Ares Picture Has a Very Juicy Easter Egg

After virtually 15 years of development hell, the third Tron film is lastly in manufacturing. Star Jared Leto made the information official by dropping the first image of his character, Ares, for the 2025 launch referred to as Tron: Ares.

The image is striking and, if you happen to’re a Tron fan, very intriguing. For instance, we’ve by no means seen purple on the Grid earlier than. Blue? Sure. Yellow? Sure. However by no means purple. Plus information discs are referred to as that as a result of they’re discs—and the one Ares is holding is a distinct form. However that wasn’t the one info supplied within the images. Right here’s the total picture in excessive res. Discover something on that disc?

See it? No? Let’s zoom in good and tight…

That writing on Ares’ information disc seems to say Dillinger Methods. And, if you happen to’re a Tron fan, your thoughts has simply been blown.

Within the first Tron, Edward Dillinger, performed by David Warner, is the top of ENCOM. He’s principally the dangerous man who stole an concept from Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) and hid the proof, which is what Flynn is ready to purchase by destroying the Grasp Management Program working the present. The film ends with Flynn taking up for Dillinger because the true brains behind the corporate.

In Tron: Legacy, Cillian Murphy seems as Edward Dillinger Jr., the son of the unique character; he works at ENCOM as a software program engineer. He’s additionally on the board and is about up as a probably villainous character, although the film by no means pays that off.

So! If Ares is a part of Dillinger Methods in Tron: Ares, what does that imply? David Warner, sadly, handed away in 2022 however Cillian Murphy is bound as heck nonetheless alive. He’s not listed on the official Disney solid record (nor are any actors from the unique two Tron movies, frankly), however you need to assume his character, or another Dillinger, performs a reasonably large position. If Dillingers are making packages, that may’t be good for Kevin/Sam Flynn’s ENCOM.

Just a few meals for thought—very particularly dropped in there—as you gear up for the Grid over the following a number of months. Tron: Ares will probably be out subsequent 12 months and we’ll have extra because it’s launched.

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