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To celebrate the start of TRON Legacy Disney will trow a party the way only Disney can. This fall, during night time, Disney California Adventure park will transform in a real TRON delight. The Hollywood Pictures Backlot will transform into a fantastic TRON scene straight from the movie. The events will take place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Disney has released some amazing artwork to show what you as a guest can expect on your visit to the virtual world of Tron.

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With Marvel being owned by Disney we can’t be surprised to see Disney related comics to appear. Movie adaptations are very common so, again to no surprise, a Tron Original movie adaptation would hit the shelves too. Marvel will release the “Tron: Original Movie Adaptation 1” in November. Release date is set for September 3rd.

This is more then a month before the next movie will hit the theaters (December 17) and should be a good reed before the sequel comes out.

I have the comic on my pull list!

Picture copyrights Marvel

According to Hollywood.com the talented actress Zhang Ziyi from one of my all time favorite movies “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, the stunning “House of Flying Daggers” and the amazing “Hero” will be playing a live Mulan version in a feature movie. Zhang Ziyi might be known even more among the western audience for her roles in “Rush Hour 2” and the Oscar winning movie “Memoirs of a Geisha”

Zhang Ziyi was not nominated for an Oscar, but she did win a BAFTA for Best Performance by an Actrice in a Leading Role, the Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, the MTV Movie Award for Sexiest Performance. She also won the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Satellite Awards for the same movie.

Zhang Ziyi will also produce the new Mulan movie for which she said secured an investment from Disney of $100 million. The movie will be shot in 3D and will be an English version. Production should start in October.

Mulan is still my favorite Disney Animation, so I am really excited to see the movie become a live version and to have a wonderful actrice star as Mulan herself. Can’t wait to hear more about this project.

Tron is hot, so we expect to see a lot of Tron stuff appear the coming months. As a comic collector I am delighted to see a comic make it to the stands too. Marvel is releasing a Tron: The Betrayal comic book. It looks like the story in the comic will take place before the events in the upcoming Tron: Legacy movie.

Get a first look at the world of the upcoming Tron: Legacy! Following the events of the original Tron, the year is 1983 and Kevin Flynn is now in charge of Encom. He’s built it into the largest videogame company in the world. But that’s not all Kevin has accomplished – he’s also secretly built the Grid, a digital world filled with living programs! More than a place where he can race light cycles, it’s a place where he can build and test environments only limited by his imagination. But the Grid is far more complex than even its creator realizes, and even Flynn can’t be in two places at once. As this new world develops a life of its own, Flynn is going to first need the help of an old friend, a security program named Tron. Showcasing a key time of the mythology of the Tron world, part one of THE BETRAYAL will show the early days of the Grid, and the first appearances of the heroes and villains that will be seen in Tron: Legacy. (Marvel.com)

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Do you play those competitions you find in the paper or online and hope to be lucky enough to win something? Well, my son did. There was a competition related to the new Toy Story 3 movie. All he had to do was send a text message and pick the prize he wanted the mosts. Today, about 1 month later when we opened the post box there was an envelope with his name on it. What could it be? Who is it from?… Only when he opened the envelope he remembered the competition from a month ago. He had picked the new Wii Toy Story 3 game and that’s what he found in the postbox.

Thought it was fun to share! Now if you’ll excuse me, I am going to go and play a game of Toy Story 3.

Don’t own the game yet? How about ordering it on Amazon via this link!

If you would want to know how the Tron soundtrack will sound like you should visit the End 107.7 site. There is a collection of 6 short tracks from the soundtrack. It will give you a good idea on what to expect from Daft Punk, the group who wrote the music.

Some of these are only to be found here (at this time) and not even on the official website. Headsets up and enjoy!

After the great news, coming from the San Diego Comic Con, that Guillermo del Toro will be making a new Haunted Mansion movie we are already shown a teaser logo art from the newly announced Disney movie.

“Millions of people from around the world visit The Haunted Mansion each year, but no one has ever had a tour guide like Guillermo del Toro,” said Rich Ross, Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. “Guillermo is one of the most gifted and innovative filmmakers working today and he is going to take audiences on a visually-thrilling journey like they’ve never experienced before.” (via BloodyDisgusting.com)

The big version of the logo can be found on the horror movie site Bloody Disgusting where they also agree that it is the best news from the Comic Con so far!

OK, Avengers will not be distributed via a Disney company but via the Paramount company, but as Avenger is a part of Marvel Entertainment Company and Disney owns the Marvel Entertainment Company I have enough reason to do a little happy dance and write about it here on the blog after hearing the news that Joss Whedon confirmed his role as Director for the Avengers movie during his appearance at the San Diego Comic Con. I have always been a big fan of Buffy, love his Serenity movie and now can’t wait to see his Avengers movie.

This is not the first time Joss Whedon is involved in the comic industry. He wrote the Buffy Series 8 for Dark Horse, but also had a 24 part Astonishing X-Men series written for Marvel. For this run he was nominated for multiple Eisner Awards including Best Serialized Story, Best New Series, Best Writer and winning the Best Continuing Series award in 2006. Let’s hope this is enough to Joss Whedon bring the Avengers to the screen as they should be. We don’t want to see a repeat of Marvel’s the Fantastic Four 2, a disaster of a movie. But I have high hopes with Whedon in the director’s chair.

Did you know that Joss Whedon was one of the script writers of Toy Story. There! Another link with Disney, another reason to write about it on the Mousekingdom blog!

As promised in our post about the TRON panel at this year’s Comic-Con there were two huge surprises after the official end of that panel according to Deadline Hollywood well worthy of separate coverage if you ask me.

First there was a 3D clip of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow as we will meet him in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides, the fourth movie of Disney’s hit franchise. Being the first of the series produced in 3D certainly will add an extra level to the experience of following Jack Sparrow in his search for the Fountain of Youth – which the clip sort of confirmed as one of the plot points for the movie – that is, if Jack receives all he needs for the quest, which according to him is “a bloody map…or a Bloody Mary…or both.”

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Normally Andy is our resident Comic-Con and TRON expert but just for once I’ll have to honor to forward the latest about the upcoming “TRON” movie to you, opening on the big screen (which is really big this time, as the movie will be presented not only on regular 3D screens but also IMAX 3D screens) in the US on December 17. So here we go…

Yesterday at Comic-Con the official theatrical trailer of TRON premiered following the early footage showcased in the past two years at Comic-Con as well as the teaser trailer from March. For your convenience here it is:

Looking for a HD version? Yahoo has that in several formats (as the teaser trailer and the material from last year’s Comic-Con). But wait, there is more… (more…)

The events are taking place and one of the first was the Tron press event where the whole crew of the movie was present to talk about the old and the new movie. Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen director Joe Kosinski, Bruce Boxleitner, Steven Lisberger and Jeff Bridges talked about the original movie, the technology used in today’s Tron, reaction about the sequel, the costumes and lot’s more.

How do you impress the public that’s seen all the Internet has to offer:

Steven Lisberger, director of original Tron: That won’t be a problem. You’ll find out soon the look of Tron is unique, it’s one of the strongest things about it. It’s moved on to the next generation. It’s a founding myth for an entire generation. It’s almost like it’s been held back, but now when it’s come back, you feel the energy we missed in the last 25 years. (UGO)

You can read all about it on UGO

The San Diego Comic Con has started and as usual there will be a lot of hot news coming from the convention halls. For those that have been able to go to the opening preview night might already have seen some of the great gems that can be found on the convention floors. One of these gems and booths that will attract many fans is the Disney Tron booth. Big expectations after previous years convention so Disney will have to outdo themselves this year. Toy News International has a nice collection of pictures from the Tron booth. It shows the awesome Lightcycle, the new action figures are displayed, as well as the vehicle toys that will be released. Visit the TNI website to see the collection on display at the convention.

Picture copyrights Toy Story International

What happens when you combine two things I love? I get very exited! I love Disney’s Tron and can’t wait to see Tron Legacy (I’ll go and see it on day one) and I love action figures. So combine the two and my wallet will suffer. But now the news has been release that Hot Toys will also bring some Tron Legacy figures to the market. These action figures cannot be considered toys anymore as they are high standard and expensive collectibles. Hot toys is known for their amazing detailed figures and have proven more then once that they are the best. They sell for well over $100 a piece and even when they leave the shop will still do well on the secondary market as they are always released in a limited quantity.

At this time the create Action figures from Iron Man, Predator, Terminator and even Michael Jackson to name a few. Tron will be one of their newest license they will tackle. Cant wait to see the result of these figures. Make sure to visit the blog regularly as I will update it once we get to see some previews of these figures.

Are you a fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise? Loving its stars? Would you love to sneak on the sets where currently the fourth installment – PotC On Stranger Tides - is being filmed? Yes?? Well … you know, Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer as the producer behind the series might not be all too happy about that … BUT … there is another way to get a first glimpse of the action in the making of the upcoming 3D-release. And no, I am not talking about teaser trailers or long range telezoom shots on websites and in print magazines … I am talking realy for real close-up shots of the crews and the filming. Interested? (more…)

With the San Diego Comic Con just around the corner we are getting some more Tron Legacy related news. The Convention has been very good in the past for Tron fans and, with the release of the movie getting nearer, this year might be even better.

Proof Tron will be big at this years con are the banners that have been placed around Downtown San Diego. There are four different styles including one of a Light Cycle battle. You can see all 4 banners here.

The San Diego Comic Comvention will open its doors as from July 22.