# Tron Legacy. What's the longest gap between original and sequel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833 "2010-03-09T09:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/1 "2010-03-09T09:22:46Z")
The trailer for [Tron Legacy](http://www.program-glitch-esc.net/) is out now. That’s 28 years later, with the same cast - both Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner return. So what’s the longest gap between original and sequel, with the same cast? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/2 "2010-03-09T09:47:57Z")
_The Hustler / The Color of Money_ - 25 years (Paul Newman in both) _Psycho / Psycho 2_ - 23 years (Perkins & Miles are in both) _Wall Street / Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps_ - 23 years (Douglas & Sheen in both) _Carrie / The Rage: Carrie 2_ - 22 years (Amy Irving is in both) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/3 "2010-03-09T11:44:09Z")
Trailer looks awesome. Can’t help you on the ? though. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/4 "2010-03-09T12:21:02Z")
The Last Picture Show (1971) and Texasville (1990); 29 years or so. (edited to add that this is a suggestion, not the definitive answer) The thread in which I found that (thanks Google!) has a number of other contenders, most of which I would disqualify for one reason or another (especially regarding the OP’s “same cast” criterion… but the 66-year gap between Disney’s Bambi and Bambi II was an interesting one. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/5 "2010-03-09T12:27:13Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > The Last Picture Show (1971) and Texasville (1990); 29 years or so. (edited to add that this is a suggestion, not the definitive answer) Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/6 "2010-03-09T12:28:24Z")
Another interesting one that may not meet everyone’s standards: Ted V. Mikels, writer/director of The Astro-Zombies (1968) came out with a straight-to-video sequel in 2002, Mark of of the Astro-Zombies, a 33 -year gap. According to IMdB, both even star Tura Satana! ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/7 "2010-03-09T12:29:48Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Ahem. Yes? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/8 "2010-03-09T12:38:18Z")
I believe Omni is subtley pointing out that the gap there is only 19 years. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/9 "2010-03-09T12:59:28Z")
Indeed, I checked _Last Picture Show_ myself, and 19 years isn’t even in the running. I notice that _Sword and the Sorcerer_’s sequel, called _[Tales of an Ancient Empire](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136688/)_, comes out this year, which is the same gap as _Tron_. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/10 "2010-03-09T13:11:41Z")
Not a film but a book. Official sequel after a century or so > **[Peter Pan in Scarlet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan_in_Scarlet)** > > Peter Pan in Scarlet is a 2006 novel by British author Geraldine McCaughrean. It is the official sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy (1911), as it was authorised by Great Ormond Street Hospital, which was granted all rights to the characters and original writings by Barrie in 1929. McCaughrean was selected in 2004 following a competition in which novelists were invited to submit a sample chapter and plot outline for a sequel. Set in 1926, the book continues the story of the Lost Boys, the ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/11 "2010-03-09T13:27:57Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > I believe Omni is subtley pointing out that the gap there is only 19 years. :smack: Don’t mind me, I’m running on caffeine fumes by now. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/12 "2010-03-09T14:09:55Z")
**The Maltese Falcon** (Bogart version) --\> **The Black Bird** : 33 years. The sequel starred George Segal as the son of Bogart’s Sam Spade and had two of the three living cast members (Elisha Cook, Jr., and Lee Patrick). Mary Astor was still alive, but Brigid probably wouldn’t have been. Despite being a comedy, the film is a direct sequel to the original, where Spade discovers even more secrets about the Falcon statuette (the same one from the original). ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/13 "2010-03-09T14:50:03Z")
Does _Fantasia_ (1940) and _Fantasia 2000_ (1999) count? 59 years? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/14 "2010-03-09T14:51:25Z")
[Gone with the Wind](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29) 1939 –\> [Scarlett](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_%28TV_miniseries%29) 1994 55 years I believe the phrase “cultural cannibalism” was used. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/15 "2010-03-09T14:58:55Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Does _Fantasia_ (1940) and _Fantasia 2000_ (1999) count? 59 years? They do both feature Mickey Mouse (in the Sorcerer’s Apprentice sequences), so you could make a case that they fit the OP’s “same cast” criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/16 "2010-03-09T15:18:53Z")
_WarGames_ and _WarGames: The Dead Code_-25 years. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/17 "2010-03-09T15:55:56Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > They do both feature Mickey Mouse (in the Sorcerer’s Apprentice sequences), so you could make a case that they fit the OP’s “same cast” criteria. I guess if we included animated fatures (which we probably shouldn’t) then the winner may be Bambi (1942) and Bambi II (2006). 64 years! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/18 "2010-03-09T16:01:46Z")
What future sequels? Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem Forever have a near-infinite span of time between the two… ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/19 "2010-03-09T18:29:01Z")
“Un Homme et une Femme” was made in 1966 and the sequel “Un Homme et une Femme-20 ans deja” came out in 1986 with the two leads: Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimee. > **[A Man and a Woman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_and_a_Woman)** > > A Man and a Woman (French: Un homme et une femme) is a 1966 French romantic drama film directed by Claude Lelouch and starring Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Written by Pierre Uytterhoeven and Lelouch, the film concerns a young widow and widower who meet by chance at their children's boarding school and whose budding relationship is complicated by the memories of their deceased spouses. The film is known for its lush photography, which features frequent segues among full color, black- ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833/20 "2010-03-09T22:22:20Z")
Ah, Tron. This was the first movie my family watched on our brand-new-top-loading-the-remote-is-wired-to-the-device VCR. memories 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tron-legacy-whats-the-longest-gap-between-original-and-sequel/531833.md?page=2)