By Danielle Broadway
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) -The real and virtual worlds collided on Friday in clips from Disney’s “Tron: Ares” movie, as fans got a preview of high-speed, high-tech motorcycle scenes at Comic-Con in San Diego.
“I’m an official ‘Tron’ super fan,” said Jared Leto, who stars as Ares, a hyper-intelligent program sent from the virtual to the real world, presenting a new threat to humans from artificial intelligence.
“Movies like this really gave me something to dream for and about,” Leto told a panel discussion after red and blue laser lights and people in glowing high-tech outfits filled Hall H at the convention.
The “Suicide Squad” actor said he had latched onto the original “Tron” film as a lover of video games when he was young.
“Tron: Ares” is the third installment in the series dating back to 1982 and a sequel to the 2010 movie “Tron: Legacy.”
Jeff Bridges, who was also on the panel, will be reprising his role as the computer hacker Kevin Flynn in the science fiction thriller, which arrives in theaters on October 10.
“Pixels definitely have more fun,” said Cameron Monaghan, comparing his role as a computer program to portraying a human being.
(Reporting by Danielle Broadway in San Diego; Editing by William Mallard)
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