Jeff Bridges Reveals He’s in ‘Tron: Ares’

Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn in 1982’s ‘Tron’. Photo: Buena Vista Distribution.

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Jeff Bridges says heâs heading to the âTron: Aresâ set to shoot a role.
He didnât specify if heâll be back as Kevin Flynn.
Jared Leto and Gillian Anderson are among the stars of the new movie.

It surely would not be a âTronâ movie without Jeff Bridges, who played Kevin Flynn in the 2982 original movie about a programmer named Kevin Flynn who is drawn into the virtual world of The Grid inside his computer to compete in various challenges and to battle a malevolent program.

Bridges returned for 2010âs âTron: Legacyâ, playing both Flynn and Clu, the program he created in the past to oversee the Grid system that ends up turning into a threat himself.

Now, talking on the âFilm Commentâ podcast about his career, Bridges dropped word that heâll indeed be back for the third âTronâ movie, âTron: Aresâ, which stars Jared Leto.

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What did Bridges say about âTron: Aresâ?

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Hereâs what Bridges said of his next gig:

âIâm heading off to play a part in the third installment of the âTronâ story; Iâm excited about that. Itâs wild. Jared Leto is the star of this third one, and Iâm really anxious to work with him, Iâve admired his work.â

Bridges doesnât specify whether heâll be Flynn or appearing as Clu in flashback (since he was vanquished in âLegacyâ). Our guess would be the former.

But he did talk about his thoughts on the technology involved in the new movie:

âIâm really excited to see what the technology is going to be all about this time. When I did âTron: Legacy,â we had to put all these dots on our face and all these kinds of things. And thatâs probably all passÃ©. I had to see myself as a young guy or as another character, but the same guy, but it was gonna be digitally created. I think it was de-aging, but I didnât like the way I looked in it; I felt like I looked more like Bill Maher than myself; it was kind of bizarre! I hear thereâs even less A.I. stuff in this. Itâs going to be more a practical set, and theyâre beautiful; there are beautiful sets that Iâve seen.â

Whatâs the story of âTron: Aresâ?

Written by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne, the script follows Letoâs computer program Ares on a journey from the digital world to that of humans.

There remains no word on whether Bridgesâ fellow âLegacyâ stars Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde will be back, though weâd especially have to doubt Wildeâs return for anything other than a cameo given her busy directing career.

Who stars in âTron: Aresâ?

With Leto headlining, âTron: Aresâ also features Evan Peters, Greta Lee, Sarah Desjardins, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson and Jodie Turner-Smith.

Who is making âTron: Aresâ?

Joachim RÃ¸nning on the set of Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo.’ Photo: Phil Bray/Netflix.

Joachim RÃ¸nning, who has plenty of Disney sequel experience following âPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesâ and âMaleficent: Mistress of Evilâ, is behind the camera for the new movie, which has been shooting for a few weeks.