Tron: Ares is the highly-anticipated third chapter in the Tron franchise, which kicked off in 1982 and continued with the 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy. Revolving around a virtual reality simply known as "the Grid," the franchise has dabbled in interaction with both morally good and corrupt computer programs. While the first Tron was praised for its groundbreaking visuals, Tron: Legacy also walked in its footsteps with its stunning light cycle battles, an iconic score by Daft Punk, and Oscar-nominated sound editing.

The production delay for a third Tron movie seems justified given how the first two movies shared a 28-year-long gap. The original wasn't a big enough hit for Disney to make an immediate sequel, yet after Tron gained a cult following, the studio decided to flesh out the franchise. Tron: Ares has also received many setbacks, including Disney scrapping the idea for another sequel completely in 2015 and original director Garth Davis being replaced by Joachim Rønning. Now, with Tron: Ares finally out of development hell, the third installment is on its way.

Tron: Ares Latest News

The First Trailer For Tron: Ares Arrives

After the first footage from the movie premiered at 2025's CinemaCon, the latest news comes in the form of the first trailer for Tron: Ares. The trailer very quickly establishes that Ares is a departure from its predecessors when it opens with a high-speed chase involving light cycles in the real world. After that, one of the flying ships from within the virtual world of Tron menaces a major city, and Greta Lee's character, Eve Kim, flees as it begins to attack. The final scene shows Leto's title character being created in the digital world.

Tron: Ares Release Date

The Next Tron Movie Arrives In Late 2025

Ares may be able to benefit from a lack of stiff competition and dominate the box office for the first time in the franchise's history.

While it may have taken much longer than many anticipated, 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. Fall is an interesting time to release the threequel, and it isn't quite the blockbuster period that both the summer and holiday season typically are. However, Ares may be able to benefit from a lack of stiff competition and dominate the box office for the first time in the franchise's history.

1982's Tron was released in July while Tron: Legacy arrived in December.

Tron: Ares Cast Details

Jared Leto Leads A Star-Studded Ensemble

Leto has proven his acting capabilities with his Oscar-winning performance as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, yet Leto has also been behind some critically panned roles like the Joker in the DC Extended Universe

Jared Leto’s Tron 3 casting has proven to be heavily divisive. Leto plays the titular lead role of Ares, and fans are already concerned because of the actor's troubled past with franchise films. Leto has proven his acting capabilities with his Oscar-winning performance as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, yet Leto has also been behind some critically panned roles like the Joker in the DC Extended Universe.

Leto will be ed by Emmy winner Evan Peters as Julian Dillinger, a relative of the original movie's villain. It was also announced that Greta Lee will the cast as Eve Kim, a tech CEO with some valuable technology that needs protecting, while Jodie Turner-Smith s in an undisclosed role. After months of silence regarding the cast, Gillian Anderson was announced in an undisclosed role not long after the project began filming. Jeff Bridges will return to reprise his original role as Kevin Flynn from both Tron and Tron: Legacy.

The known cast of Tron: Legacy includes:

Tron: Ares Story Details

Jared Leto's Ares Will Be The Center Of The Story

Though the full story isn't known yet, the basic framework for Tron: Ares has been revealed. The film will center on Leto's titular character, who is actually a highly sophisticated computer program that is sent into the real world on some sort of dangerous mission. The details of Ares' mission are likely going to be the bulk of the film's plot, but those remain elusive for now. However, the trailer for Tron: Ares has shown that several other key aspects of the movie's universe (such as the light cycles) are also going to make it to the real world and cause havoc.

Tron: Ares Trailer

Watch The First Trailer For Tron 3 Below

After years of waiting, Disney revealed the first trailer for Tron: Ares in April 2025. Opening with an exciting light cycle chase involving people in the real world, the trailer then shows quick cuts of some of the movie's most recognizable cast . Flynn narrates the action as a ship from inside the computer program menaces a city, showing that the digital and analog worlds are going to collide in the long-awaited sequel.