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HOLLYWOOD — Tron: Legacy boasts an adequate quest-type narrative, enthusiastic performances by its young cast members and a capable turn by Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges as he reprises his role as a genius code warrior exiled within a digital kingdom of his own making.
But let's be honest: It's Tron: Legacy's alterna-world spectacle, not intricately crafted character arcs, that packs the big punch for this 3-D sequel to Steven Lisberger's original light-cycle fantasy.
For Tron's 21st-century iteration, first-time feature director Joseph Kosinski relied on veteran designers to stretch the boundaries of believability as he crafted the movie's computer world. Tron: Legacy's visual wizzes gathered in Los Angeles before the movie's Friday opening to shed light on the sequel's upgraded light cycles, recognizers and sexed-up siren outfits. Also on hand: designers from Digital Domain, of Benjamin Button fame, who explained how they grafted the thirty-something head of actor Bridges, who just turned 61, onto the neck of body double John Reardon.
Read on for Tron: Legacy concept art and a behind-the scenes look at the movie, as seen through the eyes of Hollywood designers Christine Bieselin Clark, Daniel Simon, Eric Barba and Steve Preeg.
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Sirens Concept Art
"In every great film you have to have the sexy girl," says costume designer Christine Bieselin Clark. "We didn't want that to be Olivia Wilde [who plays Quorra]. The one place in Tron we had these sexy women was with the Sirens. We wanted the Sirens' costumes to make you wonder, 'Are these Sirens real? Are they fake? Are they human? Are they robots? What the hell is going on here?'"All images courtesy Disney.
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