Why did the Tron: Legacy franchise not take off?

My wife and I recently went to Disney World and tried the new Tron rollercoaster. This sparked a rewatch of Tron: Legacy and questions as to why Disney never developed the franchise and why just now they have decided on a rumored reboot.

Legacy had a great cast, great soundtrack from daft punk, and a decent storyline. Could have used less Jeff Bridges hippy techno vibes and Michael Sheen's Castor was too over the top.

Set and costume production was way ahead of it's time and still holds up today. It incorporated lots of LEDs into both. It was so ahead of its time 13 years ago that even the new Tron area at Disney makes no improvements over the movie. They are selling many LED incorporated items to mimic that costume design.

Why did it not take off? I know it had mixed reviews, but had a lot of traction when it came out. Did Disney decide to focus entirely on Marvel? Disney and Universal have run worse franchises into the ground (looking at you Fantastic Beast) than Tron.

Submitted September 30, 2023 at 08:06AM by bb8668p https://ift.tt/6e3NHvn