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Jeff Bridges walked out to wild applause on the conference panel for Tron: Ares on Friday, riffing on his iconic line from The Large Lebowski after being teed up by host Kevin Smith. "The Grid abides," he declared to an adoring crowd.

Ares marks Bridges' first film efficiency since 2018's Unhealthy Occasions on the El Royale, and his second display efficiency (following FX's The Previous Man) since he was identified with most cancers in 2020. He famously starred as pc programmer Kevin Flynn within the authentic Tron, which hit theaters in 1982.

The remainder of the starry Ares solid — Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Cameron Monaghan, and Gillian Anderson — joined the 75-year-old Oscar winner on stage. So did Steven Lisberger, the creator of Tron, and Ares director Joachim Rønning.

Earlier than the solid got here out on stage, the Corridor H viewers was handled to a clip from the movie, which confirmed Bridges from the unique Tron enjoying an arcade sport, together with different SFX photographs from the groundbreaking film. Scenes from Ares then performed, together with futuristic helicopters, new footage, and a speech from Peters that was featured in a latest trailer.

"It's not a lot that Tron was forward of its time," Lisberger advised the gang, "it's that everybody else was late."

Bridges later confided that Leto needed to be referred to as by his character's identify, Ares, on set, and that he tried to get acquainted with him, calling him "Ar." To which Leto, who professed to being a giant fan of Bridges', replied, "You may name me no matter you need."

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"I simply needed to journey a light-weight cycle," added Lee, referring to the franchise's signature neon bikes.

Bridges went on to poke enjoyable at Leto's notorious Methodology performing method, calling him "a thesbo," which drew laughs from the viewers.

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After the banter, extra footage from the upcoming movie was proven, together with a light-weight cycle chase scene.

The unique Tron pioneered CGI particular results 4 a long time in the past, and finally impressed the 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy. The franchise has additionally spawned the animated sequence Tron: Rebellion; a number of Disney Parks rides; and numerous video video games, comics, and novels.

Whereas the earlier two Tron motion pictures primarily adopted human characters who’re sucked into the world of the titular online game, Tron: Ares will see AI beings invade the true world for the primary time.

Intheaters Oct. 10, Tron: Ares additionally boasts a soundtrack by 9 Inch Nails, following within the footsteps of Legacy's electrifying Daft Punk rating.

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