Jared Leto's New Tron 3 Set Video Teases A Huge Change - In A Bloody Way
Disney will be back to pushing their biggest franchises β Marvel and "Star Wars" β with full force next year, courtesy of TV shows and movies that you probably won't want to miss. What shouldn't be forgotten, however, is the scheduled return to the world of "Tron" with the Jared Leto-led threequel, "Tron: Ares." Silently humming along at light cycle speed, more footage from the shoot has been revealed online after the first behind-the-scenes photo got Twitter users worried. This new footage shows the "Morbius" star looking a little worse for wear as the titular character, which is a bit confusing given Ares' background of, well, not being human.
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Leto, who has been linked to the project as far back as 2020 β when he accidentally revealed the film's titleΒ β can be seen on X (formerly Twitter) via @WeeklyCut.Β The footage clearly shows him in the familiar suit worn by characters that usually inhabit The Grid, the digital realm that Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) and his son Sam (Garrett Hedlund) both found themselves in during the events of "Tron" and "Tron: Legacy." However, the strange thing about Leto's character is that he is a computer program and, therefore, shouldn't be suffering from what appears to be a bloody bump on the head. So what's the deal? Does someone need to press F1 to clarify things, or could this new footage hint at a more logical, tried-and-tested plot point that usually works wonders in your run-of-the-mill sci-fi story?
Is Ares getting a human downgrade in the real world?
From "The Matrix" to "Inception" to "Tron," the regular issue that heroes encounter when they're in a world outside their own is that if they die in that one, they die in the one they came from, too. Factoring that in, could Leto's Ares β who was once an inhabitant of The Grid β now be a fully-fledged human, and therefore at risk of injury and a bloody perma-death given his new surroundings? It would certainly make sense, but what's even more interesting is what add-ons Ares could bring into this landscape from the one he left behind.
To think of "Tron" is to see neck-and-neck light cycle chases and people getting turned into cubes when a spinning neon frisbee hits them. However, might "Tron: Ares" mix things up and have its escaped program bring some of those iconic elements over to the real world? Watching police cars get hit with a light trail from Leto on a light cycle sure would make for a great set piece and might explain why he takes a mild kicking but keeps on ticking. We'll see if he reaches the end of the game when "Tron: Ares" starts up in theatres on October 10, 2025.