TRON: ARES - Disney Releases First Official Look At Sci-Fi Threequel Starring Jared Leto

TRON: ARES - Disney Releases First Official Look At Sci-Fi Threequel Starring Jared Leto

It's Tronin' time! After finally entering production last month, Disney has unveiled a first official look at TRON: Ares, which will star Jared Leto in the lead role...

By MarkCassidy - Feb 29, 2024 05:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Tron
Source: Via SFF Gazette

We never actually thought this would see the light of day, but after almost a decade of being in and out of development, cameras finally started rolling on a third TRON movie last month.

Now, Disney has shared the first official promo image featuring (presumably) the titular Program played by Jared Leto (Morbius, Blade Runner 2049).

Officially titled TRON: Ares, the threequel will also star Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, with Gillian Anderson. No details on their characters were provided in the press release.

Leto will also produce along with Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Emma Ludbrook and Steven Lisberger, with Russell Allen on board as executive producer.

“I’m excited to be part of the TRON franchise and bring this new film to fans around the world," director Joachim Rønning said in a statement. TRON: Ares builds upon the legacy of cutting-edge design, technology and storytelling. Now more than ever, it feels like the right time to return to the Grid.” Check out the still below.

“TRON: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings," reads the synopsis.

Ares is being marketed as a follow-up to 2010's Tron: Legacy, but we don't know if it'll be a direct sequel or more of a relaunch of the franchise. Joseph Kosinski's movie was not particularly successful at the box office and drew mixed reviews from critics, but it developed a loyal following over the years, and fans have been clamouring for a third film for quite some time.

Previous reports have indicated that some or all of the cast of Legacy (Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde) might reprise their roles, but there's no mention of any returning actors here.

Rønning previously directed Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and co-directed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales with Espen Sandberg. He recently completed filming on the Daisy Ridley feature Young Woman and the Sea.

The movie hasn't been given an exact release date, but it is currently on track to hit theaters at some point next year.

You can't really tell much from this image, but what do you make of our first look at Tron: Ares? Drop us a comment down below.

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Kurban
Kurban - 2/29/2024, 5:23 PM
Please PLEASE don’t screw this up
DankMan
DankMan - 2/29/2024, 5:24 PM
@Kurban - Didn't you know, kid? It has been screwed since the start...
valmic
valmic - 2/29/2024, 5:27 PM
Meh. The second Tron was so beautiful. They should have brought back that director. He had vision.
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 2/29/2024, 5:28 PM
@valmic - Legacy is such an underrated movie. One of my favorites.
SethBullock
SethBullock - 2/29/2024, 5:29 PM
@valmic - I can't remember almost anything from the plot, but the Daft Punk soundtrack was great.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 2/29/2024, 7:35 PM
@SheepishOne - came here to say that. Love the movie and completely uncer the radar
Kadara
Kadara - 2/29/2024, 9:20 PM
@SethBullock - My fav part was the soundtrack.
jj2112
jj2112 - 3/1/2024, 5:48 AM
@valmic - It was beautiful but much like other sci-fi settings we see in many movies. I still prefer the design of the first movie, which was updated in the game Tron 2.0 and could have worked in a sequel.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/29/2024, 5:27 PM
"played by Jared Leto"

Get ready for the HAMMIEST OF PERFORMANCES
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/29/2024, 5:35 PM
@GhostDog - I just wonder how he’s method acting this one lol
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 2/29/2024, 5:28 PM
He's about to bring the method.
Fares
Fares - 2/29/2024, 5:29 PM
That's an image that epitomizes the word "cool".
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 2/29/2024, 5:35 PM
I hope Leto plays a normal character 🤦‍♂️
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/29/2024, 5:39 PM
Not familiar with the director’s work and Leto being the lead honestly turns me off…

However , I do like the rest of the cast so we’ll see.

It’s gonna suck to not have Daft Punk doing the music for this since their Legacy soundtrack rocked imo (even if I didn’t care for the film overall).

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Pathogen
Pathogen - 2/29/2024, 5:42 PM
I'm nervous about Leto. That dude ruins scenes he's in lately
RolandD
RolandD - 2/29/2024, 5:43 PM
A lot of my cash went into one of these and potato logs at the convenience store around the corner from my fraternity house.

valmic
valmic - 2/29/2024, 5:50 PM
I enjoyed way more than I expected. I still have yet been able to get through the original movie. But Legacy I throw on every few months.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 2/29/2024, 5:50 PM
Hope this one has a soundtrack as badass as the last Tron movie.
grif
grif - 2/29/2024, 5:51 PM
2nd movie sucked. no more chances will be given
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 2/29/2024, 5:53 PM
Loved legacy. Won't be the same if daft punk aren't involved
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 2/29/2024, 5:59 PM
@WhateverItTakes -
Timerider
Timerider - 2/29/2024, 6:02 PM
@WhateverItTakes - I agree with this 100%. Unless they come out of retirement just this once. I guess it depends on how much money Disney throws at them.
Timerider
Timerider - 2/29/2024, 6:07 PM
@NicolausCopernicus - I missed that one, that’s too bad.
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 2/29/2024, 5:58 PM
dang it, I wanted Kosinski and Cillian Murphy back, not morbius


Why cant we have nice things
Timerider
Timerider - 2/29/2024, 5:59 PM
I wonder if we’ll see any of these people
TheLobster
TheLobster - 2/29/2024, 7:02 PM
@Timerider - we won’t
Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 2/29/2024, 6:40 PM
Dang, this looks really cool
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/29/2024, 7:26 PM
Love the Tron movies, so hoping this is great or at least good.
JonC
JonC - 2/29/2024, 7:37 PM
Well i will say if they wanted a soulless ai they couldn't chose a better actor.
InfinitePunches
InfinitePunches - 2/29/2024, 7:56 PM
So, they decided not to bring back the director of Legacy who just made a billion dollars off of Top Gun even though he wanted to return. Instead they got the director of... Maleficent 2..? and Pirates of the Caribbean 5..?
dragon316
dragon316 - 2/29/2024, 8:16 PM
Looks good now that there in real world they better have tron games
Himura
Himura - 2/29/2024, 10:02 PM
I hope this brings Daft Punk out of retirement
mattboesch8907
mattboesch8907 - 3/1/2024, 12:07 AM
I really home Bruce Boxleitner reprises his role. After all the series is called TRON and he is TRON.
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 3/1/2024, 12:21 AM
The first Tron was way ahead of it's time and had cutting edge visuals for it's time.
Legacy had great visuals and soundtrack, but i remember the story to be just okay.

Ares will bomb for sure, DUNE can do it because of it's Star Power and the belogen book series, but not many people know or want a Tron movie.
Jared Leto can act pretty good if given the right material, but he has never been a box office draw.

I predict a big underperformance.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 3/1/2024, 8:17 AM
“TRON: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings,"

As a huge Tron fan and one who has seen both movies countless times I could really care less about this description here. I'm actually pissed they didn't bring back the Legacy team. I have zero faith in this being remotely not stupid, hope I'm wrong but I doubt it. There is nothing to pin any hope on so far and this is being made by "modern audience" Disney now.

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