Tron: Ares, the third movie in the Tron franchise, turned downtown Vancouver into a real-life grid last year for six weeks of night shoots with light cycles speeding through the city streets.
Light cycles on the Cambie Bridge.
Director Joachim Rønning on the Cambie Bridge ahead of one of many night shoots.
Tron: Ares stars Jared Leto 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.
“I’m looking for something I do not understand “– Jared Leto’s sentient program Ares.
Official trailer.
Jared Leto in downtown Vancouver at West Cordova & Thurlow Streets.
Visual effects added.
Throwing his disc at the D.A.R.T. Visual effects added.
CGIe-d D.A.R.T.
Ed Chee/@cheechoo98 captured the blue screen model in downtown Vancouver..
Visiting Leah P captured the action from her hotel room in downtown Vancouver.
@leahpeventdesigner it's ok Jared Leto #vancouver #ted2024 #vancouverbc #vancouverfilm #tron #filminglocation #filming #movie #movies #moviescene ♬ The Son of Flynn – PierGen
Greta Lee running on Vancouver’s Burrard Street as the real world.
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, Jeff Bridges.
“Military A.I. is the future. Ares is the ultimate soldier” – –Evan Peters’s Julian Dillinger Jr. in the real world.
Producers: Walt Disney Studios.
Release date: October 10th, 2025.
