Turns out, Kosinski has transferred all his knowledge from when he attended architecture school onto Tron, with actor and original Tron-man Jeff Bridges telling HitFix that:

“It’s interesting different filmmakers where they come from and what they bring to the film and [Kosinski's] an architect and so the film has a very, you know, heightened design feel to it. And he hired this wonderful production designer, Darren Gilford. And he is out of car design so it adds another thing. It’s not somebody, you know, who is an interior decorator.”

We’ve already oohed and ahhed over the Tron bike (and shown you the best wallpaper design for Tron enthusiasts), so it figures that their production designer has a history with designing cars. You only have to look at this picture to know a lot of tender loving care was put into updating the bike with the right amount of 21st century futurism. [io9]

Just nine months and eight days to go! [First Showing via Den Of Geek]

UPDATE: If you want to download the trailer, mosey on over here.

You won’t be able to make much out in the leaked video, but hey – there’s audio! Here’s the official synopsis, if you missed it last time:

TRON: LEGACY is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (GARRETT HEDLUND), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (JEFF BRIDGES), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of Tron where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant Quorra (OLIVIA WILDE), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey of escape across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

How about someone at Disney, still high off their Up win at the Oscars yesterday, press the button and make the official trailer appear on YouTube? Anyone? [Giant Freakin Robot via Digg]

Created by toymaker Spin Master to help promote the movie (which doesn’t come out for another 11 months, by the way), it looks pretty awesome. They’ll be making more reasonably sized versions for sale as, you know, toys, closer to the release of the movie. [Pocket Lint]

Watching this video of people playing tennis in the dark – with glowing everything – has me dizzy. I can’t imagine watching the game live. Well, I guess I can imagine it, but I would probably vomit just by doing that.

[Thanks, Buster Cox]

And here’s the official synopsis:

TRON: LEGACY is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (GARRETT HEDLUND), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (JEFF BRIDGES), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of Tron where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant Quorra (OLIVIA WILDE), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey of escape across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

This comes out on December 17th, 2010. Yes, over a year away. Plenty of time to harden the shell of cynicism as to stop being excited about this. [HeyUGuy via The Daily What]

Jalopnik is right. This see-through concept out of the BMW R&D wing would be best served with a side of Tron and a couple of light cycles.

The video above is the official promo for the concept vehicle, which will, sadly, never see a showroom. For more, see Jalopnik, which has up a gallery and oodles of facts and figures. [Jalopnik]

One Charles Brand Etching Press owner Tron-ified his hardware with a few rolls of 1/8-inch glow in the dark tape, an X-Acto knife and quite a bit of patience. And while the implementation is certainly a bit laborious, widespread implementation into one’s home would be so much cooler than more nightlights. [printeresting via geekologie]

The film makers have done a remarkable job of retaining the classic Tron aesthetic while also updating the franchise; a feat few movie makers have been successful at accomplishing. With a soundtrack by Daft Punk and the return of Light Cycles, how can you not be excited? [Thanks Albert!]