Tron: Ares is rapidly approaching its digital debut as Disney announced on Tuesday that the sci-fi feature, directed by Joachim Rønning, will commence streaming on Disney+ on January 7th. The latest installment in the Tron franchise hit theaters on October 10th, featuring an impressive cast including Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges.
Tron: Ares centers around an advanced program named Ares (Leto), who is sent from the digital Grid into the real world, marking humanity's first interaction with AI. This film is the latest offering on the streaming service to be available in IMAX Enhanced, boasting the expanded aspect ratio associated with IMAX programming.
Bridges originated his role as software engineer Kevin Flynn in Steven Lisberger's original 1982 movie Tron and reprised it in Joseph Kosinski's 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy, which also starred Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde. Both previous movies are currently streaming on Disney+.
Leto and Bridges attended CinemaCon and San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year to promote Tron: Ares. However, the project underperformed at the box office, collecting a total of $142 million globally.
In his review for The Hollywood Reporter, chief film critic David Rooney wrote that the core story elements were "familiar from countless movies." He added, "But a refreshingly subdued performance from Jared Leto as the eponymous program, Ares, supplies an emotional hook and even an occasional touch of humor, something missing from the earlier films. Leto is also well-paired with Greta Lee as Eve Kim, CEO of ENCOM, the tech corporation at the center of the series since its inception."
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