Jared Leto is set to lead legacy sequel Tron: Ares years after he was first attached
dailymail.co.ukJared Leto has settled on his next role after his supervillain flop Morbius with a sequel to 2010's Tron: Legacy.The 51-year-old actor and rocker will star in the upcoming legacy sequel Tron: Ares, Deadline reported on Thursday.Leto has long been attached to the film after it was reported in 2017 that he would be starring in a Tron film as a new character named Ares.Disney, which is producing the film after co-producing the previous two films in the series, is reportedly in talks with director Joachim Rønning, who previously directed Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), to helm the film.
New role: Jared Leto, 51, will star in the legacy sequel Tron: Ares, Deadline reported on Monday. He was first attached to the project back in 2017; seen January 14 in InglewoodA crew is reportedly being assembled for the big-budget production, which is set to begin production in Vancouver, Canada, in August of this year.The film series began with the original 1982 Tron, which starred Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner and David Warner.
The film was a hit with critics and became influential due to its advanced visual effects, but its modest box office was considered a disappointment by Disney.
Bridge played a video game developer and programmer who hacks into a powerful new virtual world in hopes of finding proof that an executive at his company has been stealing his work for years.
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