Yesterday, a rumor started surfacing thatGuardians of the Galaxy 2directorJames Gunnmay be taking the helm onTron 3, after the filmmaker posted a photo of a Tron light cycle that had “mysteriously shown up” in his conference room on the Disney lot. Around the same time, theTronFacebook page posted a photo of Flynn’s Arcade from 2010’sTron: Legacy, with the cryptic caption “Welcome back,” leading fans to assume this long awaited sequel was actually happening. Last night,James Gunncleared the air on social media in a rather humorous fashion, revealing that he is not, in fact, directingTron 3.
While the director famously announced earlier this year that he was no longer going todebunk rumorsforGuardians of the Galaxy 2, that clearly doesn’t apply to movies he isn’t even involved in. In his always colorful fashion,James Gunntook toFacebooklast night, to not only shut down rumors that he’s directingTron 3, but he also shot down non-existent rumors about his involvement in other sequels. Here’s what the filmmaker had to say below.
“The other day I posted a photo of myself and my friend Jimmy Urine posing with theTroncycle in ourGuardians of the Galaxyboardroom. Increasingly over the past few days I have been getting more and more messages and tweets asking if I am involved in aTron sequel, which exploded today after a few articles like the one below (which claims I talked about having once been involved with a Tron sequel on a FB live session… which never was, and never happened). No, I am not doing a Tron movie. I was simply taking a photo with a cool prop. We also have aRocketeermask displayed in our offices; I am not doing aRocketeermovie either. I once rode Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree, and I am not doing aCarssequel. And, so I don’t fail to mention it, in 2007 I attended a party wherePauly Shorewas, and am also not attached toEncino Man 2. Have a wonderful evening, all.”
Ironically enough, we reported a few months ago thatRocketeer 2is actually happening, with the story set in the Cold War, following an African-American female who takes over as the new Rocketeer. A few years ago,Pauly Shorehimself revealed during a red carpet interview at theTop Fivepremiere that he would love to make a sequel toEncino Man, although nothing official is in the works. Unfortunately, it seemsJames Gunnwon’t be directing either of these films, nor will he be directingJohn Lasseter’sCars 3, hitting theaters next summer.
It’s been just under six years sinceTron: Legacyhits theaters, and over the years there were a number of rumors and various reports about the status ofTron 3.Tron: LegacystarsGarrett HedlundandOlivia Wildewere reportedly set to return as Sam Flynn andQuorra, with this story picking up right whereTron: Legacyleft off, following these characters into the real world. Unfortunately, we reported last May that Disney has chosen not to move forward with the sequel, which spawned an online petition asking Disney to put the sequel into production. While over 50,000 fans signed the petition, they still fell over 24,000 signatures short of their goal, and the petition is currently closed.
