The groundbreaking original cyberspace epic from 1982, TRON, will be making its high-definition debut on Blu-Ray in April, released side-by-side with the much bally-hooed 2010 sequel, TRON Legacy (which I still have not seen, dammit).

A lot of online articles are making it sound like the original movie will only be available as part of various expensive combo packages with the sequel, but that's not the case.  TRON - The Original Classic will also be available individually, as a Blu-Ray/DVD pack.

This remastered, 1080p HD edition will also include the following bonus materials:  An audio commentary, Photo Tronology (BD-exclusive), and featurettes on The TRON Phenomenon, The Making of TRON, Development, Digital Imagery, Music, Publicity Gallery, Deleted Scenes, Design, Storyboards, etc. 

The disc is available for pre-order now, of course: Tron: The Original Classic (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

I've been meaning to write about TRON here for a while, but hadn't quite gotten around to it yet. But there's a new trailer out for the new, 3D IMAX sequel, TRON LEGACY (so glad they didn't call it TR2N or TRON 2.0), and I've got to say, it looks like they've actually got this "revisiting a classic" thing right.

To me, that means respecting the efforts of the original filmmakers, not just taking a title and doing whatever the hell you want with it. I really loved TRON when I saw it in '82, and still think it holds up surprisingly well as a SF adventure film, so I was skeptical about the sequel.

But - Bridges and Boxlietner both return, there's the original TRON coin-op, Flynnn's Arcade... and even a sweet Black Hole reference (rumor has it that these filmmakers will be tackling that one next). You can check out the new trailer here.