Unique in style to this day, the landmark Sci-fi film 'Tron' gets a refresh with the release of a sequel, TR2N. Coinciding with the sequel in 2011, Disney Interactive are planning to release a new Tron game.
The original 1982 film sees a hacker played by Jeff Bridges literally 'downloaded' into a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program Tron, played by Bruce Boxleitner. The original Tron film combined live-action photography with back-lit animation integrated with computer graphics.
Even though surprisingly little actual computer animation was used (around 20 minutes in total), Tron was one of the first movies to make extensive use of any form of computer animation, becoming a celebrated milestone in its field.
Most of the scenes, backgrounds and visual effects in the film were created using more traditional techniques, principally a process known as "backlit animation". In this process, live-action scenes inside the computer world were filmed in black-and-white on an entirely black set, printed on large-format high-contrast film, then colorized with photographic and rotoscopic techniques to give them a "technological" feel.
Although little is known about the new game, it will join dozens of Light-cycle games, including Discs of Tron and Tron 2.0 that have cult followings as enthusiast as those who love the original movie.
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