Tron: Ares director Joachim Rønning shared an Instagram story of Vancouver’s Bentall 5 tower transformed into ENCOM headquarters on Saturday for the third movie in the Disney franchise.
ENCOM in Tron world is one of the largest tech companies and maker of video games TRON and Space Paranoids, among others.
In Tron: Ares, Jared Leto stars as an emerging sentient 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.
The Bentall 5 tower renamed ENCOM.
And its lobby redecorated as ENCOM, maker of video game Space Paranoids.
Related: Tron: Ares – Jared Leto in Ares Suit at Vancouver’s Bentall 5 as ENCOM
Jared Leto’s character Ares showed up at ENCOM HQ on Saturday.
Someone is in there Tron suit 😏could it be him, first look at the infamous suit. On the set of #Tron3 @WhatsFilming @WhatsFilmingON @yvrshootstweets #Vancouver #JaredLeto pic.twitter.com/omzlw3aQ6w
— NewWestBoyⓂ️ (@CaptCanuck66) March 10, 2024
A better look at the suit at very wet #Tron3 set. #Vancouver #CF30 @WhatsFilming @yvrshootstweets @WhatsFilmingON pic.twitter.com/HQ6HkipXrt
— NewWestBoyⓂ️ (@CaptCanuck66) March 10, 2024
Fans got to see the suit in the wild.:
Hasan Minhaj was spotted on set too as an ENCOM exec?
The third Tron movie in the Disney franchise has been shooting in Vancouver since mid-January.
Jared Leto, Evan Peters, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith.
Evan Peters reportedly took over the role of ENCOM’s Edward Dillinger Jr.; Greta Lee is a video game programmer and tech company CEO and Jodie Turner-Smith plays the female lead Athena.
Gillian Anderson is in the cast too, in an undisclosed role.
Tron 3:
Tron: Ares (a movie . . . about AI and what it means, and takes, to be human) — director Joachim Rønning..
Vancouver filming dates: January 15 2024 – May 01 2024
Working title: Velcro / Lumen.
Writer: Jesse Wigatow
Director: Joachim Rønning (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil).
Cast Jared Leto, Evan Peters, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Gillian Anderson, Cameron Monaghan, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Sarah Desjardins.
Producers: Walt Disney Studios.
Target release date: December 2025.