Ahead of the movie’s big splash at San Diego Comic-Con next week in Hall H, Disney has dropped the official trailer for Tron: Ares, its reboot of the classic 1980s live-action, trapped-in-a-video-game movie.
But consider the Joachim Rønning-directed movie an allegory for current days.
A new poster also dropped today. See it below and the trailer above.
“So much talk of AI and big tech today,” exclaims Evan Peters’ Julian Dillinger, a corporate type who doesn’t seem to have a hippie agenda.
“Virtual worlds, what are they going to look like? When will we get there?” he asks in the trailer. “They are coming here.”
That kingdom come is in the form of an ultimate soldier, that being Ares (Oscar winner Jared Leto), who has come to Earth all ablaze in red neon lights, and the floating upside-down ‘U’ Tron-thingy; these shooting lasers are splicing this and that and forming all sorts of light-cycle pathways. Seriously, this looks like a lotta fun and we’re hoping that the laser light show in Hall H tops that shown in Disney’s CinemaCon presentation.
Along for the ride, living in the spiritual matrix, is Jeff Bridges’ Kevin Flynn, the original computer programmer protag who got stuck in the video game in the original Tron.
In addition, Grammy-winning rock band Nine Inch Nails, which composed the score for the movie, dropped a new single from the pic, “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” along with an official music video. It’s the group’s first music in five years.
Tron: Ares hits theaters October 10.
