'Tron 2.0' Will Bring Back Young Jeff Bridges
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There's a plot to clone the young Jeff Bridges. Unfortunately, it won't be for general purchase (sorry Starman fans -- I know, having a Bridges of your own seems like a lot of fun, plus we would eventually have our own Dude), but for Tron 2.0. io9 recently learned that a plaster cast of Bridges has been created and sent to Canada to be digitized. According to their secret source: "They will then take that 3D model and make him younger and then slap it on a body double in post. As this is only one cog in the machine, I can't give a whole lot of detail. Canada scans actors and props to be used for various projects. These are very high resolution scans that pick up every wrinkle, face lift and scar on the actors body."
The sharp-eyed noted that this is exactly how Bridges can be young and old Flynn, as he was in the ComicCon teaser footage. I've embedded a bootleg of the footage below so you can finally see it -- I'm now resolved to get Lasik on my eyes because holy crap, I was there and I'll be damned if I remember recognizing young Flynn.
/film cautions that this plaster Bridges cast may have nothing to do with the film, but may be for the Tron 2.0 video game which is rumored to be in production at Disney Interactive. We'll find out what it all means eventually -- but Tron 2.0 is officially the new Star Trek or Avatar where every snippet of info is eagerly analyzed, discussed, and probably proved wrong. But hey, that's what makes this fun.
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2-04-2009 @ 5:14PM
TrueTruthiness said...
Everything Tr2N deserves to be discussed. It will effectively be the best modern day cinematographic look into how computer technology influences our lives.
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2-04-2009 @ 6:38PM
AndyIII said...
Wait...I remember the MCP already taking care of this in the first movie. He shoots Jeff Bridges in the back and then bit by bit scans him head to toe. Then again at the end of the movie the MCP gets blown up...maybe there was no backup.
Boy, this Tron stuff is more complicated than it should be.
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2-04-2009 @ 8:10PM
carg0 said...
i still have trouble accepting the fact that a sequel is coming. the original was so unique and ahead of it's time.
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2-04-2009 @ 10:12PM
Astin said...
I hope they come up with a new name for the game, since Tron 2.0 was released in 2003. Good game.
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2-05-2009 @ 10:34AM
Klaus said...
Thanks for the glaucoma simulation, and I look forward to more pirated content on Cinematical in the future!
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