Tron: Ares is set to be the next installment in the series and will serve as a standalone sequel to the two previous movies. Production began in January 2024 and Disney has now confirmed the film's official theatrical release date, which is going to happen on October 10, 2025!
Summary. Tron: Ares will feature the return of franchise star Jeff Bridges. Other previous cast members, such as Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, are not confirmed to return for Tron 3. While Kevin Flynn's story has concluded, Sam and Quorra's journeys remain more open, making their return for Tron: Ares more fitting.
Tron: Legacy (stylized as TRON: Legacy) is a 2010 American science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, based on a story by Horowitz, Kitsis, Brian Klugman, and Lee Sternthal.
Tron: Ares (stylized as TRON: Ares) is an upcoming American science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. A standalone sequel to Tron (1982) and Tron: Legacy (2010), it is directed by Joachim Rønning, from a screenplay by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne.
It's Official: Jeff Bridges is Coming Back for 'Tron: Ares'! The filming of Tron: Ares, the third movie in the Tron franchise, is currently underway, as director Joachim Rønning and his cast are preparing for the planned 2025 release.
Clu 2 (short for Clu 2.0) is an updated version of Clu created by Kevin Flynn to oversee the development of the Grid and the main antagonist of Tron: Legacy. He is physically played by John Reardon, with Jeff Bridges lending his likeness and voice to the character.
According to Dave (a friend of Steven Lisberger, the creator and director of TRON), TRON is the only story that is truly canon. TRON 2.0's storylines differ from Lisberger's original intentions of the characters and the story, therefore, TRON 2.0 should be considered as its own canon.
Clu's growing uncertainty towards the ISOs, coupled with his anger towards Flynn's constant absences, led him to berate Flynn for supposedly setting him up to fail in his task. To further discredit the ISOs, Clu created the Abraxas virus out of Jalen, one of the ISO leaders.
Originally known as Tron, Rinzler's identity came into being when Tron was "repurposed" by Clu. In TRON: Uprising, Tron was forced to adopt the name and appearance of Rinzler after his battle with Clu, using the disguise to avoid capture as most programs believed that he was dead.
He returned from the virtual world triumphant over Dillinger, married Jordan Canas, and had a son, Sam. Flynn claimed he made an incredible discovery that was going to revolutionize the world, but he mysteriously disappeared in 1989 before revealing his secret.
Castor (formerly known as Zuse) is a program in Tron: Legacy. He is a flamboyant and vivacious program that owns and operates the End of Line Club, a nightclub located on top of the tallest tower in Tron City.
Tron: Legacy (film) Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy, rebellious 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father, a man once known as the world's leading tech visionary.
They became uncertain about continuing their robotic personas in light of this. Bangalter said "as much as I love this character, the last thing I would want to be, in the world we live in, in 2023, is a robot," (via Billboard). Considering this, it's unlikely that Daft Punk will return to create music for Tron: Ares.
Tron is a security program, created by his user, Alan Bradley, whom he resembles physically, initially leading a digitized Kevin Flynn to believe that Tron was Alan himself. In Tron: Legacy, he was reprogrammed by "CLU" and transformed into the evil enforcer, Rinzler, serving as the secondary antagonist.
Clu, which stands for Codified Likeness Utility, was a hacker program written by Kevin Flynn and played by Jeff Bridges. Clu looked just like his user, Flynn, but talked in a very different voice than his human counterpart. He is one of the few characters in the TRON Universe to have yellow circuitry.
It was followed by the 2010 sequel film Tron: Legacy, which takes place 28 years after the events of the first film and depicts the attempts of Flynn's son Sam in retrieving his lost father from within the Grid, now ruled by a corrupt program.
Tron: Uprising (stylized as TRON: Uprising) is an American animated science fiction television series. Set in the Tron fictional universe, the series takes place between the events of the films Tron (1982) and Tron: Legacy (2010).
While it may not be as soon as fans may have wished, Tron: Ares has finally established a release date after years of development hell. The legacy sequel has been in various stages of production for nearly 15 years, and the threequel is now slated to premiere on October 10, 2025.
Yori is a program written by Lora Baines and the romantic interest of Tron. She was in charge of the creation of digital simulations (such as the Solar Sailer) and involved in the operation of the digitizing laser.
