how the film is opening on December 17th in most of the world. Undoubtbly  the film will be labeled a flop if it doesn’t have a stellar opening weekend in the U.S.  Man... That would be really sad news for me. I've been loocking foreward to these for like forever.

Two New Featurettes for TRON: LEGACY

 

Disney has released two new featurettes for TRON: Legacy.  One featurette centers on the film’s villain, “Clu”, who is played by a digitally de-aged Jeff Bridges. The other featurette is more of a overview of the characters and the vehicles.  Neither featurette really spoils anything (or at least nothing that hasn’t already been glimpsed in the trailers), but if you need your TRON: Legacy fix (and I know you do), then hit the jump to check them out.  Also, after the jump I’ve included a report on how the film is currently tracking soft at the box office right now.

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New Image from TRON: LEGACY

 

Disney has sent over a new official image from Tron: Legacy . If you saw the new trailer that was released yesterday, the image might look familiar. If not, you should really check it out as I thought it was great.

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Full-Length Tron Legacy Trailer!

 Tron Legacy has debuted online. It's absolutely amazing, totally awe-inspiring, and a must watch for anyone, even if you were not initially Tron fans. Tron Legacy stars Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund and Bruce Boxleitner and will be hitting theaters in glorious, native 3D this December. Easily my most anticipated movie for the rest of 2010, hands down. Do yourself a favor, drop everything, and watch this trailer now, because you will be totally blown away. Watch this below

 

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Another Fantastic Tron Legacy Banner Featuring Olivia Wilde

Although we just featured the sixth billboard a few days ago in Disney's series of banners for Tron Legacy, the seventh one has made its way online already as well. Our friends at impawards debuted yet another new banner/billboard for the new Tron, this time featuring the extremely beautiful Olivia Wilde as Quorra, a "fearless warrior" who joins with Sam Flynn in the Tron world. Her disc-throwing pose looks awfully similar to the one of Garrett Hedlund. Either way, this still looks awesome and I thought it was worth featuring even though we've seen a lot of imagery from Tron recently, but it all still kicks ass!

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Sixth Awesome New Billboard for Tron Legacy Arrives Online!

IGN (via HeyUGuys) debuted the newest billboard/banner photo from Tron Legacy, the sixth in the series they've been unveiling since last December. This has Garrett Hedlund in a surprisingly badass-lookin' pose in a photo have never seen before, pretty damn cool. It looks like Tron Legacy will probably end up being the highlight of Comic-Con 2010 with all the sweet stuff they're planning as part of "ComiTRON.

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Tron Legacy Team Join Forces with Toy Story 3 Team

 

Entertainment Weekly published a great article today about how the Tron Legacy filmmakers sought out the help of some of Pixar's best and brightest for advice on improving the film after they showed them an early cut in March. Then, they actually hired Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt and director Brad Bird to write some of the new pages for the reshoots. The screening took place in March, they also showed it to other filmmakers in LA, and then they went in for planned reshoots in June. An absolutely brilliant idea and I think this is going to only help make it a more polished movie all around.

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New Tron Legacy Photos Hit

Five images from TRON: Legacy have arrived online.  Only the Jeff Bridges one is new, and the other four images are known from the March trailer.  But the official release of these images is yet another sign that Disney is ratcheting up the film’s profile in advance of the big splash it’s hoping to make at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.  How big of a splash?  They’re calling Thursday, July 22nd “ComiTRON“.  Hit the jump to check out the images. 

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What About a Street Legal Tron Lightcycle?!?

The good folks at Parker Brothers Choppers have a dream, to make you so damn super cool that people will literally foam in their pants just for the chance to make eye contact with you.

Why wouldn't they, as you pull up in your custom Lightcycle all Troned out, looking mighty spiffy and ready to party? It's virtually impossible not to want to rip your clothes off. Hell, I don't even know you and I already want to have your baby.

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Fantastic New Tron: Evolution Poster

 
 How.... Its seems I'm on Poster's Mood today and yet again here’s a fantastic (really amazing) new poster for the upcoming film “Tron Legacy” aka Tron 2.0. I like the way this is going and I confess just cant wait for this one.

Check it after the jump:

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Tron Legacy Electronics and Toys

Disney announced today its line-up of Tron Legacy electronics and toys for this fall. You can read the full press release below and view images after the jump:

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New Tron: Evolution Trailer

if ever there was a movie ripe for spinning off into the gaming realm it's Tron. Following on from the arcade game and first-person shooter Tron 2.0, among others, Tron: Evolution is a third-person action-adventure that pitches players into the digital world of Tron where they're faced with enough cyber-skullduggery to give Steve Jobs an aneurysm.

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