A TRON Sequel Is Reportedly Still in Development with Jared Leto
Tron fans have been wanting and hoping to see a sequel to Tron: Legacy for years. I know I have! I love this franchise, and it sucks that it’s taking so long to keep this story going!
Not long ago we learned that a Tron series was in development at Disney+ that was eventually scrapped. Before that, there was news that Disney was going to reboot the franchise with Jared Leto set to star.
Well, according to a recent report from The Disinsider, That Tron reboot is still in development, and the studio is on the hunt for a director to take it on. They also report that the movie isn’t actually a reboot! Instead, they say it will be more of a sequel and that the cast from Tron: Legacy could return!
There is no information on what the story will entail or if it will be the same story that was being planned for the canceled third Tron film, Tron: Ascension. That movie would have seen the machine world of The Grid invade the real world. It was also rumored to have featured a character named Ares. Maybe this is the character that Leto will be playing?
When previously talking about his story, director Joseph Kosinski talked about the story for the sequel, saying:
"The movie was called, 'TRON: Ascension'… What I’m excited about is the concept, which is an invasion movie from inside the machine coming out as opposed to one we’ve usually seen. So we hinted at that at the end of Legacy with Quorra coming out, but the idea for Ascension was a movie that was, the first act was in the real world, the second act was in the world of TRON, or multiple worlds of TRON, and the third act was totally in the real world. And I think that really opens up, blows open the concept of TRON in a way that would be thrilling to see on screen. But there’s also a really interesting character study in Quorra and a 'Stranger in a Strange Land,' trying to figure out where she belongs having lived in the real world for a few years, and where does she fit in."
He went on to explain what Quorra would have been able to do in the real world as the first digital human hybrid:
"I don’t see them having superpowers. I don’t see them being able to shoot lasers from their eyes or do what I would consider to be a superhero-type movie. But in her DNA itself, her being the first digital-human hybrid, there’s something in her being that allows objects from inside the Grid to exist in the real world and makes them permanent, so that was the idea. So I think the idea is strong, it’s just a matter of the right time and the right place and the stars aligning as they have to do for movies."
Again, we have no idea if this is the story that the next Tron movie will tell, but if this is really going to be a sequel, then it would make sense for the characters from Tron: Legacy to return. I really hope this recent update is legit! I need another Tron movie in my life.