'Tron: Legacy's'Joseph Kosinski becomes highest earning rookie director ever; Disney eyes franchise

Let there be more light-cycles.

"Tron: Legacy"directorJoseph Kosinskijust officially became the highest-grossing rookie director in movie history, and that virtually guaranteesDisneywill go back to the Grid for another installment, deadline.com reported.

Despite earning $399 million at the box office worldwide - surpassingJ.J. Abrams' debut,"Mission Impossible 3,"which earned $397.5 million to give Kosinski the milestone - the legacy of the sequel to 1982's"Tron"hasn't been completely glowing. Critics panned the story and the film earned $44 million in its opening weekend, which didn't match big-budget 3-D films like"Avatar"and"Alice in Wonderland."

But with sales of"Tron: Legacy"on Blue-Ray and DVD expected to be strong, the studio still has a potential franchise in the making. The film was released for sale on Tuesday.

Joseph Kosinski (right) with 'Tron: Legacy' starOlivia Wildeand producerJustin Springer(Tovar/AP)

Kosinski says he's on board for a third"Tron"movie, despite commitments to Disney to helm a reboot of 1979's"The Black Hole"and the desire to make a movie version of his own graphic novel,"Oblivion."

"This {'Tron'} world's a massive world and 'Legacy' is one small chapter of it,"Kosinski told Comingsoon.net this week."We laid enough groundwork in 'Legacy' that there's a lot of kind of jumping off points for additional places to go. And that to me is exciting."

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