Sci-Fi Tron: Ares with Jared Leto

[Pennywise]

 

[antsman41]

This cast is truly amazing... and then there's Jared Leto.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Deck Rickard]

I hope Leto is playing Rinzler and goes full method so we never see his face or hear his voice.

 

[TheVileOne]

According to the information Disney released, it sounds like Leto is playing Ares.

Maybe the movie will change my mind, but I have no interest in a sequel where the Flynns, Tron, Alan, and Quorra are not involved.

I just don't get why we waited 15 years and this is the direction they are going? Also, Tron Legacy was a box office disappointment as well, so much so that they dragged their feet for years on Tron 3 and ultimately decided not to go forward with a sequel.

 

[Deck Rickard]

According to the information Disney released, it sounds like Leto is playing Ares.

Maybe the movie will change my mind, but I have no interest in a sequel where the Flynns, Tron, Alan, and Quorra are not involved.

I just don't get why we waited 15 years and this is the direction they are going? Also, Tron Legacy was a box office disappointment as well, so much so that they dragged their feet for years on Tron 3 and ultimately decided not to go forward with a sequel.

Yeah I don’t get that either. A Tron movie being a hit is a massive long shot even when you have Jeff Bridges involved so I don’t know why they think Morbius is going to knock it out of the park.

 

[TheVileOne]

Yeah I don’t get that either. A Tron movie being a hit is a massive long shot even when you have Jeff Bridges involved so I don’t know why they think Morbius is going to knock it out of the park.

Sean Bailey I think was President of Production of Disney as well when Tron Legacy got released, so I think he has a soft spot for this franchise. I guess Iger was willing to give it another shot with a different cast, team.

 

[Deck Rickard]

The premise also doesn’t sound that interesting. Part of what makes Tron cool and unique is the dark, neon-lit world where it takes place. I had issues with Legacy but world of the Grid looked amazing. Basing the whole movie about a rogue AI program running around the real world just seems pretty boring. I get that everyone is afraid of AI right now but it sounds like a dozen other sci-fi movies we’ve already seen.

 

[Sithborg]

Suit looks good. But Leto is such a turn off.

 

[TheVileOne]

The premise also doesn’t sound that interesting. Part of what makes Tron cool and unique is the dark, neon-lit world where it takes place. I had issues with Legacy but world of the Grid looked amazing. Basing the whole movie about a rogue AI program running around the real world just seems pretty boring. I get that everyone is afraid of AI right now but it sounds like a dozen other sci-fi movies we’ve already seen.

I mean Virtuosity is basically the same setup. Plus tons of other B-movies.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Well the suit looks good at least. Hoping for the best on this.

 

[JakeStyles]

Leto must have some dirt on producers, even in Disney, I guess.

 

[TheVileOne]

Leto must have some dirt on producers, even in Disney, I guess.

I'm not a huge Leto fan or anything, but the man does have an Oscar which gets you some prestige and thrift in town. Also, he's repped by WME, which is a very powerful agency.

Plus, history has proven that executives and investors want established franchises and brands. That's why we're getting reboots of films that don't have exactly lucrative box office histories rather than a new IP or new film that might be similar to what's old.

 

[JakeStyles]

Yeah, but Leto proved to be controversial among fans, his movies were mostly flops, the last time his movie really profited was Suicide Squad because House of Gucci barely made few millions more than its doubled budget.

 

[TheVileOne]

Hey not wrong, but he's got awards prestige and one of the most powerful agencies backing him. Also, he's a producer on this film as well. So he helped get it made as well. So yeah he probably does have some dirt on some people somewhere.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Look, I think at this point, Disney will take Tron Legacy’s box office as long as they keep the budget down. 400M worldwide and 172M domestic in 2010 dollars doesn’t sound so bad anymore. Especially for a franchise that was dead for 30 years.

 

[JakeStyles]

Disney for the past years can't really keep the budget below 200M for any blockbuster.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Is it even related to the previous movies or it is its own thing ?

 

[Kane52630]

The only thing we know so far from the plot description is Leto is playing Ares and is probably the villain.

Tron: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Well that first image seems more inspired by Legacy’s look than the original Tron.

 

[psylockolussus]

Hmm. The costume doesn't look different from Legacy.

Those red lights, though. I hope the film doesn't have a lot of scenes with that lighting. I feel like the previous films could have used a "fake sun" in their videogame world, rather looking like they're living in a city underground. So if this movie has a lot of scenes with dark rooms + red light, that won't be visually pleasing to me.

 

[JakeStyles]

I just wonder if they completely ignore Tron: Legacy or they will give as MiB2 treatment.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I am meh to this entire project. Tron is a great film, but I hated Tron: Legacy. It was so boring. So not continuing that doesn't bother me. But nothing we have heard about this excites me either. In this age of video games, Tron could be a great IP to bring back. But they're not doing anything compelling with it. IMO

 

[TheVileOne]

Look, I think at this point, Disney will take Tron Legacy’s box office as long as they keep the budget down. 400M worldwide and 172M domestic in 2010 dollars doesn’t sound so bad anymore. Especially for a franchise that was dead for 30 years.

Except TRON Legacy had the promise of Jeff Bridges and being more of a direct continuation of the original.

 

[Filmfreak]

I'm worrying about the concept if it's going to take most of the action in the real world. I don't see much point in that.