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There and Back: Hollywood North

Many people are aware that Vancouver, Canada is known as “Hollywood North”, as so many productions shoot here to take advantage of tax credits and also the cheaper Canadian Dollar. As I just came back from Los Angeles, California, I felt it appropriate to share a little bit about our own Hollywood here in Canada since I’ve been a part of this industry for more than a decade. It’s also the reason I moved here.

Eline Mets—Filmmaker, poet, and RCIC ( www.vikingimmigration.ca )
Eline Mets—Filmmaker, poet, and RCIC ( www.vikingimmigration.ca )

Seeing the movie Tron: Legacy (2010) in 3D at Ekraan cinema in Tartu was an experience that is etched in my mind forever. I have since seen this film more than a dozen times and even recreated the scene crossing the Lions Gate Bridge on a motorcycle at sunrise one time.

I remember declaring to myself then that I would be in Tron 3, which was slated to start shooting sometime in 2015. It has since been green-lit and cancelled several times. When things moved ahead with production in July of this year, the Writers Guild of America strike and SAG-AFTRA strike delayed it again. Finally, it’s looking like the film will be shot in early 2024, for a 2025 release, with Jared Leto as the lead actor. Personally, I was hoping the actors from the 2010 film would reprise their roles, but it has been rewritten so many times that the studio decided to go with a different storyline.

The same goes for an acting career — it’s not something you “just pick up” or even “just give up.” A true actor is an actor for life, even if they haven’t been in any big productions for some time.

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