According to Collider, Disney has finally set the Tron: Ares production start date for its long-delayed third installment to the sci-fi action franchise. Following the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, the Jared Leto-led movie is now slated to begin filming in Vancouver after the holidays.
Prior to the Hollywood strikes, production on Tron: Ares was initially scheduled to start last August. Director Joachim Rønning previously voiced his disappointment regarding the delay, which laid off over 150 people.
“The AMPTP, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA need to speed up the negotiating process and not leave the table until it’s done,” Rønning said in his previous statement. “This is Hollywood. We close deals for breakfast. Why do we suddenly have all the time in the world when every day is so precious? These tactics are extremely frustrating. It’s time for diplomacy so we can get back to work – under conditions that are fair to everybody.”
Who’s in Tron: Ares?
Tron: Ares will be directed by Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) from a screenplay written by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne. Leto will play the titular character — a manifestation of a program that becomes sentient and crosses over into the human world.
Joining Leto are After Yang actor Jodie Turner-Smith, Past Lives breakout Greta Lee, Emmy winner Evan Peters, Shameless alum Cameron Monaghan, and Yellowjackets star Sarah Desjardins. The film is produced by Emma Ludbrook, Jeffrey Springer, and Leto. Russell Allen will serve as an executive producer.
The 1982 original centered on Jeff Bridges’ Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer transported into a fantastical virtual world and enlisted to topple an evil AI regime. Over three decades later, the film was followed by the Joseph Kosinski-helmed sequel Tron: Legacy, which starred Garett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, James Frain, Beau Garrett and Michael Sheen.
