First Look at “TRON: ARES”, starring Jared Leto, Evan Peters and Greta Lee.

The third part in the “Tron” franchise finally releases next year. It’s been 15 years since “Tron: Legacy” revived the 1982 sci-fi story for a new generation. We got a still from Empire, who described the film as less a direct sequel than the start of something new. “Imbued with the bio-digital jazz of all that came before. That includes a fresh protagonist in Jared Leto’s Ares — a program who makes the leap from the Grid to the real world — and a new soundscape courtesy of Nine Inch Nails, taking their cues from Daft Punk’s Legacy soundtrack”

Tron: Ares is directed by Joachim Ronning from a screenplay by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne. The film stars Jared Leto. Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson and Sarah Desjardins, with Jeff Bridges reprising his role rom the previous installments.

Daft Punk supplied the excellent orchestral soundtrack with their trademark electronic music for 2010’s “Tron: Legacy”. Unfortunately, the duo isn’t back for the sequel as they disbanded in 2021.

Nine Inch Nails were unveiled as the composers for the film at Disney Expo in August. As director Joachim Ronning tells Empire, the shift from Daft Punk to Nine Inch Nails is indicative of where Ares is taking us. “With Nine Inch Nails making the music, this installment will be a little grittier, a bit more industrial” The filmmaker explains, “It’s been important for me to contrast the Grid and the real world. In that sense, Nine Inch Nails lends itself perfectly into the new Tron world that we are creating.”

Disney has scheduled a October 10, 2025 release date for “TRON: ARES”.