Disney Reportedly Pulls the Plug on TRON 4 After TRON: ARES Crashes at the Box Office, Is Jared Leto to Blame? — GeekTyrant
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After years of development, Tron: Ares finally hit theaters, but its disappointing box office debut may have just ended the digital saga for good. Serving as a standalone follow-up to 2010’s Tron: Legacy , Ares follows a powerful Program, played by Jared Leto , who crosses from the Gr

How come Star Wars gets a fuck ton of shitty sequels but the first TRON film in 15 years is a flop? I was waiting for this film since I was a child.

    • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 days ago

      That movie is carried hard by Ryan Gosling and Ana de Armas. Part of their marketing was obscuring other actors participation like Dave bautista and Sean Young. Leto didn’t feature in most marketing material either. Some were a pleasant surprise, others were sort of a resigned acceptance. Wallace is also a weak performance from Leto, even though the character had more potential. Gary Oldman would’ve been a fine choice instead.

    • chesshire@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 days ago

      Nope. Budget of $150-180mil, domestic total box office of $92 mil, worldwide $259 with a 4.5 week theatre average for showings. I really like the BR series, and Tron, but I was pretty bummed when I found out Leto was involved in both