After nearly 15 years of development hell, the third Tron film is lastly in manufacturing. Star Jared Leto made the information official by dropping the first image of his character, Ares, for the 2025 launch known as Tron: Ares.
The image is striking and, in the event you’re a Tron fan, very intriguing. For instance, we’ve by no means seen crimson on the Grid earlier than. Blue? Sure. Yellow? Sure. However by no means crimson. Plus information discs are known as that as a result of they’re discs—and the one Ares is holding is a unique form. However that wasn’t the one info offered within the pictures. Right here’s the total picture in excessive res. Discover something on that disc?

See it? No? Let’s zoom in good and tight…

That writing on Ares’ information disc seems to say Dillinger Methods. And, in the event you’re a Tron fan, your thoughts has simply been blown.
Within the first Tron, Edward Dillinger, performed by David Warner, is the top of ENCOM. He’s principally the unhealthy man who stole an concept from Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) and hid the proof, which is what Flynn is ready to purchase by destroying the Grasp Management Program working the present. The film ends with Flynn taking up for Dillinger because the true brains behind the corporate.
In Tron: Legacy, Cillian Murphy seems as Edward Dillinger Jr., the son of the unique character; he works at ENCOM as a software program engineer. He’s additionally on the board and is ready up as a probably villainous character, although the film by no means pays that off.
So! If Ares is a part of Dillinger Methods in Tron: Ares, what does that imply? David Warner, sadly, handed away in 2022 however Cillian Murphy is bound as heck nonetheless alive. He’s not listed on the official Disney forged record (nor are any actors from the unique two Tron movies, frankly), however you need to assume his character, or another Dillinger, performs a reasonably large function. If Dillingers are making applications, that may’t be good for Kevin/Sam Flynn’s ENCOM.
Just a few meals for thought—very particularly dropped in there—as you gear up for the Grid over the following a number of months. Tron: Ares will probably be out subsequent 12 months and we’ll have extra because it’s launched.
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