{"id":2088343,"date":"2025-10-13T18:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2088343"},"modified":"2025-10-13T18:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:55:22","slug":"are-we-shocked-a-sequel-to-a-cult-fave-like-tron-didnt-become-a-mainstream-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/are-we-shocked-a-sequel-to-a-cult-fave-like-tron-didnt-become-a-mainstream-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We Shocked a Sequel to a Cult Fave Like \u2018Tron\u2019 Didn\u2019t Become a Mainstream Hit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Former Disney film chief <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0047489\/\">Sean Bailey<\/a>\u2019s first movie to be released upon taking the job at Disney was \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1104001\/\">Tron: Legacy<\/a>,\u201d a big swing based on the long-dormant cult property \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/\">Tron<\/a>\u201d from 1982. That film, about a human who gets sucked into a computer, was a pioneer for digital effects and became a cult favorite after its initial release, and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35559914\/\">Legacy<\/a>\u201d aimed to be just as daring in its use of CGI, motion capture, and 3D, ultimately bringing in $400 million worldwide in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps fittingly, one of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm13608784\/\">Bailey<\/a>\u2019s last project upon his exit last year is \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6604188\/\">Tron: Ares<\/a>,\u201d which opened this weekend. But with underwhelming reviews, a tenuous connection to the original beyond a brief <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000313\/\">Jeff Bridges<\/a> appearance, and a story that takes the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/\">Tron<\/a>\u201d light cycles into the real world rather than try and innovate further into the digital realm, are we surprised that this sequel to a niche, cult hit underwhelmed audiences?&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Disney film chief Sean Bailey\u2019s first movie to be released upon taking the job at Disney was \u201cTron: Legacy,\u201d a big swing based on the long-dormant cult property \u201cTron\u201d from 1982. 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