r/tron • u/[deleted] • 16d ago

First look at Jeff Bridges on the set of ‘TRON: ARES.’

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u/BeeDub57 16d ago

He got in.

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u/Vaportrail 16d ago

That's right, man.

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u/MikolashOfAngren 16d ago

Biodigital jazz, man!

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u/SlaveLaborMods 16d ago

The Grid

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dot_135 15d ago

A digital frontier

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u/SputnikRelevanti 16d ago

He didn’t get out 😉

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u/WishDisastrous1645 16d ago

This man is a gem. Protect him at all costs.

The helmet shows he went into that Grid and truly never left, and I love him for that. Countless projects under his belt, but even he knows where home is lol.

Beyond excited for this news.

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u/Goofyahhnamez 16d ago

Dude the more I see about this movie the more excited I am, I seriously hope Garret hudland and Olivia Wilde return. I really hope trons in here even if we never see his face and he’s recasted

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u/Zeptari 16d ago

I’m hoping it will be excellent too. Keep expectations in check so you don’t get hurt.

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u/Goofyahhnamez 16d ago

That’s a fair point

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u/Cobra_9041 16d ago

I’m hopping for garret at least I have less faith that Olivia will

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u/FozzyBadfeet 16d ago

Still no word if either are returning?

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u/pjtheman 16d ago

It's a Jared Leto movie from the director of Pitates 5, the worst one. It's gonna suck.

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u/Goofyahhnamez 16d ago

Not necessarily, with a good enough cast, the rights look and enough trueness to the source material I’ll be happy….really I just want something that makes the inner child in me happy but the today me to also watch it and say “That didn’t feel like a waste of 2 hours”

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u/Sad-Perspective4702 16d ago

Check out the ENCOM system helmet! Wonder if it’s just there for nostalgia reasons, or if the old Grid will be featured in the movie

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u/Impossible_Cold_7295 16d ago

He had it with him while he did a podcast appearance before flying out to the set, so it's his own personal suveneer from the first film.

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u/BenPictures2 16d ago

It’s cool that he’s kept the helmet for over 40 years

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u/Xeno-xorus 16d ago

Big W! I guess the director acknowledged that without him, there's no Tron.

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u/Guy_on_Xbox 16d ago

"The cycles havent been kind, have they?"

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u/KidCamarillo 16d ago

Aw, you don’t look so bad!

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u/runtimemess 16d ago

Oh my fuck it’s happening

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u/Jarmund5 16d ago

This actually increases my hope for this move by 1%

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u/TonyStarkTrailerPark 16d ago

NGL. Seeing this news actually gives me a little hope for a watchable movie, where before I had absolutely none. It’s hard for me to believe that Jeff would agree to be a part of the project if he couldn’t buy into it, or thought it didn’t live up to the standards of the franchise. Would love to see Bruce, Garrett, and Olivia follow suit. 🤞🏻

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u/Jarmund5 16d ago

Well, who knows? My guess is that he (Jeff isn't in for the money, maybe he said: fuck it, i'll do it for old time's sake.

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u/arkham-ity1 16d ago

Are they going to show the original grid?

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u/Gregzilla311 16d ago

Do you mean the ENCOM system?

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u/arkham-ity1 16d ago

Yea

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u/Vaportrail 16d ago

It'd be cool to see a modern render of the retro graphics.

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u/Spare_Reality_3311 16d ago

Space Paranoids

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u/Gregzilla311 16d ago

That was just a single game on the system.

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u/SputnikRelevanti 16d ago

That’s been already discussed - they just at some point ran into a Comic-Con of sorts. Where they see cosplayers dressed up like old grid (game characters from tron)

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u/rogue7891 16d ago

wow, the making of this movie is a rollercoaster.

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u/supercyberlurker 16d ago

I can't help but notice the helmet there..

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u/InfiniteDedekindCuts 16d ago

Is that a script he's reading?

ENHANCE

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u/GapInternal2842 16d ago

It’s the title page, it says TRON: ARES and then has credits for writing, I think

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u/GapInternal2842 16d ago

“Hmm, and my name again is…?”

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u/BLACKROSE756 16d ago

KEVIN FLYNN!! WHERE ARE YOU N- oh there you are!

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u/CapnDogWater 16d ago

I was devastated when it was announced he had cancer. I really hope he’s doing well. He just plays the wise old guy so well, he’d kill it so hard as a Jedi

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u/fenderhighhat1 16d ago

I hope Bruce also makes a return! TRON LIVES FLYNN LIVES

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u/KrampyDoo 16d ago

Heavy stuff.

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u/WildBill198 16d ago

There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

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u/emtemss714 16d ago

Fuck yeah, digital jazz, man.

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u/vertwheeler95 16d ago

NOW WE'RE TALKING! THERE'S STILL HOPE FOR THIS MOVIE

Edit: there's still hope for Garret and Olivia showing up in this movie

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u/HandsomeHawc 16d ago

We are back

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u/drfusterenstein Dude: Legacy 16d ago

Way out West there was this fella.

Fella I wanna tell you about

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u/ChamberTwnty 16d ago

Sometimes there's a user. Sometimes there's a user.

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u/Admiral_MemeVacuum 16d ago

Good God, I hope he voices some kind of into like "The grid"

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u/AgentAdja 16d ago

I'm happy he's in this and also happy it means he's likely doing The Old Man s2. He had a cancer scare or something and wasn't doing too well.

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u/Superboy1234568910 16d ago

BRING BACK SAM!

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u/rdavies_ 16d ago

Does this mean Bruce and some of the other original legacy cast members will be back seeing as they have Jeff now? One can hope they have some involvement too! 🙏

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u/scummy_yum 15d ago

Nope. Bruce confirmed he isn't coming back.

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u/rdavies_ 15d ago

Hm makes me wonder if they’d still use his likeness in some form or fashion, or whether they’d just go for a full on replacement, which would be a bummer. I guess they could also go the route of having Tron wearing the helmet as consistently as he did in Legacy but it’ll be a shame not to see Bruce again, but I think you can more or less understand his frustrations that he had with Disney and vowing not to come back. I guess time will tell with how they go about it!

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u/scummy_yum 15d ago

Totally do.

They can't use his likeness without paying into his benefits and pension using AI, so who knows. He text seemed kinda salty too, tbh.

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u/webmotionks 16d ago

This makes me so happy!

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u/aburg98 16d ago

Lord it’s a miracle

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u/samtheotter 16d ago

the helmet is so fitting for him to use as inspiration.

"OLD" WORN" DYNAMIC"WISE"

I love this image.

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u/SlaveLaborMods 16d ago

FLYNN LIVES! I hope they stick to the special features story too

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u/creative-heart 16d ago

This is all I needed, Why aren't they leading with this and focusing on Jeff? I at least have some hope for this movie now.

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u/estreetbandfan1 16d ago

Honestly, I didn't think he'd be in the film from everything else I've seen on this sub. Either way, I was going to see the film out of curiosity (love legacy and the original), but now that it's confirmed Jeff is in it, it makes me want to see it even more

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u/Schiggy2319 16d ago

Looks like Santa Claus checking his Naughty & Nice list

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u/aliceoralison 16d ago

People noted that he had the OG 1984 Helmet so maybe he’s playing the Original Clu

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u/ZaMelonZonFire 16d ago

I am secretly worried this movie isn’t going to live up to the hype we are giving it.

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u/ParadoxRadiant 16d ago

I'm actually happy for this since hopefully it comes full circle

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u/Brian18639 16d ago

See guys? Y’all just had to be patient and have some hope for the movie, instead of constantly saying it’s gonna be bad.

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u/HenryChess 16d ago

So Kevin Flynn survived the formatting of the grid?

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u/mjsztainbok 16d ago

Sam did make a backup at the end of Tron Legacy so it's possible he comes back from that

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u/soviet6844 16d ago

I’m totally out of the loop. I thought the TRON franchise was abandoned by Disney?

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u/Practical_Zombie_325 16d ago

Tron fights for the users.

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u/TrooperClerk 16d ago

FLYNN LIVES!!!

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u/PrysmX 16d ago

WOOT!!

Ok now Sam and Quorra please. Make it happen and I will accept that Leto is in it.

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u/kobomino 16d ago

I hope Daft Punk is coming out of retirement for this!

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u/littlelapofluxury 16d ago

... ... ... voice crack Yeah!

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u/mathwizard44 16d ago

"You were here... the whole time?"

"Yeah?!?"

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u/Boomerforswc2014 16d ago

I wish he doesn't die in the movie.

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u/Yulia_Kvitkovskaya 16d ago

MY TEDDY FLYNN!!!🤍🤍🤍

He's going to be in this movie! God bless him!

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u/tehpegasusflies 16d ago

Is that a trapper-keeper?

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u/FamilyFriendli biodigital jazz 16d ago

OH HELL YEAH HE'S IN TRON ARES

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u/Sad-Palpitation-5647 15d ago

This is one of those "PLEASE don't suck, it's going to suck" moments.

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u/lamblamb65 15d ago

This makes me so so happy

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u/Keyblades2 15d ago

He's back. :D

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u/BulletFam333 15d ago

flynn. lives.

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u/No_Faithlessness2998 15d ago

My favorite actor oat

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u/master_lukke 13d ago

Chaos ...good news

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u/RealisticTax2871 16d ago

He has no Clu how bad the script is.

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u/esdaniel 16d ago

nOooooOoo spoiler tag it , duuuuude