Jeff Bridges to Return for Disney Sequel ‘Tron: Ares’
Oscar winner Jeff Bridges will return for the third instalment of the sci-fi franchise “Tron: Ares”. The 74-year-old actor, who was a part of the previous two movies in the series where he played Kevin Flynn and his digital double in the video game Clu, disclosed on the “Film Comment” podcast.
Jared Leto will star in the next film, which will be helmed by Joachim Ronning.
“I’m heading off this Saturday to play a part in the third instalment of the ‘Tron’ story. Jared Leto is the star of this third one. I’m really anxious to work with him. I’ve admired his work,” Bridges stated.
A representative for “The Big Lebowski” star Jeff Bridges stated that Bridges had finished filming the episode “a while ago” and had finished work on “Tron: Ares” when contacted by Variety.
In the 1982 film of the same name, Jeff Bridges played computer programmer and video game developer Kevin Flynn, who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer and has to interact with programs to escape. The film was helmed by Steven Lisberger.
Evan Peters, Greta Lee, Gillian Anderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan and Sarah Desjardins are among the other actors in the upcoming film.
