TRON: Ares Shows Off New Jared Leto Image, Teases Nine Inch Nails

Disney has released a new image still of Jared Leto in TRON: Ares and teases the Nine Inch Nails music score.

Leto plays Ares,  a program who makes the leap from the Grid to the real world.

“With Nine Inch Nails making the music, this instalment will be a little grittier, a little bit more industrial,” director Joachim Rønning explained recently to Empire Magazine.

He continued, “It’s been important for me to contrast The Grid and the real world. In that sense, Nine Inch Nails lends itself perfectly into this new Tron world that we are creating.”

While the Tron movies feature a mix between the human and digital world, the director notes the core of his film will remain human.

“What I always look for in any story is a strong emotional core,” said Rønning. “This film will probably be more emotional than people are expecting. It’s about the cost of being human.”

What is TRON: Ares about?

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.

The feature film is directed by Joachim Rønning and stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, with Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges.

Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Jared Leto, Emma Ludbrook and Steven Lisberger are the producers, with Russell Allen serving as executive producer.

Disney’s TRON: Ares releases in U.S. theaters on October 10, 2025.