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A pair of cult classics have announced release dates for their upcoming sequels. Let's get right to the news...

• Tron Legacy will hit theaters on December 17, 2010 release date for Tron Legacy. The movie will square off that weekend against The Green Hornet and The Smurfs. Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde star in the follow-up film.
• The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day will come out on October 30, 2009. This sequel will continue the saga of the MacManus brothers.

A sequel to the 1982 cult classic, Tron Legacy hits theaters in 2010.

While the movie has undergone a few name changes, the premise remains the same:

Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his dad's disappearance, only to get pulled into the same world of fierce programs and dangerous games where his father has been living for over two decades.

Olivia Wilde also stars in the flick.

Michael Sheen is a busy man.

The actor - who will appear in future films such as New Moon and Alice in Wonderland - has been cast in the Tron sequel.

Walt Disney Pictures has confirmed that Sheen will appear in Tron: Legacy, though there's no word yet on who he will play. Sheen joins a cast that includes:

• Jeff Bridges
• Garrett Hedlund
• Olivia Wilde
• Beau Garrett

Sheen's other credits include The Queen (for which he was nominated for an Oscar), Frost/Nixon, The Damned United and Underworld.

For the second comic con in a row, Disney has revealed what it calls concept art for the recently re-named Tron sequel, Tron Legacy. 

In the video we see an extremely angry looking, bearded Jeff Bridges and some sweet light cycle races.

So what are you doing?  Go ahead and click play on the concept video below and get excited for the best sci fi movie of 2010.

In possibly the best move the Tron sequel has done since securing Jeff Bridges, the powers that be have renamed the movie from the horribly titled Tr2n to Tron Legacy.

We were gonna see it either way, but man this sure makes it way easier to talk about!  I mean, how did you even pronounce Tr2n.  Think about it.

Here's the good news: a Tron sequel is still in the works.

Here's the better news: it will no longer go by the confusig name of Tr2n.

Now, here's the bad news: the movie will instead be called TRZ.

That seems even more confusing than the original idea. Meanwhile, initial plot details for the film have been released:

“After being transported into the surreal landscape of a mainframe computer to destroy an intruder (Tron), a programmer finds himself allied with the leader of a rebellion against a corrupt cyber-entity.”

In a new interview with The Guardian, Jeff Bridges touches on a number of subjects.

But we were most interested in his answer to a question about the upcoming Tron sequel...

Is that why you signed up for the new Tron movie?
Yeah, that'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.

The horribly named sequel to Tron entitled TR2N was recently announced at Comic-Con. 

Thanks to Jim Hill Media, we now know the writing staff for the much anticipated Tron 2: the Lost writing team of Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.  Joseph Kosinksi will be directing.

Additional, according to JHM, the footage shown at Comic-Con wasn't actually a trailer but rather a proof of concept "[t]o voncince Disney executives that his vision for "TR2N" was commerciail viable."

Commericlally viable? Of course a Tron sequel will mint money!

It's official, at Comic-Con, Disney announced a sequel to its 1982 Sci-Fi adventure, Tron, officially titled Tr2n.

Also announced, Tr2n will see the return of Jeff Bridges as Flynn as well as a younger version of himself.  What else do we know so far?  The light cycles are back and we're going to have an updated version of the Tron costumes.

Get excited people.