Tr2n Secures its Up and Coming Lead

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 7, 2009

Garrett Hedlund

Some of us were surprised out of our seats when Disney announced a sequel to iconic 1980s film Tron and then showed a concept trailer at Comic-Con. I, of course, was not surprised as I was busy texting an attractive young female who had shown interest in meeting me at a swanky club in San Diego later on in the evening. What can I say? The life of a film journalist is filled with exotic booze and gorgeous females, and I can’t be expected to fall off my chair every time a studio flashes around exciting Tr2n concept footage.

I also didn’t fall out of my chair when I read that the flick has found its lead in Garrett Hedlund. Mostly because I write all my film news standing up to avoid such an embarassing scenario.

You might remember Hedlund from his role in Troy – which is like Tron but with a Y instead of an N – or his roles in Friday Night Lights, Eragon or Four Brothers.

The Hollywood Reporter is Hollywood reporting that Hedlund beat out the likes of Ryan Gosling and Chris Pine to nab the role.

In other Tr2n news, co-star Olivia Wilde talked to Sci-fi Wire, telling them that she can’t tell them anything about her character, but that Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner will definitely be in the sequel. She’s also claiming that director Joseph Kosinski will be avoiding the trend of green screen misuse by shooting with practicals as much as possible while utilizing the cutting edge facial recog technology that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button might win technical awards for.

For those keeping score, this uptick in news means that we’re about to be flooded with more information about Tr2n than we can handle. Hold onto your seats.


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  • You heartless bastards, don't you know some poor souls toiled well over 15 minutes to come up with that title and now you are trashing thier hard work.
  • john gaiser
    Tron 2.o was a video game and doesn't lend it's self well to a url. I am banking on "tr2nmovie" as I have purchased the domain.
  • I see you failed to mention that the "attractive young female" from San Diego ended up having a penis between her legs.

    And no, it wasn't yours.
  • We're still calling this TR2N? I'm not giving D1SN3Y a reason to think they should keep pushing the film with this moniker. I'm referring to this film as TRON 2.0, as it should be, as /Film is doing, so I can keep myself from sounding as stupid as the studio does.
  • THANK GOD YOU LET US KNOW.

    Attention everyone, GuiltyTrace is going to be calling it "TRON 2.0." Act accordingly.

    I also hear that Peter from /Film beds three women a night. You want me to keep up with that, too? Impossible!
  • Sick burn...
  • The thing about Peter bedding three women a night is totally accurate by the way.

    I just don't have the stamina.
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