TRON: ARES Star Cameron Monaghan Says the Film Will "Push Forward What Can Be Done From a Visual Perspective"

The sequel Tron: Ares is still about a year and a half away from its theatrical release, but production is in full swing, and star Cameron Monaghan is hyping up the film. In a new interview, the actor told Collider during the Calgary Expo:

“I think this one, in a very similar way, is going to really push forward what can be done, from a visual perspective. I would sometimes even come in on days I wasn’t working, because that set was really amazing. A lot of the practical sets were pretty phenomenal, and I would love to go look at those as well.”

Monaghan also recalled seeing the first Tron movie starring Jeff Bridges, which was originally released in 1982, on a plane when he was younger.

“I remember watching the original, and I thought it was from the ’90s or something, because it was pretty amazing how a movie from that era could look that amazing, and utilizing computers the way they did.”

He would later have the opportunity to attend the premiere of the film’s sequel, Tron: Legacy, in 2010 which starred Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde.

Monaghan said that Tron: Legacy grew “a cult fandom, in a similar way that the original Tron did as well, where people thought it was very technologically cool but it’s continued to grow.”

He went on:

“Tron Legacy, I just saw projected in 35MM at the New Beverly last year, and it really holds up, and has that amazing soundtrack by Daft Punk. So I like that those movies have a number of years of separation between them. They don’t come out very often, and every time they do, they show a new era of technology and filmmaking.”

Monaghan stars in Tron: Ares alongside Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, and Gillian Anderson. The film, directed by Joachim Rønning, is set to be released in theaters on October 10, 2025.