Tron: Aresis set to be released in theaters in October 2025, and the footage released so far highlights a massive change that it will take some time to get used to.Tron: Areswill serve as a sequelto the 1982 filmTronand the 2010 filmTron: Legacy, which saw characters from the real world enter the virtual reality of The Grid. Following the ending ofTron: Legacy, the Flynn family’s time entering the virtual world was seemingly over, butTron: Arespromises a very different approach, with a program entering the real world.
ThoughTron: Legacyultimately saw the program Quorra enter the real world, the hazardous program, Clu, was defeated, implying that the portal had been closed.Tron: Ares’trailerhas confirmed thatthe action from The Grid will enter the real world.The upcomingTronsequel will follow Jared Leto’s Ares, a program given a dangerous mission in the real world. WithTron: Arescentering on a program as the main character for the first time, director Joachim Rønning’s sequel is set to be a massive departure from previous installments.
It Will Be Hard To Get Used To Tron: Ares’s Digital Elements In The Real World
It Marks A Complete Reversal From Previous Films
WhenTronwas first released in the early 1980s, its use of CGI and plot surrounding a character entering a virtual reality was groundbreaking. Likewise, the updated story forTron: Legacy,which saw Sam Flynn enter The Grid in search of his father, made use of the same virtual reality setting that allowed human characters to interact with computer programs. WhileTron: Areswill still see humans and programs interacting,this will be the first time that audiences will see them do so in the real world rather than in The Grid.
Along with Jared Leto’s Ares program entering the real world, theTron: Arestrailer has already shown that The Grid’s technology will enter the real world as well.The footage shows seemingly malevolent programs riding light cycles in the real world,and the cycleshave the capacity to split cars in half.Tron: Ares' trailer also shows its human characters looking on in horror as huge gravity-defying Grid light ships fly through the air above them. While the clip shows human forces attempting to fight back, it seems that the technology of The Grid is far superior.
What The Real World Setting Means For Tron: Ares
The New Setting Will Massively Change The Franchise
Tron: Ares’s new setting and digital elementsmay feel like a strange addition to the series compared to how the past installations have looked, but it does have the potential to be very entertaining if done right.The real world setting raisesAres' stakes significantlyfrom the otherTronmovies. While there was always a direct threat to the main characters of theTronfilms and a hint that evil programs would attempt to harm the real world, the larger population was never in any significant danger.Tron: Arescompletely changes that.
Tron: Areshints at an all-out war between humanity and programs.
The existence of numerous programs and the advanced technology of The Grid venturing out into the real world is incredibly dangerous, andTron: Areshints at an all-out war between humanity and programs. Given what the trailer reveals that the programs and their technology can do, it seems safe to say that people will be fighting an uphill battle. Though this is a huge departure that will take some getting used to,Tron: Aresdoes have a lot of potential, and I hope it fully pays off its concept.
