Ares’ Idea Artwork Reveals the Villain That Virtually Was

In one other life, Tron: Ares would’ve given longtime followers what they wished and introduced again Cillian Murphy.

Murphy appeared in 2010’s Tron: Legacy as Ed Dillinger Jr., with many figuring that he’d have an even bigger half to play in a theoretical third movie. Idea artwork for Ares by Phil Saunders exhibits the staff explored the concept of creating Murphy “the brand new Sark,” the command program made by Dillinger’s father Ed Sr. within the first movie. However Saunders defined on his ArtStation the paintings was much less of a certain factor and extra of a solution to “lure [Murphy] to the manufacturing to reprise his position because the junior Dillinger.”

Scrapped early idea artwork of Cillian Murphy as the brand new Sark in “”TRON: ARES”” ! ! !🔥😈🔴💯

• As cool as he appears to be like in that swimsuit i am unable to even think about how sick his position would’ve been as the brand new sark wich is simply such missed alternative.😞🤷‍♂️

(By way of: @saundersphil)#TronAres #TRON pic.twitter.com/k6uUJKk6Cw

— Floor Breaker ☲ (@GroundBreaker50) February 19, 2026

When Murphy handed on coming again, the idea of a Dillinger turning into Sark was in the end handed onto Ed Jr.’s son Julian (Evan Peters). In Tron: Ares’ post-credit scene, Julian goes into the Grid to flee the police and finds the Sark disc, the place the armor materializes round him earlier than the display cuts to black. Will this concept ever receives a commission off? Unlikely, however by no means say by no means.

Exterior of the Sark artwork, Saunders revealed extra Ares idea artwork for issues just like the Recognizer crashing into the city, Dillinger’s model of the Skimmer and Grid Portal, and Ares’ bike helmet. Every paintings has some perception into his course of, like creating the portal beams in reference to coaxial cables or utilizing the Legacy results to create the Skimmer’s rez-up impact. You’ll be able to see all of it at his ArtStation, alongside along with his work on different movies like Legacy and several other Marvel movies.

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