‘Tron: Ares’ “Will Hit You Right In The Grid” Says Jared Leto At Disney’s CinemaCon

Disney showed off a new teaser at CinemaCon today for the latest in videogame franchise, Tron: Ares. Slated for an October 10 theatrical release, the movie is directed by Joachim Rønning.

Leto plays highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who enters the real world from the digital world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with an Artificial Intelligence being. Evan Peters portrays villain Julian Dillinger. Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Hasan Minhaj and Gillian Anderson, Sarah Desjardins round out the cast.

Jeff Bridges, who starred in Tron: Legacy (2010) and the original film Tron (1982), returns for the third installment.

The script was written by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne. Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Leto, Emma Ludbrook and Steven Lisberger produce alongside executive producer Russell Allen.