Jobs, on stage this week with the iBook, also has another day job, running Pixar Animation Studios, maker of "Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life." According to one source, Pixar may be working on a remake of the classic '80s sci-fi film.
Lending fuel to the rumor, Lasseter has gone on record crediting Tron as the driving inspiration behind Toy Story. He saw the film while working as an animator on Mickey's Christmas Carol and had two best friends on the production team.
"It [Tron] was the future. It was the potential I saw in computer animation," Lasseter said.
A spokesperson for Pixar said she was not aware of any Tron projects, but if it were to happen, it would likely be led by Disney. Disney owns 50 percent of Pixar. The company did not return calls by press time.
