Evan Peters has joined the cast of ‘Tron Ares’. The ‘American Horror Story’ star who portrays Quicksilver in ‘The X-Men’ movies will appear alongside Jared Leto in the third film in the ‘Tron’ franchise.
Joachim Ronning is to direct the movie, in which Leto will star as lead character Ares, a manifestation of the Tron program. It’s not yet known who Peters will portray in the film, but he is expected to take on the part of either a gamer in the human world, or a soldier in the virtual realm.
According to Deadline, the motion picture could start shooting in August in Vancouver if there isn’t a SAG strike.
In January, it was revealed Leto had signed up to star in the third film in the franchise, 13 years after the sequel, ‘Tron: Legacy’, was released. It starred the original 1982 film’s lead actor Jeff Bridges alongside Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde.
‘Tron: Legacy’ hit cinemas 28 years after the original film, which told the story of a computer hacker who is transported into a computer program called the Grid and forced to take part challenges. him to helm the third installation were scrapped in 2015 after years of development.
A further attempt to revive the franchise again in 2020, with director Garth Davis in charge, also floundered before getting off the ground again with a push from Leto, who is also listed among the third film’s producers, alongside Emma Ludbrook and Jeffrey Springer.
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