Tron Spin-Off Series Set for 2012 Debut on Disney XD

BURBANK: Disney XD has slated Tron: Uprising, a series spin-off set before the story in Walt Disney Studios’ upcoming Tron: Legacy, to premiere in summer 2012.

Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series follows a young program who becomes the unlikely leader of a revolution inside the computer world of The Grid. He is trained by Tron, the greatest warrior The Grid has ever known. The series will be preceded by a ten-part Tron micro-series launching in fall 2011 on Disney XD. The voice cast of the new Tron: Uprising includes Elijah Wood as Beck, Emmanuelle Chriqui as Paige, Mandy Moore as Mara, Nate Corddry as Zed, Lance Henriksen as Tesler, Paul Reubens as Pavel, Reginald VelJohnson as Able and Bruce Boxleitner.

The Tron: Legacy 3D film hits theaters on December 17. 

Gary Marsh, the president of entertainment and chief creative officer at Disney Channels Worldwide, said: "Tron: Uprising is the culmination of an extraordinary collaboration between Disney Television Animation and our feature film studio. And it is a perfect reflection of everything we want Disney XD to stand for—innovative storytelling, aspirational, heroic characters and world-class design."