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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom
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lazyboy97o
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It wasn’t exclusive. That is a special extra that really only started with Hong Kong Disneyland.
Animaniac93-98
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Its been up in the air for a decade now. Always in development, about to happen...and then cancelled.
I believe its a Disney+ project now.
lazyboy97o
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TR3N: Development Hell
Rich Brownn
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Not greenly yet but director and star have been signed. Probably 2023 on D+
It's still a movie... probably. Tron: Ares or Tron: Destiny...
In March 2019, co-producer Justin Springer confirmed that development on the project is ongoing; stating: "...it's about finding the right time, right script, and the right people at the studio..."[31] In June 2020 the Walt Disney Studios President of Music & Soundtracks, Mitchel Leib, stated that while the studio hopes that Kosinski will return to the franchise, the studio is currently searching for a director. He also confirmed that the intention is for Daft Punk to once again serve as composers on the film soundtrack score.[32] However, it is unknown if the duo are reported to be reprising their return to the score, due to their official breakup as a band on February 22, 2021. By July of the same year, The DisInsider provided an update on the project confirming that Leto and the cast from Tron: Legacy will co-star in the film, while stating that the company is looking at new directors.[33] In August 2020, it was announced that Garth Davis will serve as director with a script written by Jesse Wigutow. In addition to Leto's role as one of the main characters, he will serve as co-producer with Justin Springer and Emma Ludbrook.[34] Leto expressed his excitement for production, crediting the original film as well as the original video game that he played as a child as being influential in his career.
Tron (franchise) - Wikipedia
ToTBellHop
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That’s fair. It would not have been terribly costly to modify the canopy and the approach to the ride. Track layout and interior sets could have remained the same as SDL to achieve the required budget savings. After all, they already had to modify the canopy and approach a bit. They aren’t a carbon copy.
I don’t inherently mind ride clones. They make sense and you give good examples of ones that worked.
lazyboy97o
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The canopy is incredibly expensive so modifying it would have removed significant savings from lifting the design.
ToTBellHop
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They already had to modify its structure to accommodate the train, I’d imagine. I’d be rather surprised if the supports have identical placement as in SDL, and if they had to move supports, the structure had to be modified. Ride clones are not typically literal clones. Even the two Galaxy’s Edges are not identical in structure or aesthetic.
JoeCamel
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Did they? Maybe thats why the choo choo is such a tight squeeze?
ChrisFL
Premium Member
There were rumors that when the "Tomorrowland" movie didn't do well that Disney changed their mind on TRON 3 also, which, if true, is really short-sighted. Not all sci-fi is the same and those movies are VERY different from each other (for the record, I really enjoyed both TRON Legacy and Tomorrowland)
ToTBellHop
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They don’t usually leave gaps in a design just because they might need a train to pass and this wasn’t originally designed with MK in mind.
JoeCamel
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Is it a space that is present in Shanghai? Maybe they looked and thought the train would fit in existing space or maybe it was designed that way from the start.
ToTBellHop
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I’m not enough of an expert bin the design. Maybe someone else is? But such shifts are very common with clones. I am confident that this isn’t literally a carbon copy. Clones never are. The walkways here have a completely different orientation for one. The point was that further modification of the canopy was certainly possible. They chose not to.
Rich Brownn
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No, TRON3, while profitable, underperformed based on expectations.
JoeCamel
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I'm thinking the canopy panels are the same leading to the same shape. Supports may have been designed to fit both locations. I have no real knowledge if that happened but the rumor is the choo choo didn't fit
ToTBellHop
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I would imagine supports moving would lead to other changes, no? And it is clear they had to make changes since the train will fit in the end.
It’s not worth belaboring, though. The canopy will LOOK the same even if it is subtly different.
The different approach (not walking directly toward the building) should make sightlines better for anyone walking in from Tomorrowland—less noticeable big box. Silver lining, I guess.
lazyboy97o
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The canopy does not have a lot of columns, most of the columns seen in photos are for the coaster. They exist at the end of the curves that effectively create a series of arches for support. The train goes through the canopy under the curves so it avoids them. Moving the columns in any significant way would mean changing the shape of the curves.
I’m not sure where this sudden idea came from that hardscape is some big, difficult effort. Moving walkways is easy and relatively cheap.
ChrisFL
Premium Member
you mean TRON 2
TikibirdLand
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thought that was the secondary title of Avatar 2