We’re one step closer to the release of ‘Tron The Legacy’, the sequel to 1982′s ‘Tron’, one of the most venerated Sci-fi movies of all time. Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring newly Oscar-ified Jeff Bridges (who reprises his 1982 role as Jeff Flynn), the movie is about artificial intelligence and gaming. While it’s 3D, its not like Avatar. According to Kosinski “Ours is sort of a “Wizard of Oz” approach. Ninety-eight percent of the 3-D is in the world of “Tron.” The 3-D really starts once we get into the Tron world. We used a newer generation of camera than the one used on “Avatar.” They built it specifically for us”.

So will there be a yellow brick road? We hope not. Will there be some new Daft Punk tracks? We hope so. Apparently Kosinski is a huge electronic music fan and met up with Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo 2 years ago to talk about a collaboration on the movie. The French duo have now been working on the soundtrack for over a year and a half, quite unique when you think that they were coming up with tracks before filming even began.

When asked about Daft Punk’s interest in Tron he says “ these guys take “Tron” very seriously. Obviously, “Tron” was a huge influence on them. It was almost like they were interviewing me to make sure that I was going to hold up to the “Tron” legacy. Clearly a huge influence, you only have to see the iconic helmets, the triangular sci-fi style concert stage design and even parts of the “Around the World” vid to see that these two are major Tron fans. So no doubt this is going to be a movie and soundtrack match made in electro scifi heaven.

So all sounds pretty cool really. Jeff Bridges – check. 3D-ness – check. Sci-fi end of the world stuff – check. Daft Punk – check. You only have to wait until late 2010 to see it. In the meantime feast your eyes on the trailer – only released today.

Ok so we know that Thomas and Guy are have scored the OST for Disneys remake of ‘Tron’ which seems like forever away from a release (December 2010). But what we didn’t know was that they’d be making a cameo in the movie! We know all this thanks to 25 year old airhead Olivia Wilde whos stars in the remake and she  let it slip in a recent interview with MTV. Read here

“They were in the movie,“ star Olivia Wilde let slip during an interview with Josh Horowitz.

The 25-year-old “House” actress didn’t go into detail about what Daft Punk’s role will be, nor how long they will be on screen for, but she did say Disney is looking to feature the band in future promotions. “There’s some ideas in the works about how to incorporate them into a Comic-Con event,” said Wilde.

When it came to talk about the film itself, though, Wilde had to keep her lips sealed, both as a result of a keep-everything-under-wraps policy and because she hadn’t yet seen any finished, CG-enhanced footage. While she wouldn’t confirm that her character boards one of the iconic lightcycles in the film, Wilde did say she gets to toss around one of the famous glowing discs. “I do use the disc,” she said. “But I don’t play with it in the same way as the other characters. I have my own way to use it.”

Like Wilde, we’ll all probably have to wait until next Comic-Con for an extended look at “Tron Legacy.” And what will happen when we do get that coveted glimpse? “San Diego might explode!” she predicted.“

Also Daft Punk may be making an appearance at Comic Con – the annual fan convention which is playing an increasingly important role in making-or-breaking movies/games in the sci-fi world – to support their involvement in the upcoming Tron

Here’s also a fake edit of what was thought to be Daft Punks ‘Tron Legacy Theme’. We’ve now found out that its a Cryda Luv Rework, its short but it does whet the appetite and it’s on repeat with us!

Tron Legacy – Theme (Cryda Luv Rework)

Daft Punk mixes featured in DJ Hero:
“Around the World” vs. Young MC’s “Bust a Move”
“Da Funk” vs. N.A.S.A.’s “Strange Enough” [ft. Karen O, ODB, and Fatlip]
“Da Funk” vs. Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust”
“Robot Rock” vs. Hashim’s “Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)”
“Robot Rock” vs. Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
“Short Circuit” vs. Boogie Down Productions’ “Jack of Spades”
“Technologic” vs. Gary Numan’s “Cars”
“Television Rules The Nation” vs. No Doubt’s “Hella Good”

We’re more excited about the trickles of info we’ve been hearing about Disney’s new film Tron. Apparently the producer of Tron got a call from the French duo who wanted to meet up and talk.  They had a meeting in a cafe in LA where he was sold on their ideas for the movie. He’s since said that the cues he’s heard so far are sounding incredible, and that they have been holed up in a studio in LA working on it. They were also playing a longer version of that one theme everyone has heard. Which we are absolutely dying to get an Mp3 of!

Anyway here’s a nice and surprisingly good remix of that snippet everyones excited about.

Daft Punk – Tron Legacy Theme (John Roman Remix)

Hailfairy is delighted to report on new Daft Punk material from an incredible viral marketing stunt in San Diego yesterday evening for Disney’s upcoming remake of the cult hit TRON. You can read about the viral stunt HERE but in a nutshell it involved a 500 TRON-mad gang going on a treasure hunt in San Diego only to find a complete remake of Flynn’s the arcade and its the Space Paranoids game that featured in the first movie. Treasure hunters were then greeted with a secret corridor leading to a life-size remake of the the Lightcycle from TRON (pictured above).

What’s the significance of all this for an electronic music blog? Well sources have confirmed that Daft Punk are composing the 24 track Score for the TRON soundtrack, due to be released in 2011. If you can get by the nerdy whispering in the video below from the TRON viral stunt last night you’ll hear one of the new tracks from this TRON score. All very exciting stuff and we are looking forward to a possible new Daft Punk album in March 2010 followed by TRON’s release in 2011!

Check out an amazing sneak preview of the Film Here!! Looks incredible visually! We’re excited!!

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