Now that we’ve got the biggest blockbuster of the year upon us, the runner-up is coming this winter. Joseph Kosinski‘s Tron: Legacy recently did some re-shoots last month and now EW has found out that Pixar brains have had their hand in the process.
Disney showed a working cut of the film last March to “Pixar’s John Lasseter, Ed Catmull, The Incredibles director Brad Bird, Toy Story 3 screenwriter Michael Arndt, and others.” After the screening Disney hired Michael Arndt and Brad Bird to work with original writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz to “beef up” the “character, emotion, and theme.” Check out the official quote from Disney’s president of production Sean Baily.
Tron is very much Joe Kosinski’s vision, a vision which is thrilling to me and I hope is thrilling to the fans. What I give Joe and the filmmaking team immense credit for, is this was all born out of how do we give the fans the best movie we can. We were very fortunate that Pixar wanted to play a part in it.
With Disney now working with Pixar, Marvel and Dreamworks, Baily also said “being able to have an open dialogue with our formidable partners…is really interesting to me.” Arndt contributed one of the best animated screenplays with Toy Story 3 so I can’t to see what he has done with Tron.
Tron Legacy hits theaters December 18th.
What do you think of this collaborative Pixar help? Does it encourage your interest in Tron?