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Garth Davis, the filmmaker known for the Oscar-nominated 'Lion,' is attached to direct a 'Tron' sequel for Disney, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

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00:00What am I supposed to do?

00:04Send that eye.

00:07The Tron franchise is back on track.

00:09The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Garth Davis,

00:11the filmmaker known for the Oscar-nominated movie Lion,

00:14is attached to direct a new Tron sequel for Disney.

00:17Jared Leto has been attached to the long-gestating project since 2017.

00:21The first Tron movie debuted in 1982 and starred Jeff Bridges

00:24as a video game expert and programmer

00:26who was transported into the fantastic world

00:28inside a computer program.

00:30I still do not understand why you want to break into the system.

00:33Because, man, somewhere in one of these memories is the evidence.

00:38Though Tron was not a hit, it developed a cult following

00:41and is fondly remembered for its groundbreaking special effects

00:44and imaginative story.

00:45In 2010, Disney released Tron Legacy,

00:47which once again starred Bridges along with series newcomers

00:50Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde.

00:52Your father was the creator.

00:54Where did I find him?

00:56Make it there alive and he'll find you.

00:59Tron Legacy made $400 million worldwide,

01:01enough to generate interest in another Tron film from Disney.

01:05As for Davis, he also directed the 2018 feature Mary Magdalene

01:08as well as episodes of Top of the Lake.

01:10For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:12For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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