‘Tron 3’ cast adds Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith

“Tron: Ares,” the third “Tron” movie that will star Jared Leto, has added some serious indie cred.

Greta Lee, the breakout of A24’s critical darling “Past Lives,” and “Queen & Slim” and “After Yang” actress Jodie Turner-Smith, have both joined the cast of the sci-fi film at Disney, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

Lee and Turner-Smith join a cast that includes Leto and Evan Peters. The film will be directed by Joachim Rønning (“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” “Kon-Tiki”).

Lee will play the female lead in the project, a brilliant video game programmer and co-CEO of one of the world’s most successful tech companies. Turner-Smith has a significant role in the project, but her part is being kept under wraps.

Plot details haven’t been unveiled, either, but THR is reporting that the film follows Leto as Ares, the manifestation of an all-powerful, sentient computer program, who makes his way into the real world. The first two “Tron” movies, including the original from 1982 and the rebooted sequel from 2010, follow how someone manages to get sucked into the computerized world of a video game.

Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne wrote the script for “Tron: Ares.”

The original “Tron” has become a cult classic and a groundbreaking early example of computer-generated imagery and animation on screen. The sequel “Tron: Legacy,” which brought back the original’s star Jeff Bridges and was directed by “Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, brought in a respectable $400 million at the global box office, but a third film that would’ve brought back some of the cast from that film never got off the ground. “Tron: Legacy” is also famous for its score by Daft Punk.

Lee broke out in a big way in Celine Song’s “Past Lives,” which IndieWire considers one of the finest movies of the year so far. But she’s also lent her voice to both of the “Spider-Verse” movies and is known for parts in “Russian Doll” and “The Morning Show.”

All the Tron Movies

Tron (1982): The first Tron film follows the story of Kevin Flynn (played by Jeff Bridges), a computer programmer who is digitized and transported into the Grid, a digital world inside a computer. Inside the Grid, Flynn must participate in gladiatorial games and join forces with the heroic Tron to overthrow the Master Control Program (MCP) and escape back to the real world.

Tron: Legacy (2010): This sequel takes place several decades after the events of the original film and focuses on Flynn’s son, Sam Flynn (played by Garrett Hedlund). Sam finds himself pulled into the Grid, searching for his missing father. He encounters a more advanced digital world, with new challenges and a malevolent program named Clu (also played by Jeff Bridges). The film combines impressive visual effects with a Daft Punk soundtrack.

Tron: Uprising (2012): While not a movie, this animated series is set between the events of the first and second films. Tron: Uprising explores the early days of the Grid and follows a young program named Beck, who becomes the renegade leader against Clu’s oppressive rule. The series delves deeper into the Tron mythology and expands the world established in the movies.

Turner-Smith will next be seen in the Disney+ Star Wars series “The Acolyte” and was recently seen in “Murder Mystery 2” and in “White Noise.”