New Featurette for Taron Egerton’s ‘Tetris’ Specializing in the True Story
by Alex Billington
March 20, 2023
Supply: YouTube
“Tetris is a cultural zeitgeist, and it is fairly thrilling to suppose that the backstory to this phenomenon will lastly get its second within the daylight.” Apple has unveiled a brand new featurette for the Tetris film (full trailer right here), taking a more in-depth have a look at the precise story that is based mostly on. “The sport you could not put down, the story you could not make up.” Taron Egerton stars on this movie impressed by the true story of how one man risked his life to outsmart the KGB within the Nineteen Eighties and assist flip Tetris right into a worldwide sensation. The sport was created by a Soviet software program engineer named Alexey Pajitnov in 1984. After a battle for rights and a interval of publication by Nintendo, the rights reverted to Pajitnov in 1996, who then co-founded the Tetris Firm with Henk. Along with Egerton, the solid consists of Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva, Anthony Boyle, Roger Allam, and Toby Jones. It is a promo that includes the solid & crew speaking about making this. As a geek myself, I truthfully cannot wait to look at. I’ve additionally included two extra movies beneath that includes the actual Henk Rogers explaining what occurred with Tetris, in case you’re interested by diving additional into this gaming story.
This is the “story” featurette (+ poster) for Jon S. Baird’s film Tetris, direct from Apple TV’s YouTube:
And this is two different actual movies about Henk Rogers and the true story of Tetris, additionally from YouTube:
You may rewatch the unique trailer for Baird’s Tetris film proper right here, for much more footage from this.
Tetris: The Film tells the unbelievable story of how one of many world’s hottest video video games discovered its option to avid gamers across the globe. Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) discovers TETRIS in 1988, after which dangers every thing by touring to the Soviet Union, the place he joins forces with the unique inventor Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov) to convey the enduring online game to the lots. Primarily based on a real story, Tetris is a Chilly Battle–period thriller on steroids, with double-crossing villains, unlikely heroes and a nail-biting race to the end. Tetris, also referred to as Falling Blocks, is directed by Scottish filmmaker Jon S. Baird, director of the movies Cass, Filth, and Stan & Ollie most not too long ago. The screenplay is written by Noah Pink. It is produced by Matthew Vaughn, Gillian Berrie, Claudia Vaughn, Len Blavatnik, and Gregor Cameron. This one hasn’t premiered at any movie festivals or elsewhere, so far as we all know. Apple will debut Jon S. Baird’s Tetris film streaming on Apple TV+ beginning March thirty first, 2023 later this month. So who’s planning on watching this?
