Some months back it was quite big news when word spread that the new Tron Legacy had some fine tuning made to it’s story by the boys from Pixar for it’s re shoots scheduled in June. Whilst there was much speculation as to what the new scenes were about – there was only web chatter to rely on; now the word comes straight from the director as to what exactly the re-shoots included.
At a special screening on September 25th at Digital Domain in Venice, California, a select group including members of the press were invited to a preview of 23 minutes of scenes from the new movie – and all were blown away.
Director Joseph Kosinski then gave an exclusive interview with Collider, in which he spoke about how he got the gig as director of Legacy and how his architectural and computing background were pivotal in what he envisaged for a new movie. He spoke about his meeting with Sean Bailey, President of Production at Disney who asked for his take on a possible follow up, he then suggested that shooting a test concept would be the best way to show what he had in mind.
…I need to show you what this world looks and feels like. Give me some money and let me do a small test that will give you a hint for a couple minutes of it… And, they did, so I made that test piece that we showed at Comic-Con two years ago. Once we showed it, it revealed that there was this broad desire to see Tron again.
Tron test scene – Comic Con
He also addressed the issues surrounding the re-shoots and clarified the reasons for them and indicated in which parts of the film they were necessary:
I like to call it additional photography because it really was additional photography. We added about five or six minutes to the movie, most of it in the first 20 minutes. Most of the shooting was done to set up Sam a little bit better and to give him a little more context. A couple scenes were done to bring to the surface some of the themes of the movie and to show the relationship of Sam and his father a little more clearly. Some of it was just picking up visual effects plates and inserts that we just were never able to get when we first shot. All in all, it just amounts to a couple of minutes over a two-hour film, but it’s those little details… It was nice to be able to have a whole cut of the movie to analyze. That’s one of the benefits of having 18 months of post on this movie.
Joe then mentioned how he’s waiting for the reception of Tron before knowing what he will do next, though what’s known is that he’s attached to The Black Hole reboot and another pet project entitled Oblivion with writer William Monahan penning the screenplay.
Obviously, if Tron works and is a success, then that opens up more opportunities for me…But, I’ve got a couple things in development. Black Hole and Oblivion are both at Disney right now and I’m excited about both of them, so we’ll see.
Tron uploads into 3d Cinemas December 17, 2010
source: Collider
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