Jeff Bridges is back for Tron: Ares, the third film in the franchise that is currently filming starring Jared Leto.
The 74-year-old actor starred in the original film released in 1982 as Kevin Flynn, the computer progammer and arcade owner who was transported into the virtual world.
Bridges also returned for the 2010 sequel, Tron: Legacy, where twenty years later, his son searches for him after he has been missing for 20 years.
For Tron: Ares, Jeff Brides revealed to the Film Comment podcast, that he is back for the third movie.
“I’m heading off this Saturday to play a part in the third installment of the Tron story,” Bridges said. “Jared Leto is the star of this third one. I’m really anxious to work with him; I’ve admired his work.”
Update: Disney confirmed Jeff Bridges is back with a BTS look on social media.
“Jeff Bridges returns to the grid,” said Disney.
“Going to really push forward what can be done”
Along with Jared Leto, Tron: Ares is also starring Cameron Monaghan who recently teased the special effects for the film.
“I think this one, in a very similar way, is going to really push forward what can be done, from a visual perspective,” he told Collider. “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.”
Monaghan also said he is a fan of the first one starring Jeff Bridges as well as the sequel.
“I remember watching the original, and I thought it was from the ’90s or something, because it was pretty amazing how a movie from that era could look that amazing, and utilizing computers the way they did,” Monaghan said.
He added: “Tron Legacy, I just saw projected in 35MM at the New Beverly last year, and it really holds up, and has that amazing soundtrack by Daft Punk. So I like that those movies have a number of years of separation between them. They don’t come out very often, and every time they do, they show a new era of technology and filmmaking.”
Tron: Ares doesn’t have a released date as of yet; Joachim Rønning is the director. The synopsis teases that the film follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares (Leto), who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.
