{"id":2334,"date":"2009-01-07T13:08:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T18:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2018-12-08T23:50:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T04:50:38","slug":"garrett-hedlund-to-take-the-lead-in-tron-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/07\/garrett-hedlund-to-take-the-lead-in-tron-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrett Hedlund To Take The Lead In TRON 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/tron202.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2194\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand\" title=\"Tron 2.0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/tron202-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"tron202\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a>Garrett Hedlund will be sucked into the cyberspace world within in a computer for Disney&#8217;s <strong>Tron 2.0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood Reporter is stating that the<strong> Friday Night Lights<\/strong> star has been cast as the lead in the upcoming sequel to the 1981 cult classic, beating out the likes of Ryan Gosling, Chris Pine and Michael Stahl-David for the part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/garretthedlund.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2336\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" title=\"Garrett Hedlund\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/garretthedlund-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"garretthedlund\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Disney is holding their cards relatively close to their vest and have not released what Hedlund&#8217;s character&#8217;s name will be or any real plot details save that he will be &#8220;a man who finds himself pulled into the world of a computer and retracing the steps of a character from the original movie named Kevin Flynn.&#8221; Jeff Bridges, who played Flynn in the original film, has been signed for the sequel along with original <strong>Tron<\/strong> star Bruce Boxleitner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Garrett Hedlund will be sucked into the cyberspace world within in a computer for Disney&#8217;s Tron 2.0. 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