The First Trailer for the Tetris Movie

So many video game movies follow the story in the game. This one is based on a true story about the game. Tetris follows the work of Henk Rogers (played by Taron Egerton), the Dutch video game designer who pursued the rights to Tetris for the Gameboy from the Soviet Union as the USSR itself was in the process of falling apart. From all accounts, Soviet officials did not understand the concept of intellectual property rights, nor did they see the game's potential. Alexey Pajitnov invented the game in 1984, but did not receive royalties for it until he left Russia in 1991 and founded the Tetris Company with Rogers in 1996.

The history of the rights to Tetris is much more complicated than one movie could possibly illustrate, but this chapter sure looks exciting. Tetris will premiere March 31 on Apple TV+.  -via reddit

If you DO want to see a Tetris movie that involves gameplay AND Soviet history, we've already got that. It's a musical, too!