Tetris: The Movie is coming to Apple TV+. Apple's streaming service launched in November 2019 with several original TV series including The Morning Show, See, and Dickinson. The streaming platform was designed to emulate the success of industry giants like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu. While it hasn't had the same success as Disney+ which launched around the same time, it has still had some successful releases that drew viewers to the platform like Servant and Little America.
Deadline confirmed that Tetris: The Movie has fallen into place at Apple TV+. The film about the famous video game stars Taron Egerton. The film isn't about the game itself and does not have talking J-blocks and S-blocks. Rather, the film focuses on how Tetris became a powerful force in the gaming industry. Egerton plays Henk Rogers, the Dutch entrepreneur who secured the rights to distribute the game on consoles and introduced the world to Tetris. The film follows Rogers and the legal battles he fought over copyright issues on behalf of Tetris.
The Russian creator of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, will also be featured in the movie but the role has yet to be cast. Businessmen Robert and Kevin Maxwell will appear as characters in the film, likely as antagonists. Genius' Noah Pink has penned the screenplay. Stan & Ollie director Jon S. Baird will direct Tetris: The Movie. Matthew Vaughn’s Marv Films will produce with Leonard Blavatnik’s AI Film. Tetris: The Movie will begin filming in Scotland this December.
Source: Deadline