Merrick here...


Collider has an interview with Jeff Bridges in which the RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TRON MOVIE is broached.

…there’s a lot of reasons not to do it. But the reasons to do it and the reason I did that one was because it was so innovative and I understand that they’ve got a whole new batch of stuff like that… innovations that they want to use on this so that could be kind of fun.

...says Bridges in the interview, the entirety of which can be found HERE. There's also an .mp3 of his comments, which can be accessed through the article.

This shouldn't come as a big surprise. From what we know, the new TRON is being positioned as something of a continuation rather than a remake - Bridges being involved would make complete sense.

At one point (quite a while back) a sequel concept found Bridges' Flynn character journeying back into the computer world & going all funky; his role would've been similar to Brando's Colonel Kurtz in APOCALYPSE NOW. No word on if this angle is being retained in the new iteration of the sequel, although I suspect they'll start fresh.