Jeff Bridges Returns to The Grid in New Tron 3 Set Image

Academy Award winner and Tron star Jeff Bridges returns to The Grid in a newly released set image from the filming of Tron: Ares. The actor officially revealed that he would be back for more in the upcoming Tron threequel just yesterday, with this new image showing Bridges perusing the script while sitting next to a lightcycle helmet. You can check out the new image of Bridges on the set of Tron: Ares below.

While we now know that Bridges will return to the world of Tron in the Disney sequel, it has not yet been revealed whether he will play Kevin Flynn, the program known as Clu, or both. Bridges first led the Tron franchise way back in the 1982 original, which follows a video game developer who is transported into the digital world known as The Grid. Bridges reprized the role of both Flynn and Clu in the 2010 legacy sequel, Tron: Legacy, which introduces his son who too finds himself sucked into The Grid where he finds his estranged father has been trapped for decades.

Tron: Ares, meanwhile, will star Oscar winner Jared Leto as the titular Ares, a computer program who is sent out into the real world. Bridges has heaped praise on Leto, and cannot wait to see what will be achieved with the third movie in the Tron series.

“I’m heading off this Saturday to play a part in the third installment of the Tron story. I’m excited about that […] Leto is the star of this third one. I’m really anxious to work with him. I’ve admired his work.”

Tron: Ares Will Land in Theaters in October 2025

Directed by Joachim Rønning, with a screenplay by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne, an official logline for Tron: Ares has now been released, and you can check it out below.

“Tron: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.”

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Tron 3, which is expected to be titled TRON: Ares, finds Jared Leto taking the lead.

Starring Jared Leto (Morbius), Greta Lee (Past Lives), Evan Peters (X-Men: Apocalypse), Hasan Minhaj (The Daily Show), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Crown), Sarah Desjardins (Yellowjackets), and Jeff Bridges, Tron: Ares promises to push the boundaries of what can be accomplished on the big screen, with actor Cameron Monaghan recently teasing the “phenomenal” visuals.

“I think this one, in a very similar way, is going to really push forward what can be done, from a visual perspective. I would sometimes even come in on days I wasn’t working, because that set was really amazing. A lot of the practical sets were pretty phenomenal, and I would love to go look at those as well.”