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Tetris To Be Made Into a Live Action Film

Posted by Soulskill on from the followed-by-tetris-2:-revenge-of-the-tetrominoes dept.

SchrodingerZ writes: Threshold Entertainment has announced that it will be producing a live action film based on the Russian stacking game Tetris. Designed in 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov, Tetris has sold over 35 million copies worldwide. Threshold CEO Larry Kasanoff promises "a very big, epic sci-fi movie," explaining, "this isn't a movie with a bunch of lines running around the page. We're not giving feet to the geometric shapes." Kasanoff is known for his work with the video game films Mortal Kombat, and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, collectively grossing $105 million in revenue. The studio is planning "a story behind Tetris which makes it a much more imaginative thing," though no directors nor cast have been connected to the film. Threshold Entertainment teased the idea, saying "What you [will] see in Tetris is the teeny tip of an iceberg that has intergalactic significance."

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  1. April Fools? by Aereus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are we sure it's October 1st and not April 1st?

  2. The Last Blockfighter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Greetings, Blockfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan Armada.

  3. Why? by rebelwarlock · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't... is there really nothing better that could be turned into a film? A good book, or perhaps even an original script? This seems like one of those films that should only be created when literally every other possible idea has already been done a few dozen times.

  4. i couldn't help it.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if it'll be a BLOCK-BUSTER ;-)

    1. Re:i couldn't help it.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      And it will be full of classic one-liners

  5. This is redundant by Millennium · · Score: 4, Informative

    The only Tetris movie that ever needed to be made has already been made. Any further attempts will necessarily pale in comparison.

  6. Lead Role by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

    I assume Mr. T will get the lead role?

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  7. Book is better by allsorts46 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Eh, it'll never be as good as the book.

  8. Re:I give up. by Charliemopps · · Score: 5, Funny

    First Battleship, now this.

    Hey, what ever happened to that Asteroids movie that they were supposed to be making?

    The director didn't lead the target and by the time the movie arrived the public's interest was elsewhere.

  9. perfect! the film ive been waiting for! by nimbius · · Score: 4, Funny

    "it shall run for 140 minutes in length, star shiah lebouf and will ferrel, be directed by Michael Bay in 3D, and be inexplicably green-lit for endless sequels until we produce a live action bejewelled starring the remaining cast of Firefly and a jar of expired mayonaisse."
    -Satan

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  10. Re:There's no script. by JanneM · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would imagine that this will be the kind of a movie that will be in the five dollar bin at Walmart's within a month of release. And there will be a lot of them that simply stay in that bin.

    At least they'll be neatly packed.

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  11. Re:There's no script. by rwise2112 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would imagine that this will be the kind of a movie that will be in the five dollar bin at Walmart's within a month of release. And there will be a lot of them that simply stay in that bin.

    At least they'll be neatly packed.

    Well not too neatly, or they'll just disappear!

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