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You may have heard about Disney’s TRON LEGACY events that took place over the weekend in New York, Los Angeles, London, Toronto and Sydney. Reactions from those who attended were mixed, since it was a lot of hoopla for essentially what turned into a week-early viewing of the theatrical trailer… which they only played once. One particularly juicy piece of news that came out of this was reported by Alex Billington of FirstShowing and Peter Sciretta of SlashFilm. Seems the Los Angeles event was also attended by director Joseph Kosinki and writer/producer Steven Lisberger. Alex and Peter spoke with Kosinski and found out some news about the presentation of the upcoming film. Apparently TRON LEGACY will feature five action sequences that will be shown in 1.7:1 aspect ratio exclusively in IMAX movie theaters. That means it will the entire screen, at least during those scenes. This has been done before, and very effectively with Christopher Nolan’s THE DARK KNIGHT. The majority of TRON LEGACY will be shown in widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio, leaving a black bar on the top and bottom of the IMAX screen. Typically, even the biggest of IMAX movies do this. However with these special action scenes, and the added element of 3-D, one can only imagine how cool the TRON LEGACY experience will be. Supposedly Disney will also release a special trailer showing the differences so viewers know what to expect. I’ll be there December 17, 2010… will you?
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
