A third "TRON" movie was in the works, with Warner's return as Dillinger even teased in an Easter Egg on the DVD, but it too never saw the light of day.
A long awaited follow-up did arrive in 2010 with "TRON: Legacy," but without Warner's involvement. Warner was signed up for a sequel that Disney had announced even before the release of "TRON," but it never came to fruition. I've tried, and I can get a couple of zaps, but I'm really no good at it." It was a challenge." At the time of filming, computers and video games were still a bit beyond Warner, who admitted to The Morning Call that he "can't play the video games. "It was just different rather than difficult. The film "is a kind of marriage between actors and the technical artists," Warner told The Morning Call. Conceived during the dawn of computer graphics, "TRON" was painstakingly made. Warner brought three levels of wickedness to "TRON" as cunning senior executive of ENCOM Ed Dillinger, the all powerful computer Master Control Program, and Commander Sark, his digital proxy. He hobbled his way through the film, but his name is nowhere to be found in the credits, as there was an issue over his billing between his agent and the producers of the film. Peckinpah stepped up and promised to cover him for the production. Warner was almost dropped from the film because - as he explained to AV Club - he broke his feet in an accident, which made it hard to insure him for the shoot. They came up with the perfect exchange, with Warner saying, "I don't know my way home," and Hoffman answering, "It's okay, I don't either." According to Warner, Peckinpah asked him and Hoffman to improvise the ending. In the end, they drive away together, leaving the town behind. Because of Sumner's plight with his wife and the shifty locals, he sympathizes with Niles, and later defends him from an angry mob. His attraction to a young girl enrages the townspeople and he's quickly ostracized, much like newcomer and outsider David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman). (1981), computer movie Tron (1982) and Tim Burton’s 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes. The role of Niles is a pivotal side story to the main plot. The legendary British actor David Warner has died aged 80 at a retirement home for old entertainers.
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