The latest
rumor, as evidenced by the
IMDb, suggests that the
sequel to Tron will be called
Tron: Killer App, a name taken from the phrase used to describe a computer
software application that defines a turning point or
milestone in technological history.
Incidentally, in an interview included with the 2-disc, 20th Anniversary
Tron DVD,
animator and
director Steven Lisberger states that the character's name and title of the movie was coined because of its elec
TRONic nature. In fact, Lisberger had no experience with the
BASIC programming language and had never heard of the
tracer on command so often attributed to the title when the name was created for a character used by Lisberger's
Boston-based animation company for radio station commercials years before the movie was developed.