Disney releases first trailer for Jared Leto's 'Tron: Ares'

Two worlds collide in this installment. Disney revealed the first trailer of the science fiction film Tron: Ares, the third installment of the saga that began with Tron, released in 1982 and that marked a milestone within the genre, with its sequel in 2010, Tron: Legacy.

Tron: Ares trailer finally out after sequel's decade in development hell

Say what you will about 2010's Tron: Legacy – the story was thin, the characters were thinner, the entire thing was a sequel to a movie no one really liked that much – but in my opinion, the visuals and soundtrack alone are enough to excuse it from being written off as just more sci-fi schlock. — Read the rest The post Tron: Ares trailer finally out after sequel's decade in development hell appeared first on Boing Boing.

15 Years Later, Disney's Wildest Sci-Fi Franchise Just Did the Unthinkable

DisneyWhen it was announced that Jared Leto would be starring as a new character named “Ares” in a third Tron film, it was understood that he’d be playing a kind of living AI coming from the digital Grid and into the real world. But what nobody expected was an outright invasion from the Grid onto humankind. In the first full trailer for Tron: Ares, that’s exactly what is happening. Fifteen years after Clu (Jeff Bridges) threatened to bring the w…

Jared Leto Enters the Grid in New Tron: Ares Trailer

Disney has just released the highly anticipated first trailer for Tron: Ares, the next chapter in the cult-favorite sci-fi franchise. Packed with neon-drenched visuals, slick digital landscapes, and a pulsating sense of high-tech mystery, the teaser gives fans their first glimpse of Leto’s enigmatic new character, Ares — a powerful program with a mission that could bridge the digital world and the human one like never before. So, what can we exp…

Jeff Bridges will also appear in the sequel Tron: Ares, and the film could debut in theaters this year.

Go back to the Grid in TRON: Ares trailer

An AI program enters the real world in TRON: Ares. It's difficult to underestimate the massive influence that Disney's 1982 cult science fiction film, TRON, had on both the film industry—thanks to combining live action with what were then groundbreaking visual effects, rife with computer-generated imagery—and on nerd culture at large.  Over the ensuing decades there has been one sequel, an animated TV series, a comic book miniseries, video games…