"TRON: Legacy" Movie Brings Video Game World to Life

28 years ago, Disney Studios was on the cutting edge of technology in producing the virtual world of TRON on the big screen. The world of TRON is coming back in December, bigger, better and badder.

"The irony here is that 28 years ago we were trying to figure out how we were going to get Jeff Bridge's character into cyber space, and I made up this crazy idea that he gets scanned by a laser and ends up on the game grid," said Lisberger, who directed "TRON" in 1982."Now, we're making 'TRON: Legacy' and they scan Jeff with a laser in real-time and boom, he pops up ."Even the 3D technology powering the film, that was developed by James Cameron and Vince Pace for "Avatar," has received an upgrade through new cameras that hit the market right before filming began. Kasinski said the end result will be a 3D experience that immerses audiences even deeper in the on-screen action

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