Jodie-Turner Smith and Greta Lee are the latest additions to the cast of the upcoming third TRON film, TRON: Ares, according to Variety.
What’s Happening:
- Jodie Turner-Smith, who is set to appear in the upcoming Star Wars series The Acolyte, has joined the cast of TRON: Ares in an unknown role.
- Also joining the cast is Past Lives breakout star Greta Lee, in a potential lead role.
- They join the recently cast Evan Peters, alongside Jared Leto, who has been attached to the project for years.
- The third film in the series is said to focus on the emergence of a sentient program that crosses over into the human world that is not ready for contact.
- Leto is set to play Ares, the embodiment of that rogue program.
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil director Joachim Rønning is set to direct the third TRON film from a script by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne.
- TRON: Ares is currently targeting an August start date for filming in Vancouver, barring a potential actors strike.
- The film will be produced by Emma Ludbrook, Jeffrey Springer and Leto.
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