Taron Egerton pursues the rights to an iconic video game in the trailer for the new movie Tetris.
Set to be released on AppleTV+, Tetris revolves around Egerton’s character trying to buy the Tetris video game from its creator, who lives in the Soviet Union.
In addition to the Rocketman actor, Harry Potter actor Toby Jones, The Fast and the Furious actor Rick Yune and The Crown star Ben Miles will also perform.
The Tetris trailer opens with Egerton’s character Henk Rogers describing Tetris as the most beautiful thing he has ever seen.
“I played for five minutes,” he explains as stacked Tetris blocks tumble around him. “I still see falling blocks in my dreams.”
Deal: Taron Egerton wants to buy the rights to an iconic video game in the trailer for the new movie Tetris
Yune’s character Larry replies that he just doesn’t see the appeal of the game until Europe’s The Final Countdown starts playing via the trailer.
Rogers then arrives at a building where he is told that only “ten other people in the world” have seen the invention unveiled before him.
“It’s called Game Boy,” Miles’ character Howard Lincoln tells Rogers. Rogers says he wants to bundle the game with Tetris and promises to get the rights.
To do this, Rogers must travel behind the Iron Curtain to meet the inventor in the Soviet Union.
He is warned about the dangers of the USSR by a man on the phone, but hangs up without taking the warning too seriously.
He then explains the risks he’s taking to his wife, who doesn’t seem too keen at first, but changes her tone when he shows her how focused their children are on Tetris.
Rogers travels to Moscow and tells the game’s creator, Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov), that he intends to make him a millionaire.
However, the country’s communist tendencies mean that Rogers must deal with both Pajitnov and the USSR, which is unwilling to cooperate with Rogers.
Buy the rights: Set for release on AppleTV+, Tetris revolves around Egerton’s character trying to buy the video game Tetris from its creator, who lives in the Soviet Union.
Beautiful: The Tetris trailer opens with Egerton’s character Henk Rogers describing Tetris as the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen
Blacks fall out of his dreams: “I played for five minutes,” he explains as stacked Tetris blocks crackle around him. “I still see falling blocks in my dreams”
The Future: Rogers then arrives at a building where he is told that only “ten other people in the world” have seen the invention unveiled before him
The Crown Star: “It’s called Game Boy,” Miles’ character Howard Lincoln (right) tells Rogers
Moscow: To do this, Rogers must travel behind the Iron Curtain to meet the inventor in the Soviet Union
High-ranking members of the Communist Party begin monitoring both Rogers and his family, and Rogers’ hotel room is ransacked when he returns there.
Matthew Marsh, of The Iron Lady fame, appears on screen as Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev.
Rogers is beaten by KGB agents in a subsequent montage before performing part of The Final Countdown in a noisy club.
The video puts the characters in some dangerous positions before crashing their car during a high-speed chase.
In Search of a Millionaire: Rogers travels to Moscow and tells the game’s creator, Alexey Pajitnov, that he intends to make him a millionaire
Love: He then explains the risks he’s taking to his wife, who doesn’t seem entirely on board at first, but changes her tune when he shows her how focused their kids are on Tetris
Espionage: High-ranking members of the Communist Party begin monitoring both Rogers and his family, and Rogers’ hotel room is ransacked upon his return
“Oh come on, you guys are the king of cliffhangers,” Rogers shouts towards the end of the trailer, before the title card appears.
Legendary Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi (Togo Igawa) plays the game for a while before looking up at Rogers and saying, “It’s not that bad” as the video comes to a close.
Stan & Ollie director Jon S. Baird is directing the film, which will stream March 31 on Apple.
Coming soon: Stan & Ollie director Jon S. Baird directs the film, which will stream March 31 on Apple
Source: Daily Mail
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