Disney has hired writers Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal to pen a remake of "Tron," the 1982 film about a computer programmer who gets sucked into the world of a computer program reports today's Variety.
The original movie, written and directed by Steven Lisberger, was considered ahead of its time. Klugman and Sternthal, who just wrote the historical epic "Warrior" for Gavin O'Connor to direct and Icon to produce and are almost finished work on a "Black Cat" script for director Chuck Russell, feel that the world has caught up with Lisberger's original concept, making it ripe for a remake.
"It was remembered not only for story, but a visual style that nobody had ever used before. We are contemporizing it, taking these ideas that were ahead of the curve and applying them to the present, and we feel the film now has a chance to resonate with a young audience." said Klugman.
Sternthal said the new conceit is that the computer programmer gets trapped in a cyberworld, so that the film can utilize the Internet. "In a lot of ways, ('Tron') was a movie about a man venturing into hell. Our job will be to keep the humanity as he ventures into an unreal world."
Thanks to 'KC'.
