Tron 3 Plot Details & First Look at Jared Leto Revealed

The long-awaited Tron sequel, Tron: Ares, has finally revealed some plot details alongside a first look image. While the character in the image is sporting a Light Suit, complete with face-covering mask, it is likely to be Jared Leto as the titular main character of the threequel, Ares. As for plot details, Tron: Ares will follow Ares, a Program from the digital world of “The Grid,” as he is sent into the real world on a secretive mission.

You can check out the officially released plot synopsis for Tron: Ares below.

Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Tron: Ares is the latest installment in the iconic science fiction franchise which first began way, way back in 1982. A sequel to 2010’s Tron: Legacy, Tron: Ares is all set to be directed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Joachim Rønning, who released the following statement alongside the plot details and first look.

“I’m excited to be part of the Tron franchise and bring this new film to fans around the world. 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.”

Oscar Winner Jared Leto Takes the Lead in Tron: Ares

Tron: Ares will be led by Academy Award winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club, Morbius) with the rest of the star-studded cast including Greta Lee (Past Lives), Evan Peters (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), Hasan Minhaj (Haunted Mansion), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Arturo Castro (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story), Cameron Monaghan (Gotham), and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files).

As well as leading the project, Leto also served as a producer on Tron: Ares alongside Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Emma Ludbrook, and Steven Lisberger, with Russell Allen on board as an executive producer.

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The development of Tron: Ares has been a difficult one, with fans having waited for more than a decade for another outing. These difficulties continued thanks to last year’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Thankfully, with the strikes now settled, Tron: Ares looks to finally be moving forward, with producer Justin Springer explaining why he thinks now is the right time for a return to The Grid.

“We want to get everything in order and we want to make sure we have a movie that feels like it meets the ambition of the things that have come before it. So I would love to do it. And I think now the ideas that we’ve explored in Tron and where you would imagine those ideas evolving to are more relevant than they’ve ever been. So it feels like the right time. And there’s a giant ride here now, and there’s one in Shanghai, but we have to get it right. We have to get the story and we have to get the team right. And so there’s still stuff to do before we have much to say about the movie.”