Apple has released the trailer for its upcoming film, “Tetris,” a thriller inspired by the true story of how the popular brick-falling video game became popular around the globe. The film will begin streaming around the world on March 31.
The game you couldn’t put down, the story you couldn’t make up. Tetris streaming March 31 on Apple TV+
Taron Egerton stars in a new Apple Original Film inspired by the true story of how one man risked his life to outsmart the KGB and turn Tetris into a worldwide sensation.
Tetris is directed by Jon S. Baird and written by Noah Pink. The film’s Executive Producer is Iain MacKenzie. Producers include Matthew Vaughn, Gillian Berrie, Claudia Vaughn, Len Blavatnik, and Gregor Cameron.
Apple TV+ original film “Tetris” will premiere worldwide in March at South by Southwest 2023 and will launch soon on Apple TV+. Apple acquired the rights to “Tetris” in November 2020.
The film follows video game salesman Henk Rogers, who traveled to the Soviet Union in 1989 to resolve a rights dispute that ultimately allowed Nintendo to license Tetris for its new Game Boy console, which led to the game becoming a smash hit globally on multiple computing and gaming platforms. Taron Egerton (“Rocketman” and “Kingsman: The Secret Service) stars as Rogers. Nikita Efremov stars as Alexey Pajitnov, the Russian-born American game developer who created Tetris in Soviet-era Russia. The film is directed by Jon S. Baird and is based on a script written by Noah Pink.
“Based on a true story, ‘Tetris’ is a Cold War–era thriller on steroids, with double-crossing villains, unlikely heroes, and a nail-biting race to the finish,” said Apple.
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