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AI is here to stay, but how it should and shouldn’t be used is still a subject of much debate, particularly in the entertainment industry. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal (via Deadline), Disney had considered some ambitious ideas for using AI on several upcoming projects, including Tron: Ares and the live-action Moana movie.

According to WSJ sources, Disney executives “pitched the idea of actually incorporating AI into one of the characters in the sequel to the 1980s hit movie Tron as a buzzy marketing strategy.” The character would have been a sidekick of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), but the idea didn’t move forward because the executives were told “that the company couldn’t risk the bad publicity.“

Tron: Ares stars Jared Leto as Ares, a highly sophisticated Program sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with AI beings.

Jared Leto appears to still be embracing his well-known method acting style, a practice that drew plenty of attention during his time on Suicide Squad. But this time around, and luckily for the Tron: Ares cast, Leto wasn't playing someone as menacing and disgusting as the Joker.

During the film’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, Leto’s co-star Jeff Bridges shared a humorous story about their time working together. In his usual laid-back drawl, Bridges remarked, “He’s one of those guys. Everyone has different methods and modes, man.”

The crowd laughed as Bridges continued with a light jab: “I didn’t want to offend him as a thespian, but I thought, ‘I wanted to have a certain intimacy with you. I know your name is Ares. Can I just call you Air?’ He said, ‘Yeah man! You can call me whatever you want!’ We had a great time.

At the Tron: Ares panel at San Diego Comic Con, Disney unveiled clips of two different high-speed lightcycle chases. Fans have already had a glimpse of one of them in the film's promotional material, while another is all new for the convention. Collider's Meredith Loftus was on the scene in San Diego.

At the panel, the filmmakers showed off two of the franchise's iconic light cycle chases. In the first clip, the programs Ares (Jared Leto) and Athena (Jodie Turner-Smith) are sent after Eve (Greta Lee) by Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters). Eve takes off on her own motorcycle, but soon she's fighting for her life against the ruthless Athena. However, she manages to knock the program down and take off on Athena's stolen lightcycle. In the second, Ares and Eve are in the Grid, attempting to escape back to reality as Athena and her drones pursue them. He's defying orders to help her,...

Tron: Ares, the highly anticipated third installment in the groundbreaking Tron franchise, is set to reach theatres on October 10th – and with just over two months to go before that date arrives, a Tron: Ares panel was held at San Diego Comic-Con to build the hype.

The film was directed by Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales director Joachim Rønning and stars Jared Leto (Morbius), Cameron Monaghan (Gotham), Evan Peters (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), Greta Lee (Past Lives), Sarah Desjardins (Yellowjackets), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Hasan Minhaj (No Hard Feelings), Arturo Castro (Road House), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), and returning Tron star Jeff Bridges. Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Jared Leto, Emma Ludbrook, and Steven Lisberger are the producers, with Russell Allen serving as executive producer.

Scripted by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne, Tron: Ares tells the story of a highly sophisticated Program,...

Welcome back to The Grid. The new trailer for the long-awaited sci-fi action sequel, Tron: Ares, has now been unveiled by Disney, with the positively pulsating footage revealing more of what’s to come as the digital world seeps into the real one. And all with Academy Award winner and Morbius star Jared Leto at its center. You can check out the new trailer for Tron: Ares below.

Directed by Joachim Rønning from a screenplay by Jesse Wigutow (Daredevil: Born Again) and Jack Thorne (Adolescence), Tron: Ares stars Oscar winner Jared Leto as the titular Ares, with the rest of the cast consisting of Greta Lee (Past Lives), Evan Peters (X-Men: Apocalypse), Cameron Monaghan (Gotham), Hasan Minhaj (The Daily Show), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Gillian Anderson, Sarah Desjardins (Yellowjackets), and original star Jeff Bridges.

Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Tron: Ares is the latest installment in...

Today, Disney unveiled a brand-new trailer, poster and images for Tron: Ares, the highly anticipated third installment in the groundbreaking “Tron” franchise, opening in theaters on October 10.

Tron: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.

Grammy®-award winning rock band Nine Inch Nails composed the score for Tron: Ares, and today, the band dropped “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” — the soundtrack album’s first single and the first official music from the band in five years. Listen to “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” and view the visualizer Here. The track is featured in the new trailer for Tron: Ares.

“Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” featuring all original music by Nine Inch Nails, will be released on September 19 via Interscope Records.

"You think you're in control of this... You're not." And here we go! Disney has revealed the second trailer for Tron: Ares, the third Tron movie that is a sequel to 2010's Tron: Legacy. Made by Norwegian director Joachim Rønning, continuing his Disney tenure following directing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and last year's Young Woman and the Sea. This spectacular sci-fi tech movie follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings. Greta Lee plays Eve Kim, the human lead in this sequel – a tech genius, analytical and observant. She's one of the world's best programmers: reclusive, anti social, and an important renegade in stopping the programs. Tron: Ares stars Jared Leto as Ares, Evan Peters as Julian Dillinger, with Greta Lee,...

The Grid is back online — and this time, it’s coming for our world. Disney has just unveiled a jaw-dropping look at Tron: Ares, the highly anticipated sequel to Tron: Legacy, and it’s everything fans have been hoping for and more: red neon, slick vehicles, gravity-defying action, and a pulsating soundtrack that promises to rewire your brain. Directed by Joachim Rønning, the film marks a major evolution for the Tron franchise — one that brings Oscar-winner Jared Leto into the digital fold as the titular Ares, a rogue program with unclear (and likely sinister) motives. Also returning? The original Grid master himself, Jeff Bridges, reprising his iconic role as Kevin Flynn.

What Is 'Tron: Ares' About?

The biggest twist this time? The Grid isn’t confined to cyberspace anymore. Tron: Ares takes place after the events of Tron: Legacy, and will mark the first time that programs have made their way into the real world.

Disney is officially bringing Tron: Ares to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, making this a rare non-Marvel appearance by Walt Disney Studios at the fan-favorite venue of Hall H. It was also 15 years ago that Tron Legacy took the stage at Hall H. The futuristic sci-fi sequel has already made its presence known around the Gaslamp District with promotional banners, but this announcement cements its flagship Sdcc status. Check out the banners on the light posts down below:

Who Will Be At The Event?

While Leto headlines the movie, it remains uncertain whether he will be attending this years San Diego Comic-Con due to ongoing controversy. A recent exposé from Air Mail detailed allegations from nine women accusing the actor of inappropriate behavior, claims which unnamed representatives have strongly denied. However we can make the assumption that many if not all of the main cast and key staff for the film will be there.

Disney is officially bringing Tron: Ares to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, making this a rare non-Marvel appearance by Walt Disney Studios at the fan-favorite venue of Hall H. It was also 15 years ago that Tron Legacy took the stage at Hall H. The futuristic sci-fi sequel has already made its presence known around the Gaslamp District with promotional banners, but this announcement cements its flagship Sdcc status. Check out the banners on the light posts down below:

Who Will Be At The Event?

While Leto headlines the movie, it remains uncertain whether he will be attending this years San Diego Comic-Con due to ongoing controversy. A recent exposé from Air Mail detailed allegations from nine women accusing the actor of inappropriate behavior, claims which unnamed representatives have strongly denied. However we can make the assumption that many if not all of the main cast and key staff for the film will be there.

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Countdown is an action crime drama series created by Derek Haas. The Prime Video series is set in Los Angeles, and it revolves around a group of law enforcement agents from different agencies as they are brought together by FBI Special Agent Nathan Blythe to form a task force dedicated to investigating a deadly terror plot. Countdown stars Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho, Violett Beane, Elliot Knight, Uli Latukefu, and Eric Dane. So, if you loved the explosive action, thrilling drama, and compelling characters in Prime Video’s Countdown, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Will a third Tron film finally deliver the box office success Disney has long hoped for?

So far, both the original Tron from 1982 and its 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy underperformed in theaters. While neither film turned a profit during their initial runs, both gained loyal fanbases through home video and later found renewed life on streaming platforms.

In the case of Legacy, its strong post-theatrical performance even inspired the creation of a high-profile E-ticket attraction at Magic Kingdom in Orlando.

Despite this long-tail success, it's safe to say Disney would much prefer a strong theatrical debut and immediate commercial returns rather than waiting years for a cult following to emerge.

What works in Tron: Ares' favor is its shift in focus. With a storyline centered on computer algorithms crossing into the real world, the film may rely less heavily on the fully computer-generated environment of the Grid.

Additionally, with over...

When people think of advancements in special effects in Hollywood, they typically think of movies like 1933’s King Kong, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, and James Cameron’s Avatar franchise, to name a few. However, old heads of Hollywood remember another film that helped change the visual game, Disney’s Tron. The Steven Lisberger-directed science-fiction adventure dazzled audiences with state-of-the-art digital effects, paving the way for VFX in film to show moviegoers things they’d never thought possible on the silver screen. Disney upped their game again in 2010 with Tron: Legacy, and soon, Joachim Rønning will level up the Tron Universe with Tron: Ares, coming to theaters on October 10, 2025.

The latest issue of Empire Magazine is pulling the curtain back on Tron: Ares with an in-depth discussion about filming techniques with the film’s director, Joachim Rønning. According to Rønning, Ilm (Industrial Light & Magic) treats Ares as “the Holy Grail of computer graphics.

“Tron: Ares” is taking its artificial intelligence plotline quite literally. In a new interview, director Joachim Rønning shared that he wanted certain scenes in the upcoming film to look as if they were shot by a computer program, rather than a person.

“Tron: Ares” is the third installment in the sci-fi franchise that began in 1982 with Jeff Bridges playing a video game programmer who becomes trapped in the digital world. The sequel “Tron: Legacy” was released in 2010 with Garret Hedlund playing Bridges’ onscreen son; Joseph Kosinski directed. Now, Rønning is taking the reins, with Bridges returning for the third film.

Rønning told Empire that he views the process of making “Tron: Ares” as the “the Holy Grail of computer graphics,” especially with the famed Grid becoming even more paramount to the plot. Jared Leto joins the franchise as the titular Ares, the manifestation of a sentient computer program that escapes into the real world.

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Netflix is ready with an entertainment-packed July this year. While, we are already know all the brilliant films and TV shows that will be leaving Netflix in the upcoming month, we will also see the premiere of many highly anticipated Netflix original movies and TV shows, including the highly anticipated sequels of The Old Guard and Happy Gilmore and a new season of the brilliant fantasy series The Sandman. Just like every month, Netflix is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the seven new movies and shows coming to Netflix in July 2025.

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Yellowjackets is a psychological mystery horror survival thriller series co-created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. Season 2 of the Showtime series continues the story of the girls’ soccer team, who have survived the summer in the wilderness,...

Starring Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn and Olivia Wilde as Quorra, this 2010 sci-fi spectacle Tron: Legacy has rightfully earned its place as an underrated gem and a growing cult classic on home video. Its breathtaking visuals and iconic soundtrack even inspired a thrilling new ride at Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

Now, the Tron universe is expanding with the highly anticipated Tron: Ares. This new film shifts its focus from Legacy's main characters, but it builds directly on an exciting idea from the previous movie's climax: Quorra, an "isomorphic algorithm," stepping out of the digital Grid and into the real world.

Tron: Ares will explore this groundbreaking concept on a much grander scale, with Jared Leto leading the cast as the titular Ares. The core plot revolves around an unprecedented event: more and more advanced algorithms are making the leap from the Grid and entering physical reality. This raises a...

Is Garrett Hedlund’s Sam Flynn of Tron: Legacy returning to the Grid? Grab your neon glowing tinfoil hats and study the tea leaves as the actor paints a hopeful picture of the character’s future for JoBlo’s own Tyler Nichols during a recent interview for the 2024 crime drama Barron’s Cove. Speaking with Tyler about the fan-favorite Disney property, Hedlund opened up about the possibility of Flynn returning to the franchise and his admiration for those currently working to make the upcoming Tron: Ares a roaring success.

“Oh, I think there’s a chance,” Hedlund told Nichols. “You know? It’s really the audience’s decision. I just gotta say, I take my hat off, wonderfully, for these guys bringing Ares to life. They work so hard for it. They were supposed to go before Covid. Then they were supposed to right before the strike, and they kept overcoming...

After about a decade and a half, Disney is sending audiences back to the Grid with the upcoming Tron movie, Tron: Ares. The movie will serve as a standalone sequel to 2010's Tron: Legacy, which fulfilled long-held hopes for the continuation of the beloved science-fiction saga that began with Tron in 1982. The 2010 sequel introduced a new character in Sam, played by Garrett Hedlund, the son of the genius programmer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), who enters the program to help his father stop a malevolent program from invading the real world. With plot details for the upcoming sequel safely under wraps, fans have wondered whether Sam will be back, especially given that it will also feature his father, Kevin. Hedlund has now cleared things up in his recent interview with Screen Rant.

Tron: Ares seems designed to breathe new life into the franchise, aiming to draw in a new generation of...

Season 4 picks up after a record-breaking finale — and no one’s walking away clean.

The cannibal cult chaos isn’t over just yet – “Yellowjackets” is coming back for Season 4 on Paramount+ with Showtime, and the rescue is finally in sight (maybe). After a record-breaking third season full of mind games, pit traps, and emotional body blows, the show’s headed into its wildest chapter yet. We’ve got dead girls talking, survivors unraveling, and a whole lot of questions left in the snow. Here’s everything you need to know about “Yellowjackets” Season 4.

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Yellowjackets has been renewed!

The hit thriller series has been picked up for a fourth season by Paramount+ with Showtime. The season three finale, which aired on April 13, roped in 3 million viewers in seven days, making it the show’s most watched episode to date.

“Yellowjackets has become a cultural juggernaut, with season three shattering all previous records – we are thrilled to announce its renewal for a season four on Paramount+. Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson have masterfully crafted an utterly singular, genre-defying phenomenon— a perfect alchemy of psychological horror, survival thriller, and coming-of-age drama that continues to captivate audiences worldwide, brought to life by our extraordinarily talented and beloved cast,” Co-CEO of Paramount Global and President of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios Chris McCarthy told Deadline.

Keep reading to find out more…

Yellowjackets tells the story of a female high school soccer team who survive a plane crash in the wilderness.

Paramount+ with Showtime has given the green light to Yellowjackets season four. The third season of the series marks the most-watched, with the April finale becoming the most-streamed episode in series history.

On social, season three of Yellowjackets stands as the most-engaged season ever for the show. Production dates for the fourth season will be announced soon.

“Yellowjackets has become a cultural juggernaut; with season three shattering all previous records, we are thrilled to announce its renewal for a season four on Paramount+,” said Chris McCarthy, Co-CEO of Paramount Global and President of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios.

“Ashley and Bart have masterfully crafted an utterly singular, genre-defying phenomenon: a perfect alchemy of psychological horror, survival thriller and coming-of-age drama that continues to captivate audiences worldwide, brought to life by our extraordinarily talented and beloved cast.”

Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of...

Silvana Estifanos, Sophie Thatcher, Jenna Burgess, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Nélisse, Anisa Harris, Liv Hewsonand Samantha Hanratty in ‘Yellowjackets’ seaosn 3 (Photo Credit: Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with Showtime)

Coming off the series’ most-watched season to date, Paramount+ with Showtime has renewed Yellowjackets for a fourth season. There’s no word yet on when filming will get underway, or a target premiere date.

“Yellowjackets has become a cultural juggernaut; with season three shattering all previous records, we are thrilled to announce its renewal for a season four on Paramount+,” stated Chris McCarthy, Co-CEO of Paramount Global and President of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. “Ashley and Bart have masterfully crafted an utterly singular, genre-defying phenomenon: a perfect alchemy of psychological horror, survival thriller, and coming-of-age drama that continues to captivate audiences worldwide, brought to life by our extraordinarily talented and beloved cast.”

The season three finale was the most streamed episode of the series.

Buzz, buzz, buzz, folks: Yellowjackets has been renewed for a fourth season on Showtime. The news was announced on Tuesday, May 20, just over a month after its third season finale premiered. The series, which was created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, stars Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, and Samantha Hanratty as the teenage survivors in flashback, with Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, and Christina Ricci playing their contemporary adult counterparts.

According to a new report, the newly announced fourth installment has yet to have a production start date, but does come on the heels of what the network calls a "juggernaut" season. "Yellowjackets has become a cultural juggernaut, with season three shattering all previous records – we are thrilled to announce its renewal for a season four on Paramount+," explained Chris McCarthy, Co-CEO of Paramount Global and President of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, in a statement. "Ashley...

The Antler Queen lives on. A month ago, Yellowjackets wrapped Season 3 and left many questions in fans' minds. Fortunately, Showtime has decided that we can continue following the soccer team for another season — the show is officially renewed for Season 4. The release window for the new episodes has not yet been announced. Even though no show is 100% safe these days, the Yellowjackets renewal doesn't come as much of a surprise. The Season 3 finale, "Full Circle," was the show's most-watched episode ever, according to Paramount+, with 3 million viewers. The streaming platform also announced that the latest season of the thriller series ranks among the most watched so far, suggesting that fans are more curious than ever to find out what the heck is going on in the wilderness and what secrets the girls and women are still hiding. The series' Rotten Tomatoes score, however, suggests that, despite the curiosity, fans are...

“Yellowjackets” has been renewed for Season 4, Paramount announced on Tuesday, touting the record-setting viewership of the Season 3 finale in April, which rose 19% from the Season 2 finale.

“‘Yellowjackets’ has become a cultural juggernaut, with Season 3 shattering all previous records – we are thrilled to announce its renewal for a Season 4 on Paramount+,”Chris McCarthy, co-ceo of Paramount Global and president of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, said.

He thanked co-creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson for how they “masterfully crafted an utterly singular, genre-defying phenomenon,” calling the series, “a perfect alchemy of psychological horror, survival thriller and coming-of-age drama that continues to captivate audiences worldwide.”

The Emmy-nominated drama is about an all-female girls soccer team’s descent into madness and cannibalism after their plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness, and how the adult survivors are still traumatized by their ordeal.

The Season 3 finale saw the teen survivors finally make contact with civilization: The...

Buzz, buzz, buzz! Yellowjackets is coming back for a fourth season.

Paramount+ With Showtime has renewed the hit survival series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson following a season three finale that was full of revelations and courted a still-buzzing audience. Production dates are set to be announced soon.

The season three ender, which streamed April 11 (and aired two days later on the Showtime cable channel), became Paramount’s most-watched season finale with 3 million cross-platform viewers worldwide in its first seven days.

“Yellowjackets has become a cultural juggernaut, with season three shattering all previous records,” says Chris McCarthy, co-ceo of Paramount Global and President of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. “Ashley and Bart have masterfully crafted an utterly singular, genre-defying phenomenon — a perfect alchemy of psychological horror, survival thriller and coming-of-age drama that continues to captivate audiences worldwide, brought to life by our extraordinarily talented and beloved cast.”

Yellowjackets tells...

Showtime has picked up Yellowjackets for a fourth season. The renewal, which comes a month after the Season 3 finale of the thriller drama, was expected following the strong ratings performance of the most recent installment.

The April 13 finale became the most-streamed Yellowjackets episode in series history with 3M global viewers in seven days across linear and streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime, per parent company Paramount Global, which also reported that Season 3 was the series’ most watched to date as well as the most engaged on social media.

“Yellowjackets has become a cultural juggernaut, with season three shattering all previous records – we are thrilled to announce its renewal for a season four on Paramount+,” said Chris McCarthy, Co-CEO of Paramount Global and President of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. “Ashley [Lyle] and Bart [Nickerson] have masterfully crafted an utterly singular, genre-defying phenomenon— a perfect alchemy of psychological horror, survival thriller, and coming-of-age drama...

2024 was a soft hum for the industry, but this year is already off to an operatic start. How could Hollywood resist pushing a bunch of sequels down our throats? If last year was an appetizer, with Inside Out 2 and the Deadpool/Wolverine tag team, 2025 is arriving with far more plump (just look at what the Minecraft film was able to do) and impossible missions.

Superheroes are obviously back, as they have continued to do so for the last decade. James Gunn’s Superman will be figuring out life again, and with Marvel’s Phase V coming to an end with Thunderbolts*, the new Fantastic Four reboot will hope to erase the sour taste of its previous attempts.

Maybe this time they’ll get it right? Our fingers remain crossed. James Cameron, meanwhile, isn’t done with blue aliens either, and Avatar 3 will likely demand another three hours of your...

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The cast of Yellowjackets was buzzing as they hit the red carpet to celebrate the Showtime drama's Season 3 finale. An FYC screening of the episode "Full Circle" was held at the TV Academy on April 10, where enthusiastic audience members were explicitly told "No recording!" to avoid spoilers leaking to future home viewers. Now that enough time has passed, the full cast Q&a with moderator Emily Longeretta (Variety) has been made available (watch below).

The Season 3 finale reached three million viewers after seven days, up 19 percent from Season 2, according Nielsen. The show also saw a 54 percent increase in viewership when isolating for streaming alone on Paramount +. According to Paramount, the episode was the most-streamed in the series' history — and Season 3 of Yellowjackets was its most-watched overall. Yellowjackets is the second most-streamed Showtime original ever,...

The latest season of “Yellowjackets” was the series’ most watched ever. The Showtime original, which was available to watch on Paramount+ With Showtime, now ranks as the second most-streamed global Showtime original ever behind “Dexter: Original Sin.”

Overall, viewership for this latest season was up 3% compared to previous seasons. It should be noted that this year is the first time “Yellowjackets” has released a new season on Paramount+ With Showtime, which was created in 2024. Previously, the drama was only available to stream on Showtime’s now-defunct platform.

Season 3’s finale of the survival thriller secured 3 million global cross-platform viewers during its first seven days of availability. That number marks a 19% increase compared to the overall viewership for Season 2’s finale as well as a 54% increase in the streaming audience for that episode. The finale for Season 3 currently ranks as the most-watched episode of “Yellowjackets” ever.

The series also saw gains on social media.

[This story contains major spoilers from the season three finale of Yellowjackets, “Full Circle.”]

Yellowjackets needed to deliver a win, and that’s exactly what the Showtime survival saga did when it capped its third season with Sophie Thatcher screaming from the top of a mountain to the head-banging tune of Aerosmith’s “Livin’ on the Edge.”

After a deadly season that was certainly the darkest one yet from showrunners Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson and Jonathan Lisco, and a revelatory finale that answered not only who killed Lottie (it was Shauna’s daughter Callie, played by Sarah Desjardins) but also unmasked the long-debated identity of Pit Girl as Mari (Alexa Barajas), Yellowjackets then followed teenage Natalie, played by Thatcher, to a mountaintop after she and Misty (explaining the smile Samantha Hanratty flashed in the pilot) secretly fixed the Sat phone from the scientists and Nat made a connection with the outside world.

The fist-pumping moment puts the teenagers who have been...

[This story contains major spoilers from the season three finale of Yellowjackets, “Full Circle.”]

Many things came full circle in the Yellowjackets season three finale, including a premonition that Lottie had about her death.

If you ask Courtney Eaton, who plays Lottie in the Showtime survival series’ 1996-1997 teenager timeline, the duality of playing a possibly clairvoyant character who has the ability to see the future while she, as an actor, doesn’t know what the showrunners have planned down the line isn’t lost on her.

“That’s the challenge with playing Lottie. She is usually the one to see and foreshadow things, but I don’t know anything as the actor, which makes playing her really fun because I get to make choices that could be interpreted a few different ways,” Eaton tells The Hollywood Reporter of the mystery drama.

An earlier episode of Yellowjackets revealed Lottie’s death in present day as a mystery, setting up a whodunit...

[This story contains major spoilers from the season three finale of Yellowjackets, “Full Circle.”]

Yellowjackets has found a new deadly duo.

After the killing spree of season three, the Showtime series ended with a revelatory finale, titled “Full Circle,” that answered both the biggest question of the series (who is Pit Girl?) and the biggest question of the season (who killed Lottie?). Both answers also indicated that Shauna (played by Melanie Lynskey in the present and Sophie Nélisse in the past) perhaps deserves what her surviving friends are now plotting against her in present day.

The wilderness timeline revealed that the girl who savagely died in the pilot of the series is Mari (Alexa Barajas), in a hunt that was sparked by “Antler Queen” Shauna (Nélisse). And the present-day timeline in the survival saga unmasked Shauna’s teenage daughter, Callie (Sarah Desjardins), as the murderer of Yellowjackets survivor Lottie (Simone Kessell). In between those revelations, fellow survivor Van (Lauren Ambrose) died...

[This story contains major spoilers from the season three finale of Yellowjackets, “Full Circle.”]

After setting up a whodunit earlier in the season, the Yellowjackets finale revealed who killed Lottie Matthews. The answer was a surprising one, but not to the actor who made the fateful push.

Callie Sadecki, the teenage daughter to Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), was the one who shoved the show’s most spiritual successor of the wilderness down a flight of stairs to her death. That powerful push came after an interaction that raised more questions, even though it also provided answers, in the revelatory season three ending, “Full Circle.”

Sarah Desjardins, who plays Callie in the Showtime series’ present-day timeline, tells The Hollywood Reporter that she was sensing a Callie-Lottie face off ever since the tragic season two finale, when Callie was nearly caught in the crossfire of the adult survivors’ “hunt” that took the life of one of their own, Natalie (Juliette Lewis). “How Callie was...

Not all television series are built with an eye toward earning critical acclaim and winning Primetime Emmys. Some shows are unabashedly formulaic, shuffling around tried-and-true plot turns the producers and writers know will satisfy their loyal viewers. Sure, prestige series like "Mad Men," "Deadwood," and "Succession" get all the plaudits, but hour-long franchises like "CSI," "NCIS," and the "One Chicago" universe bring in a ratings bonanza. And while networks and streamers dig awards, what they prize above all are ratings.

At best, these series combine savvy casting choices with punchy writing to concoct breezily effective procedurals that power you past their myriad implausibilities. They're akin to what we used to call "airplane reads" – i.e. briskly plotted novels that you pick up at an airport newsstand and tear through while enduring a long flight (perhaps people still do this). So it's not a surprise that TV creators have turned to...

Um, wow. If you're still left reeling from last week's episode of Yellowjackets season 3 - episode 9, "How the Story Ends" - then so am I. That episode definitely felt like a season finale, but actually we had one more to go. This week's! And it certainly delivered as well. Here's our review and ending explained of season 3 episode 10, "Full Circle," on Paramount+ and Showtime. Spoilers Below.

L-r: Melanie Lynskey as Shauna and Tawny Cypress as Taissa in Yellowjackets, episode 7, season 3, streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime, 2025. Photo Credit: Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with Showtime. Revenge of the Tai

The number of yellowjackets certainly keeps dwindling in the present, that's for sure. In the aftermath of Van's heartbreaking death, Tai is mad at Shauna and blames her for her death. Uh, yeah. Me too! I'm not sure why Tai buries her in a random spot in the woods. That didn't make sense to me.

Spoiler Alert: This post contains details about the Yellowjackets, Season 3 finale episode “Full Circle“

After an eventful Season 3 finale, Yellowjackets fans no doubt have plenty of questions. Did Natalie reach help? Where did Jeff and Callie go? Does Shauna have a soul?

Leading up to this week’s episode “Full Circle,” co-creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson spoke with Deadline about the “spiritual symmetry” of the finale, which reveals the identities of “Pit Girl” and “Antler Queen” after they were teased in the 2021 Karyn Kusama-helmed pilot.

“In terms of bringing it full circle, there is always something exciting and maybe sort of daunting, because the entirety of — a large portion at least, in terms of narrative weight of the finale, is sort of starting where we began,” said Nickerson, who directed the episode. “The show’s obviously not over, but to sort of like land back at the beginning...

[This story contains Major spoilers from the season three finale of Yellowjackets, “Full Circle.”]

The Yellowjackets co-creators had promised answers by the end of the season. They delivered on that with a revelatory season three finale, “Full Circle.”

The Showtime series catapulted itself into the zeitgeist when it launched in 2021 with a captivating pilot about a team of high school soccer players whose plane crashes in the middle of nowhere. The pilot weaved together two timelines with that 1996 crash and the present-day survivors, played by a beloved cast, and there was a killer flash-forward opening of an unidentified girl running for her life, barefoot through snow, who is then impaled and eaten by her friends. This girl became known as “Pit Girl” — her identity speculated about and debated on fan threads for years. Who is this poor girl and how did those teenagers arrive at a place where they hunted their friends for ritual cannibalistic feasts?

“Full Circle,” which was written...

The following interview contains spoilers from the Season 3 finale episode of Yellowjackets, titled "Full Circle."

The Season 3 finale of Yellowjackets debuted on Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday and left fans with another cliffhanger — Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) calling for help from a mountaintop as Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) takes her throne as the Antler Queen. In "Full Circle," the teenage Yellowjackets decide it's time for another hunt, and Mari (Alexa Barajas) is the unlucky recipient of the queen of hearts. While attempting to flee, Mari dies by falling into the pit trap and is subsequently strung up for another feast. Meanwhile, Hannah (Ashley Sutton) tricks Shauna by dressing in Natalie's winter gear as Natalie sneaks off with the refurbished radio transponder.

In the adult timeline, Callie (Sarah Desjardins) is revealed as Lottie's (Simone Kessell) killer. After Callie and Jeff (Warren Kole) decide to spend time away from Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), the...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “Yellowjackets,” titled “Full Circle,” streaming now on Paramount+ with Showtime.

After more than 25 years of stewing, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) snaps — again — in the “Yellowjackets” Season 3 finale.

Following a chaotic reunion with her presumed-dead ex, Melissa (Hilary Swank), that ends with Van (Lauren Ambrose) being fatally stabbed, Shauna parts ways with Taissa (Tawny Cypress) and heads home.

But when Shauna arrives at Chez Sadecki, the house is eerily quiet. Sure enough, she discovers that her husband Jeff (Warren Kole) and daughter Callie (Sarah Desjardins) have packed their things and bolted. Shauna immediately confronts Misty (Christina Ricci), suspecting she may have helped them change their phone numbers, but the bespectacled Yellowjacket denies the accusation.

That’s when the ugly truth sets in: this isn’t Misty’s latest chaotic scheme — Callie and Jeff left all on their own. Though Misty (and...

Major spoilers for "Yellowjackets" season 3 ahead.

Now that it's over, it's fair to say that "Yellowjackets" season 3 rose above the early criticisms. The first half of the season dragged its heels and got dragged in turn by some critics. More than a few fans suspected the writers had lost the plot. But then episode 6 "Thanksgiving (Canada)" got the ball rolling with a new conflict: hikers stumbled on the girls, giving them the chance of rescue. That fractured the team further between those who wanted to go home and those who felt at home in the Wilderness.

The slam-dunk season finale, "Full Circle," even rectified some of the problems with Lottie's (Simone Kessell) death earlier this season, giving her a proper final scene and conclusion with Callie (Sarah Desjardins). And "Full Circle" gave us more answers than just those regarding Lottie's death.

"Yellowjackets" has finally started opening the mystery boxes it set.

Yellowjackets is going big for the 2025 Emmys.

Gold Derby has confirmed that the Showtime drama is submitting 19 different actors for the third season.

Melanie Lynskey, who earned Emmy nominations for playing Shauna Sadecki in the Showtime drama's first two seasons, will be submitted again in Best Drama Actress. She will be joined in the lead category by Sophie Nélisse, who plays cannibalistic teen Shauna in the wilderness, and Tawny Cypress, who takes on split personalities as adult Taissa Turner.

The rest of the Yellowjackets squad will battle it out in the crowded Best Supporting Actress field: Jasmin Savoy Brown as teen Taissa, Sophie Thatcher as teen Natalie Scatorccio, Samantha Hanratty as teen Misty Quigley, Courtney Eaton as teen Lottie Matthews, Lauren Ambrose as Van Palmer, and Christina Ricci, who was Emmy nominated for Season 1, as adult Misty.

Also submitted in Best Supporting Actress this year will be two non-Yellowjackets: Sarah Desjardins as Shauna's daughter,...

Tron: Ares director Joachim Rønning has drawn an interesting comparison between Jared Leto's antagonist in Tron 3 and a beloved Disney icon. Many would perhaps presume that Ares — the rogue A.I. at the center of the story — would be similar to the classic villains featured in Disney's Hall of Infame, such as Jafar, Scar, or even Captain Hook, but that is not the case. Rønning told Empire that the Ares computer program has slightly more complex coding than a traditional baddie, making him more like Pinocchio than anyone else.

"Not to be too clichéd, but I always thought about him a bit like Pinocchio. Ares wants to be a real boy. We talked a lot about him almost being an infant, discovering the world for the first time, and how we wanted the audience to see the world through his eyes. The little things that we take for granted,...

After a successful debut at CinemaCon, the first teaser trailer for Tron: Ares was released over the weekend, giving us our first taste of the Grid in fifteen years. The sequel follows a highly sophisticated program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings. Jared Leto plays Ares, and director Joachim Rønning spilled a few details about the character while speaking with Empire.

“Not to be too clichéd, but I always thought about him a bit like Pinocchio,” Rønning said. “Ares wants to be a real boy. We talked a lot about him almost being an infant, discovering the world for the first time, and how we wanted the audience to see the world through his eyes. The little things that we take for granted, or don’t see anymore. That was important.

Instead of entering the world of videogame Tron, characters from the videogame will visit planet Earth in the next installment of the film franchise, Tron: Ares.

The latest updates on the film arrived at Disney’s D23 convention in 2024, and there’s still about a year to go before viewers can expect to see it in theaters.

For more details about the Tron: Ares release date, the cast and other plot points to expect, read on.

When will Tron: Ares come out in theaters?

Tron: Ares is slated for an Oct. 10, 2025 theatrical release date.

Has Tron: Ares gone into production?

Yes. The film went into production in January 2024, and it wrapped shooting in May.

Who is in the cast of Tron: Ares?

Jared Leto will star as highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who enters the real world from the digital world on a dangerous mission, marking humankinds first encounter with an Artificial Intelligence being.

It’s time to re-enter The Grid as the long-awaited sci-fi action sequel, Tron: Ares, delivers up its first trailer as originally shared at last week's Cinemacon.

Directed by Joachim Rønning from a screenplay by Jesse Wigutow (Daredevil: Born Again) and Jack Thorne (Adolescence), Tron: Ares stars Oscar winner Jared Leto as the titular Ares, with the rest of the cast consisting of Greta Lee (Past Lives), Evan Peters (X-Men: Apocalypse), Cameron Monaghan (Gotham), Hasan Minhaj (The Daily Show), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Gillian Anderson, and Sarah Desjardins (Yellowjackets).

Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Tron: Ares is the latest installment in the iconic science fiction franchise which first began way back in 1982 and was continued with 2010’s Tron: Legacy. Tron: Ares is due to land in theaters on October 10, 2025, and will feature a gritty and “industrial” score by Nine Inch Nails. You can check out the official synopsis below.

Fifteen years after the last Tron film, it’s time to take the light cycles for a spin again as Disney has shared the new trailer for Tron: Ares, the third installment in the sci-fi series.

The preview doesn’t offer up much in terms of storyline — has the digital world of Tron invaded reality, with light cycles splitting actual police cars in half, or have graphics in the simulation improved mightily over the past decades? —but it does provide a first look at Jared Leto’s protagonist Ares, as...

"Ready? Cause there's no going back." Disney has launched the first trailer for Tron: Ares, the third Tron movie that is a sequel to Tron: Legacy from 2010. This next movie is made by Norwegian director Joachim Rønning, continuing his Disney tenure following directing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and last year's Young Woman and the Sea. This spectacular sci-fi tech movie follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings. Greta Lee plays Eve Kim, the human lead of the story. A tech genius, analytical and observant. She's one of the world's best programmers. Reclusive, anti social, and important renegade in stopping the programs. Tron: Ares stars Jared Leto as Ares, Evan Peters as Julian Dillinger, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Cameron Monaghan,...

Following the taste we had at CinemaCon, Disney has just dropped a jaw-dropping first look at their upcoming sequel, Tron Ares, which brings back Jeff Bridges to the franchise as well as introducing the Academy Award-winner Jared Leto to the world. Red neon, fast vehicles, physics-defying action and a banging soundtrack are our immediate thoughts upon watching what director Joachim Rønninghas in store for us, and we can't wait for October 10, 2025 to arrive so we can jump into the grid and find out for ourselves what Ares has up his sleeve.

Following what went down in Tron: Legacy, Tron: Ares will be the first time that the Grid's programs have out of the digital world and into our own. Leto leads as Ares, a program whose mission looks to be somewhat malevolent and will undoubtedly shake the foundations of both worlds. The film will also star Greta Lee, and Evan Peters...