Tron: Ares came out this weekend!
Wow, what a ride!! We made this movie over the course of 3 years. Prep in 2023 pre- & post-strike, then shot it in 2024, reshooting a whole new ending in Jan 2025 and lastly, Mocap’ing parts of the reshoots in April.
Thanks
@jonkralt for the opportunity and being a great leader.
@montestunts and your rigging team for flying us around safely and helping us R&D some cool shots using the 3D winches. Thanks
@alexkyshkovych and
@josh.maz.writes for a fun time collaborating on the fights.
@_markrayner for always having our backs.
@gostunts (Scott Rogers) for guiding us in the right direction.
And of course, big thanks to the doubles and core team, for their months of hard work shooting and reshooting the same pre-vis’ over and over again. We’ve lost count of how many versions we have. First instructions were only hard hitting “MMA-style”, then we needed to add cool wire work, back to super basic moves, then to a school yard brawl feel for a bit, plus an Usher music video inspired section at the 11th hour; finally ending up with a strange mix of it all. That opening sequence was, hands down, the most expensive 💰 Previs I’ve been a part of 😂. I know, Tron has never been about the fights but it’s still too bad, most of the cool stuff we developed and actually shot, didn’t make it to the big screen. …but that’s how it goes sometimes .
Overall, after missing out on wearing
@aarontoney ’s Black Guard suit from Tron: Legacy, to finally putting on the Red Guard & Encom light suits this time around, coordinating the fights, and swapping in last minute for the finale sequence, I had a blast!! Tons of unforgettable moments along this journey!
The light cycles chase was super cool, set design was freaking amazing, and the visuals were awesome. This is definitely a big screen kinda movie so go check it out in IMAX and 3D!
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