The saga Throne He was born before his time. When Disney released this 1982 film about a programmer and hacker (Jeff Bridges) transported into a video game company's mainframe – a virtual world controlled by a malicious operating system – the visual effects were disqualified from the Oscars because creating them on a computer was considered to be cheat. Forty-three years later, digital effects are hegemonic in Hollywood and all concepts of Throne about virtual universes and intelligent programs are more relevant than ever, so Disney has now revived a franchise that already had a first sequel in 2010, Throne: Legacy, directed by a debutant Joseph Kosinski.