'Tron 2.0' Comes With a $300M Price Tag? 

That's equivalent to a $400M movie in LA dollars!
By Robert Falconer | Friday, April 10, 2009
A report in the Vancouver Sun is suggesting that Tron 2.0, which has just begun production here in Vancouver, is budgeted at $300M dollars! That's a whopping sum if one stops to consider British Columbia's film and labor tax credits...and a 20% difference between the US and CDN dollar. Even if that figure is in adjusted CDN dollars, it's still a walloping sum for such a niche sci-fi film; a sequel to boot.If true, that would tie the new Tron movie with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as the most expensive movie every made.
We're not quite sure what's going on here, or where all that money will go (we hear craft services in town are charging more these days, but c'mon...), but with only three producers officially attached, it's not as though the film is above-the-line top heavy.
Here's the full report...
Vancouver post-production units are salivating at the prospects presented by the Disney remake of Tron, which carries a whopping $300 million budget and opportunities aplenty for effects and digital polish.
The 1982 version of the film starring Jeff Bridges blazed new trails in computer graphics and you can bet Tron 2.0 will push much further down the pixel path.
Garrett Hedlund (Eragon, Troy) and Olivia Wilde (House, The OC) have been cast in lead roles. Bridges is also reportedly appearing in the new film along with original Tron alumnus Bruce Boxleitner.
Disney has set up offices in town and shooting should get underway this spring.
We'll stay on top of this and see if we can determine whether the budget is accurate (in which case we'll seek clarification as to why it's so high), or if the Vancouver Sun is stooping to the level of rumor-mongering...something we certainly would never do.
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Wrong Information
Posted by Andrew on April 11th, 5:39pm
Pirates of the Carribbean is not the most expensive movie ever made. Check out www.the-numbers.com C.S. Stowbridge's great site on movie box office/budget figures.
Where is the money going indeed?
Posted by JohnnyB on April 10th, 9:38pm
That's still US$244M...!
Does Jeff Bridges really demand that big a salary these days?
Does Jeff Bridges really demand that big a salary these days?









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