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On July 9, 1982, the good people over at Disney released a science fiction movie so daring, so dazzling, that it has gone on to achieve a bizarrely perverse cult status, replete with fat men in unitards. That movie’s name… was Tron. Now, 26 years later, Disney has announced that they are remaking the film with light, more breathable fabrics, and calling it “Tron 2.0″ or, for you robots, “TR2N” From Best Week Ever Blog

French electronica duo Daft Punk has been signed to write the original music score for Tron 2.0, Walt Disney’s upcoming sequel to the groundbreaking 1982 animation cult hit which was scored by electronic music icon Wendy Carlos. Daft Punk’s members Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter have been involved in various films before, but Tron 2.0 will be their first complete feature film score. The film, scheduled for a 2011 release, is helmed by Joseph Kosinski and will feature Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett. According to industry news reports, Tron 2.0 will play as the “next chapter” after the first film, with Wilde starring as one of the heroes trying to help fighting the Master Control Program, the evil intelligence protocol that was the nemesis in the 1982 film. The assignment of Daft Punk to score Tron 2.0 has been confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores by Walt Disney Pictures.