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Olivia Wilde is speaking out about the upcoming sequel to Tron.

In an interview with Sci Fi Wire, the House star opened up - as most as she could - about the buzzed about follow-up:

The film will be just as impressive for our time as it was in 1982 for the original. The technological advances have, of course, been enormous, and the effects that we have access to have been so revolutionary. ... We saw an incredible advancement in technology with the use of the face replacement in Benjamin Button, and I think that is marking some of what's to come, and certainly .... in the direction of Tron.

Just as far as people being incredibly innovative and taking huge steps forward as far as using technology to create alternative realities. And I think that it's really going to please people that it's going to be just as kind of huge and shocking and just as much of a new movie-watching experience as the first one was.

Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett have become the first stars to sign on for the upcoming Tron sequel, a follow-up to the 1982 Disney cult classic.

The original movie, based on a programmer thrust into a computer and forced to fight in games he helped create, is lauded for its sci-fi gladiator-style battles and groundbreaking special effects.

The new film will be considered as a follow-up chapter.

Plot details are mostly unknown at this time, but Wilde will portray a worker in the virtual world that tries to help fight Master Control Program, the villainous intelligence protocol that was the nemesis in the original film.

Forgive us for the headline. It was just too easy.

In actual funny news, though, actress Olivia Wide says the upcoming comedy The Year One is exactly what you'd expect from a Michael Cera and Jack Black film.

"The script is so funny, I can't even tell you," the the 23-year-old costar told MTV. "I am a huge Monty Python fan, and it's definitely got some of that Monty Python-esque humor; it's over-the-top, but it's very smart."

The flick follows two men wandering through the days of early society, occasionally clashing over the love of a beautiful woman.

"I play the princess of Sodom," Wilde said. "Michael Cera and Jack Black go on this journey, and they are searching for the meaning of life, essentially; all these crazy things happen to them, and they meet all these characters you'll recognize from the bible.

It's all these brilliant references to historical things that people will recognize, and some things from other films."

The Year One is currently scheduled for release on June 19, 2009.

Beautiful actress Olivia Wilde has been cast in Year One, a comedy being directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Judd Apatow.

Owen Wilson is executive producing the film, while the cast already consists of big names such as Jack Black, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Oliver Platt, David Cross and Vinnie Jones.

The story is set in biblical times. Wilde will play Princess Inanna, the love interest of Black's character.

The film is being targeted for a June 19, 2009 release.