Tron 2 to Clone Jeff Bridges

Regardless of whether you grew up with the first “Tron” or not, the test footage for “Tron 2″ (then called “TR2N”) shown to audiences last year at Comic Con had to have gotten your light-cycle engines revving. if not, then you just don’t have a pulse. The footage all but promised a return by Jeff Bridge, reprising his role as Kevin Flynn from the first movie. Word from IO9 is that there won’t just be the older Flynn in the movie, but a younger version of him as well. How is that possible?

I09 has your answer:

A source reveals to io9 that Jeff Bridges has been sent up to Canada to be digitized. A plaster cast has been created of Bridges.

Our tipster tells us that:

They will then take that 3D model and make him younger and then slap it on a body double in post.
As this is only one cog in the machine, I can’t give a whole lot of detail. Canada scans actors and props to be used for various projects. These are very high resolution scans that pick up every wrinkle, face lift and scar on the actors body.

If this is true, it totally explains how there can be two Jeff Bridges in the shot together: the real Jeff, and his digitized, younger 3-D clone.

So there you go. Bearded, villainous looking Kevin Flynn won’t be the only Flynn running around Tron world, his younger self will also be there. But who is the villain, and who is the good guy? Or is there even a difference? We’ll find out when 2.0 commences in 2011.

Below: Here’s the Comic Con test footage for those who haven’t seen it yet.