'TRON: Ares' is a 'dream come true' for Jared Leto
Jared Leto plays an AI soldier who embraces real-world freedom and teams with a rival tech CEO in Disney's third TRON film, now in theaters with a Nine Inch Nails soundtrack.
- TRON: Ares opened in theaters as the third installment in Disney's TRON franchise, starring Oscar winner Jared Leto as an AI soldier with Jeff Bridges returning.
- A longtime fan, Jared Leto recalled seeing the original TRON at age 11 and said the role fulfilled a dream within the franchise's more than 40-year legacy, featuring Nine Inch Nails and Tron: Legacy.
- On set, Leto recalled `When he walked on the set for the first time everyone applauded` and described acting alongside Jeff Bridges, original TRON star, as surreal.
- Greta Lee told On The Red Carpet she is making history as the first Korean American to lead a major Hollywood blockbuster, helping Ares discover his true freedoms.
- Leto hopes a young viewer will be introduced to a new world and be left 'mind blown' and curious by Tron as a cultural reference point.
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‘Tron: Ares’ Review – From Morbin’ Time To "Tronnin’ Time" For Jared Leto
I’ll get this out of the way… I enjoyed it (sorry). I know, as a Tron movie without Tron (Bruce Boxleitner), Ares is upsetting a lot of fans. That mood is understandably not helped by the presence of Jared Leto or the absence of most threads left over from Legacy. However, as its own entity – which I can probably best describe as a rogue program – the film worked for me. Light cycles are street legal in Tron: Ares (2025), Walt Disney Pictures RE…
‘Tron: Ares’ Lightcycles Were Inspired by Joseph Kosinski’s Scrapped ‘Tron: Legacy’ Sequel
43 years after the first “Tron” movie sped into theaters, the grid has once again reopened in “Tron: Ares.” The third film in the franchise follows Ares (Jared Leto), an intelligent computer program who begins to question his orders and directives from CEO Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters), setting him on a collision course into the […]

'Tron: Ares' star Jared Leto on his 'Tron' fandom, working with Jeff Bridges
Jared Leto stars in ‘Tron: Ares.’ (Disney) It’s time to go back into The Grid. Tron: Ares, the third film in the Tron franchise, has arrived in theaters. Its star Jared Leto told ABC-owned station WPVI he has been a huge fan of Tron going back to when he was 11 years old and seeing the original film at the movie theater. “For me, Tron is like someone else’s Star Wars,” Leto said. “I just love the storyline, I love the characters, I love The Grid…
'TRON: Ares' is a 'dream come true' for Jared Leto
This special episode of On The Red Carpet includes interviews with the stars, a look back at the legacy of series dating back more than 40 years, and how you can experience your own "TRON" adventures at Walt Disney World Resort!
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