JOACHIM RØNNING

TRON: ARES (2025)

Starring Jodie Turner-Smith, Jeff Bridges, Evan Peters, Gillian Anderson, Jared Leto, Cameron Monaghan, Sarah Desjardins, Greta Lee, Arturo Castro and Hasan Minhaj. Directed by Joachim Rønning.

A highly sophisticated digital Program, Ares, is sent into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first face-to-face encounter with artificial intelligence. As Ares experiences his surroundings and has his first brush with humanity, his consciousness – and conscience – start to evolve. He finds an unexpected ally in the brilliant technologist, computer programmer and current ENCOM CEO Eve Kim, who is on her own journey to discover a critical code written by Kevin Flynn. Betraying orders and relentlessly pursued, the two fight not only for their survival but for a future where technology and humanity can intersect.

REVIEWS Tron: Ares - Leaving The Grid for the real world leaves little digital magic

MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (2019)

Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ed Skrein, Harris Dickinson, David Gyasi, Jenn Murray, Kae Alexander and Fernanda Diniz. Directed by Joachim Rønning.

A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after 'Maleficent', in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora. The film continues to explore the complex relationship between the horned fairy and the soon to be Queen as they form new alliances and face new adversaries in their struggle to protect the moors and the magical creatures that reside within.

REVIEWS Maleficent: Mistress of Evil - Disney still have some magic left in them

PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (2017)

Starring Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, Golshifteh Farahani, David Wenham, Stephen Graham and Angus Barnett. Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg.

Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by an old rival, Captain Salazar, who along with his crew of ghost pirates has escaped from the Devil’s Triangle, and is determined to kill every pirate at sea. Jack seeks the Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artefact that grants its possessor total control over the seas, in order to defeat Salazar.