Almost all people has performed or seen somebody play blocky puzzle sport Tetris. It’s one of many best-selling and hottest video video games ever made. However whereas everybody would possibly know of Tetris, I count on most individuals don’t know the wild story behind the way it turned a worldwide sensation. Fortunately, a brand new film from Apple starring Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, and Toby Jones is popping out quickly to share the genuinely thrilling story behind Tetris.
Right here’s the primary trailer for the upcoming Tetris movie, out on Apple TV+ on March 31:
Tetris (the sport not the film) was first launched within the 80s and is remembered by most as that superior block-falling sport. Since these early days, Tetris has gone on to change into a timeless popular culture icon and has been ported to principally each console and platform you possibly can consider. However what you may not know is that Tetris was created within the Soviet Union by software program engineer Alexey Pajitnov and that getting the sport globally distributed took a lot of negotiations and authorized battles.
And this new film from Apple, merely titled Tetris, is a retelling of this wild story and the way Egerton’s Henk Rodgers helped deliver the sport out of the USSR and to the remainder of the world. The film does appear to be including in just a few extra automobile chases…
Enjoyable reality: At one level round a dozen totally different firms thought they owned the rights to Tetris. So yeah, issues concerning the dissemination of the sport have been messy, to say the least. And I’ll be curious to see how correct the movie is in its retelling of the story. On the very least it looks like a enjoyable technique to introduce individuals to the difficult historical past behind among the best video games ever made.
Tetris (the film not the sport) might be available to stream on Apple TV+ on March 31. After which the next week you possibly can watch the Tremendous Mario Bros. Film.