Evan Peters, star of “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and “Mare of Easttown,” is joining Jared Leto in “Tron: Ares,” the third film in Disney’s extremely long-lived cyberspace franchise.Joachim Rønning (“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”) will direct the film from a script by Jesse Wigutow.
Production is set for August (an actors strike notwithstanding).Along with his frequent appearances on FX’s “American Horror Story” anthology series, Peters played Peter Maximoff in several “X-Men” movies for 20th Century Fox (before the studio was acquired by Disney), starting with 2014’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”The original “Tron,” starring Jeff Bridges, debuted in 1982 with groundbreaking innovations in digital visual effects.
Originally a flop, the film generated a cult following, which eventually led to the 2010 sequel “Tron: Legacy,” starring Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde.
“Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski made his directorial debut with the film.
He…
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