Tron: Ares is the long-awaited entry in the Tron franchise, with Tron: Legacy released all the way back in 2010. Joachim Rønning is the director, who previously directed other Disney films including Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales.
The new cast includes Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges.
Bridges returns as Kevin Flynn from the previous two films alongside Leto as the titular Ares. The plot revolves around the program Ares being sent from the digital world of the grid to our own. Evan Peters is playing Julian Dillinger, a tech CEO with the same last name as the first film’s antagonist.
The new film will be scored by the band Nine Inch Nails. Tron: Legacy was famously scored by Daft Punk which brought a House/Disco feel to the proceedings. With NIN at the helm, expect a darker, more industrial soundscape.
The trailer, exclusively shown to D23 attendees, features new looks at Kevin Flynn, the grid, Leto’s Ares escaping into the real world, and a lightcycle chase scene taking place through a city street.
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Joaquin Fernandez is a columnist for Boardwalk Times
