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GET ON THE GRID AS ‘TRON: LEGACY’ TAKES OVER DISNEY.COM 

The infamous TRON light cycle breaks through Disney.com today revealing all new exclusive ‘TRON: Legacy’ features

BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 16, 2010 – The infamous TRON light cycle literally breaks through Disney.com’s homepage today, in awe-inspiring fashion, revealing all new exclusive videos, games, downloads and more. To prepare for the highly anticipated film, fans can go to Disney.com’s “TRON: Legacy” site (www.disney.com/tron) to get the inside scoop on all things TRON with exclusive videos featuring Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund. And with the new "TRON: Legacy" Digital Painter on Disney.com’s Create, fans can create their own digital universe, complete with their favorite light cycle.

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"TRON: Legacy" hits theaters on December 17, 2010.

About "TRON: Legacy"
Walt Disney Pictures’ "TRON: Legacy" is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that's unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of TRON where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey of escape across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous. "TRON: Legacy" is directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver and Steven Lisberger. The story is by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz; and Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, and the screenplay is by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, based on characters created by Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird. Presented in Disney Digital 3D™, RealD 3D and IMAX® 3D and scored by Grammy® Award--winning electronic music duo Daft Punk, Walt Disney Pictures’ "TRON: Legacy" hits theaters on December 17, 2010 in IMAX® 3D.

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