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Tron (franchise)
''Tron'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Steven Lisberger, which began with the eponymous 1982 film. The original film portrays Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a genius computer programmer and video game developer who becomes transported inside a digital virtual reality known as "The Grid", where he interacts with programs in his quest to escape. Produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures, ''Tron'' became a cult film and was acclaimed for its groundbreaking visual effects and extensive use of early computer-generated imagery. It was followed by the 2010 sequel film '' Tron: Legacy'', which takes place 28 years after the events of the first film and depicts the attempts of Flynn's son Sam in retrieving his lost father from within the Grid, now ruled by a corrupt program. The film series has spawned various tie-ins, including video games, a comic book miniseries, music recording albums, theme park attractions, and an animated television series that ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Lisberger
Steven M. Lisberger (born April 24, 1951) is an American film director, producer and writer famous for directing ''Tron'' in 1982. Early life and education Lisberger was born in 1951 in New York City and grew up in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Of his ethnic background, he said that his father was Jewish while his mother's side was half Jewish and half Christian, both native German. Lisberger attended The Hill School in Pottstown, and Tufts University. He went on to become a 1974 graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Career While attending Tufts University, Lisberger and five associates formed Lisberger Studios. Their first project of note was ''Cosmic Cartoon,'' which earned a Student Academy Award nomination in 1973. It was also featured in the nationally-released anthology film, '' Fantastic Animation Festival,'' in 1977. Through his company, Lisberger Studios, Lisberger directed the production of commercials, title sequences, and feature s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer Program
A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. Computer programs are one component of software, which also includes documentation and other intangible components. A computer program in its human-readable form is called source code. Source code needs another computer program to execute because computers can only execute their native machine instructions. Therefore, source code may be translated to machine instructions using the language's compiler. ( Assembly language programs are translated using an assembler.) The resulting file is called an executable. Alternatively, source code may execute within the language's interpreter. If the executable is requested for execution, then the operating system loads it into memory and starts a process. The central processing unit will soon switch to this process so it can fetch, decode, and then execute each machine instruction. If the source code is requested for execution, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Leto
Jared Joseph Leto ( ; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Additionally, he is recognised for his musicianship and eccentric stage persona as a member of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. After starting his career on the television series ''My So-Called Life'' (1994), Leto made his film debut in ''How to Make an American Quilt'' (1995) and gained critical attention for his performance in '' Prefontaine'' (1997). After supporting roles in '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), ''Fight Club'' (1999), '' Girl, Interrupted'' (1999) and '' American Psycho'' (2000), he received widespread praise for his lead role in ''Requiem for a Dream'' (2000). He then began focusing increasingly on music, returning to acting with ''Panic Room'' (2002), ''Alexander'' (2004), ''Lord of War'' (2005), '' Chap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Davis
Garth Davis (born 1974) is an Australian television, advertising and film director, best known for directing the film ''Lion'' (2016), and the film ''Mary Magdalene'', written by Helen Edmundson. He earlier directed episodes of the series ''Top of the Lake'' (2013). Early life Garth Davis was born in 1974. Career Davis directed several episodes of the series ''Top of the Lake'' (2013). In October 2013, Warner Bros. Pictures hired Davis to direct a film adaptation of '' Shantaram'', but that did not come to fruition; instead, it was later made into a television adaptation for Apple TV+. He directed The Weinstein Company film ''Lion'', in his feature film directorial debut, which premiered to rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016. In January 2016, Davis was hired to direct a biopic about Mary Magdalene, titled ''Mary Magdalene'', written by Helen Edmundson. The film had its world premiere at the National Portrait Gallery in London in February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Bailey (producer)
Sean Bailey is an American film and television producer. Bailey is currently the president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, a role he has served since his appointment in 2010. Career Early career As a co-founder and executive of LivePlanet, Bailey served as executive producer for ''The Emperor's Club'', the Emmy Award-nominated ''Project Greenlight'', ''Push, Nevada'' (which he also co-wrote with Ben Affleck), producer '' Best Laid Plans'', ''Matchstick Men'', and ''Gone Baby Gone''. From 2004 to 2008, Bailey continued as chairman and board member of LivePlanet while under a writing-producing deal at ABC Studios. In 2008, the film wing of LivePlanet was dissolved and Bailey teamed with Disney to form the production banner Ideology Inc, which produced '' Tron: Legacy'', the sequel to the 1982 film ''Tron''. In November 2009, it was announced that Bailey would produce a remake of the 1979 film ''The Black Hole'', which never materialized. He co-wrote (with Ted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Klugman
Brian Klugman (born September 15, 1975) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. In 2012 he debuted as a co-director with Lee Sternthal on the film '' The Words'', which they both co-wrote as well. Early life Klugman was born in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Gerald, is a real estate broker, and his mother, Helen, is a school teacher. He has an older brother, Jeffrey, a younger sister, Laurie, and a younger brother, Michael. His paternal grandfather, Reuben, is actor Jack Klugman's brother. He graduated from Germantown Academy and attended Carnegie Mellon University for two years. Career His most recent role has been Dr. Oliver Wells in ''Bones''. He appeared in ''Cloverfield'', '' The Bogus Witch Project'', '' Dreamland'', ''Joan of Arcadia'', ''Can't Hardly Wait'', and ''National Lampoon's Adam & Eve''. He also played Kirby Gardner, a student, in several episodes of ''Frasier''. Klugman appeared in the 2009 horror/thriller '' Vacancy 2: Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Kitsis
Edward Lawrence Kitsis (born February 4, 1971) is an American television writer and producer, best known for his work with his writing partner Adam Horowitz on the popular ABC drama series ''Lost'' and ''Once Upon a Time''. Early life and education Kitsis was born to a Jewish American family,Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family - J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton October 16, 2009 , ''"We’re all self-deprecating short Jews, with the exception of Bob Orci”'' the son of Arlene and Tybe Kitsis of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Horowitz (screenwriter)
Adam Horowitz (born December 4, 1971) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is known for co-creating the ABC fairy tale drama series ''Once Upon a Time'' with his writing partner Edward Kitsis. Days after the show ended its seven-year run in 2018, Kitsis and Horowitz were announced as showrunners for Apple TV's ''Amazing Stories''. Early life Horowitz was born in New York City,Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family – J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton October 16, 2009 , ''"We’re all self-deprecating short Jews, with the exception of Bob Orci”'' and graduated from |
Joseph Kosinski
Joseph Kosinski is an American film director best known for his computer graphics and computer-generated imagery (CGI) work, and for his work in action films. He made his big-screen directorial debut with the 2010 science fiction film '' Tron: Legacy'', the sequel to the 1982 film ''Tron''. He also directed the 2013 science fiction film '' Oblivion'' and the 2022 action drama film '' Top Gun: Maverick'', the sequel to the 1986 film '' Top Gun''. His previous work has primarily been with CGI-related television commercials including the "Starry Night" commercial for ''Halo 3'' and the award-winning "Mad World" commercial for '' Gears of War''. Life and career Kosinski grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of Patricia (née Provost) of French-Canadian descent, and Joel Kosinski, a doctor of Polish descent. His first major film was the special effects-heavy '' Tron: Legacy''. The film was in Disney Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D, with a release of December 2010 and grossed $400 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Kushner
Donald Kushner (born March 2, 1945) is an American producer who has worked with animation, live-action, and theater productions. Biography Kushner was born March 2, 1945, to Ann Gardner. He has two sisters. Kushner attended high school in Providence, Rhode Island, received an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University in 1971 and a Boston University J.D. degree in 1973. He then studied art for one year in Florence, Italy. Upon returning to Boston, Kushner set up a law practice which included a number of show business clients which in turn led him to the opportunity to produce plays for the Boston stage, among them ''P.S. Your Cat Is Dead'' and the first theatrical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's ''Player Piano''. In 1977, Kushner formed a partnership with filmmaker Steven Lisberger, and in 1978, the pair moved to the West Coast where they produced the 90-minute animated film ''Animalympics'' for NBC, but which was ultimately aborted. He later conceived and produced his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie MacBird
Bonnie MacBird is an American writer, actress and producer of screen, stage and prose. She is the original writer of the science fiction film ''Tron''. MacBird is a native of San Francisco, California and graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in music and a master's degree in film. She is married to computer-scientist Alan Kay. Film career MacBird has spent most of her career in Hollywood as a screenwriter and producer. She wrote the original drafts of ''Tron'' and received a "story by" credit. She worked in feature film development for Universal Studios in the 1970s, won two Emmy Awards as a producer in the 1980s, and was, for ten years, the head of a firm called Creative License/SkyBird Productions. She has a number of acting and writing credits in Los Angeles theatre. She continues to write, direct and act in theatre in Los Angeles and is a voice actor for SkyBoat Media. Novels Her first Sherlock Holmes novel, ''Art in The Blood'', was published by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney XD
Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years old. Disney XD's programming consists of original first-run television series, current and former original series and made-for-TV films inherited from sister network Disney Channel, theatrically released films, and acquired programs from other distributors, along with a primetime block of programming involving competitive gaming. The channel offers an alternate Spanish-language audio feed, either via a separate channel with the English track removed as part of a package of Spanish-language television networks sold by subscription providers or a separate audio track accessible through the SAP option, depending on the provider. As of January 2016, Disney XD is available to 77.5 million households in the United States. History Disney XD w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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