“Literally, it’s right after Clu has taken over the Grid - he’s purged the ISOs and now that oppression has come to Argon City, and we are telling that oppression through the eyes of Beck,” Kitsis said.Īlhough the two couldn’t say whether Flynn, Sam or any of the other main film characters would appear in the series, they did hint that fans should keep an eye out for cameos and bridges between the three Tron installments. While Tron: Uprising is set before Clu secures power in Tron: Legacy, Kitsis and Horowitz revealed the series takes place after Clu’s purge of the Isomorphic Algorithms mentioned in the 2010 film. For us it was a good opportunity to look at these programs as real, three-dimensional characters.”

“These are programs, but as we saw in Tron and Tron: Legacy, programs are starting to evolve, to go beyond their programming. “It’s the oldest mythic story there is, finding out there’s something special about you - that you have a destiny, resisting it at first and then learning to embrace it with all the dangers that entails,” Horowitz said. Working with art director Alberto Mielgo (an artist whose work appeared in Image Comics’ Popgun anthology) and character designer Rob Valley (animation director/artist for the Gorillaz music videos), Bean explained the idea was to combine the two types of animation to create a distinct style for the CG show not seen elsewhere on television or in film. “To jump into something like this was hugely challenging, but now I’ve got all the new toys and tools to play with!” “I’ve done traditional animation for about 25 years and only really poked my toe in the water of CG within the last five or six years,” Bean said. Joined by director/executive producer Charlie Bean, the two sat down with journalists last week to talk about the show, which combines CG animation with a cel-shaded 2D aesthetic. “I think a lot of what excited us was telling this story though the point of view of a program, so we’re really in the Grid and exploring the Grid in this one,” said co-creator and producer Edward Kitsis, who teamed with his Tron: Legacy and Once Upon a Time collaborator Adam Horowitz for the 10-episode series.

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