Is Tron: Ares a 'Bridge' Film?
With Tron: Ares on the horizon, many questions remain about how it fits into the Tron universe. Unlike Tron: Legacy, which was a direct sequel to the 1982 original, Ares seems to be taking a different approach. One major piece of evidence? The confirmed absence of Sam Flynn and Quorra, the main protagonists of Legacy. A growing theory within the Tron fanbase suggests that Ares isn’t a direct sequel to Tron: Legacy, but rather a bridge film, a story that connects Legacy to a true Tron 4. Instead of continuing Sam and Quorra’s journey, Ares could introduce an entirely new digital battleground: one controlled by the Dillinger family. This theory gains even more traction when looking at the film’s protagonist, Julian Dillinger, a character with direct ties to the Tron universe’s long-standing antagonist family. If Julian is at the center of this film, then it stands to reason that the digital world we see in Ares is not the same Grid that Kevin Flynn created, but a separate Grid with it...