Disney confirms Tron: Ares, the new film of the successful franchise of the 80s with Jared Leto as the protagonist

The last few years have been led by, among many other things, the return of sagas or mythical franchises from the 80s and 90s. If we have already seen the success of Top Gun: Maverick and we are waiting for Indiana Jones 5, Disney has confirmed another bombshell that nobody expected: The return of tron.

The saga born in 1982 It has been full of ups and downs since its premiere: At the box office it was a fiasco, but little by little it has become a cult film due to the technological advances it had for the time and causing a massive boom several years later where there was even a sequel. in 2010 with Tron: Legacy.

Now, after several years of doubts and according to Deadline exclusively, Disney wants to try again to revive the saga for a new generation with Tron: Ares. It will be a direct sequel to Tron: Legacy and will star Jared Letowhich will seek to revive after the disaster of Morbius.

On the other hand, its director will be Joachim Ronningwho already collaborated with Disney several years ago filming the fifth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean or the second Maleficent film.

The production company seems to be in a hurry since its shooting will begin in August and Leto is expected to more well-known Hollywood names join to be able to bring back the franchise with big numbers at the box office. To this we must add the visual novel of Tron: Identity, which will arrive this year on consoles and PC.

Not much else is known about the project, but what we do want above all else is that daft punk come together again to put music to the virtual world of gridwhich anticipated what we now call the metaverse.