Jeff Bridges Talks About the New "Tron" Movie, WIRED Finds Early Footage

The Guardian UK got a hold of Jeff Bridges a few weeks ago and made him to spill a bit about the upcoming "Tron" sequel. Today, WIRED's Underwire blog has posted some bootleg footage from movie. The rebooting of the classic flick about getting sucked into a virtual computer world, which spawned the classic arcade game, is called "Tr2n."

In the interview with the Guardian, Jeff Bridges explains why he signed up for the new Tron installment:

[It's] another unique, wild experience that was too good to turn down. Engaging in that world again feels just like it did all that time ago. Basically, I'm still a child, I love being childlike, and here was another chance to play with these crazy toys. And the cutting-edge technology makes it exciting. Doing the teaser trailer for Comic-Con, I had my first experience of motion capture. And that's turning the industry on its head. It's amazing being part of that.

Bridges also spoke about the challenge of bringing the classic virtual reality story up to date and why the project made sense:

Well, when we made Tron there was no internet, no cellphones. But now we have motion capture, so I think we'll get a far more successful version of the story, which is someone literally getting sucked into a video game. When we did King Kong in the 70s, one minute you'd have a shot of Rick Baker in this big suit and then you'd cut to this 80ft stiff model, and they looked nothing alike. Compare to that Peter Jackson's King Kong the technology is there and they did a wonderful job. I thought they created a beautiful Kong. So I hope that'll be the same for Tron.

The Russian video is dodgy, but if you don't get shivers watching it, you need to re-evaluate your status as a gamer.