Jeff Bridges to return for Tron: Ares

Actor Jeff Bridges has confirmed he will be returning to the digital world of Tron: Ares. The announcement was made during an episode of the Film Comment podcast, as reported by The Playlist. However, it is not confirmed if Bridges will return as Kevin Flynn in the film. But this is his third time returning to the universe since 2010's Tron: Legacy.

The film stars Jared Leto, Evan Peters, Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith in lead roles. The film is the third in the Tron franchise, which began with the 1982 film Tron, and the 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy. 

In the original film, Bridges plays Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with programs in his attempt to escape. The movie was directed by Steven Lisberger.

Tron: Ares also stars Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson, Sarah Desjardins and Cameron Monaghan. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil director Joachim Ronning is the film's director, which has a script penned by Jesse Wigutow. 

The threequel is all set to follow Ares, a highly sophisticated Program that is sent into the real world from the digital world, on a dangerous mission. The phenomenon marks humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.

A seminal science fiction, Tron featured Jeff Bridges as a computer engineer who gets transported into the world that he created and has to team up with Tron played by Bruce Boxleitner. The second film, Tron: Legacy, starred Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, along with Jeff.