Jodie Turner-Smith, Jared Leto, Evan Peters, Greta Lee in Tron: Ares
Jodie Turner-Smith, star of “Queen & Slim” and the upcoming “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte,” is plugging into the grid.
The British star is latest addition to the cast of Disney’s “Tron: Ares,” joining Jared Leto, Evan Peters and “Past Lives” star Greta Lee. Joachim Rønning (“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”) will direct the third “Tron” installment from a script by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne.
Leto will play Ares, the manifestation of a program that becomes sentient and crosses over into the human world, with Lee as a video game programmer and tech company CEO who aims to protect her world-changing technology. Additional plot details, including specifics of Turner-Smith’s role, are being kept under wraps. Production on the film is set for August (an actors strike notwithstanding).
Turner-Smith also starred as Anne Boleyn in Sony Pictures Television’s three-part mini-series, which initially aired on Channel 5 in the U.K. before debuting on AMC+ in the U.S. She was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for her performance.
Leto signed on to star in and produce the third “Tron” movie in 2017, with production officially getting on track in January 2023. Justin Springer, Jeffrey Silver and Emma Ludbrook are also producing.
