Instead of entering the world of videogame Tron, characters from the videogame will visit planet Earth in the next installment of the film franchise, Tron: Ares.
The latest updates on the film arrived at Disney’s D23 convention in 2024, and there’s still about a year to go before viewers can expect to see it in theaters.
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For more details about the Tron: Ares release date, the cast and other plot points to expect, read on.
When will Tron: Ares come out in theaters?
Tron: Ares is slated for an Oct. 10, 2025 theatrical release date.
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Has Tron: Ares gone into production?
Yes. The film went into production in January 2024, and it wrapped shooting in May.
Who is in the cast of Tron: Ares?
Jared Leto will star as highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who enters the real world from the digital world on a dangerous mission, marking humankinds first encounter with an Artificial Intelligence being. Evan Peters will portray villain Julian Dillinger.
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Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Hasan Minhaj and Gillian Anderson, Sarah Desjardins round out the cast for the new film.
Jeff Bridges, who starred in Tron: Legacy (2010) and the original film Tron (1982), will return for the third installment in the franchise.
Who else is behind Tron: Ares?
Joachim Rønning directed the threequel film, as Deadline first exclusively reported with the project’s early development.
“It’s been fantastic for my next endeavor to be a science fiction movie that takes place inside a computer,” Rønning told Deadline. “It’s my dream as a filmmaker to be able to move between such vastly different stories.”
Rønning promises a more emotional story in this latest Tron installment.
“Emotions will always be something that I strive for, and this film will be more emotional, something I don’t think the franchise has had as much in previous Tron movies,” he said. “Both of them are, in many ways, masterpieces, but what I’m trying to do is create an emotional experience so that’s always going to be front and center. I think that that’s something that I managed to do with this film.”
The script was written by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne. Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Leto, Emma Ludbrook and Steven Lisberger will produce alongside executive producer Russell Allen.
Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor’s industrial indie rock group, will score the threequel film. The originally one-man group formed by Reznor in the late 1980’s has seen a rotation of partners, most recently frequent collaborator Atticus Ross. The pair are responsible for the score of Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, and they have also worked on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network and Mank with David Fincher. The pair also recently contributed to Season 3 of The Bear. Daft Punk contributed the score of Tron: Legacy (2010).
Is there a trailer for Tron: Ares?
Not yet. Disney unveiled first footage at the 2024 D23 Expo in August. The first photo was unveiled Feb. 29, 2024.