Disney unveiled a pretty spiffy teaser trailer for Tron Legacy in front of Alice in Wonderland last weekend before releasing it to the net a couple days ago. Tron Legacy picks up a nearly three decades after the original with Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of Tron where his father has been living for 25 years. Bruce Boxleitner returns as his character, and is joined by Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, John Hurt, Beau Garrett and James Frain. Joseph Kosinksi is making his directorial debut on this one.
View the trailer over at Apple.
Besides the visuals, the most exciting thing about this movie is that it’s being scored by Daft Punk, and yes, that’s their new music in the trailer. Even if the movie is a total bust, at least there’s that.
My big fear for this movie is that the Garrett Hedlund won’t be a satisfying lead. I can’t say I’ve seen him in anything, except for Troy apparently, though I don’t remember him at all. It’s just that all the parts of the trailer that make me hesitate in my anticipation involve him. To be sure, I’ve seen way too little to make any real call, but he reminds me of Hayden Christensen and his physicality of Chris Pine, neither of which is a positive mental connection for me. That shot of him walking into the distance makes me think of the 30 Rock episode where Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy tries his hand at acting and forgets what humans look like when walking… hopefully he delivers in the final product.
Tron Legacy will hit theaters on December 17th.
