Tetris: Celebs Rumors

One of the more fun challenges for any writer must be figuring out the narrowest possible scope to capture the broadest possible moment in history. Take Erik Larson’s “The Devil in the White City,” for example.

13-year-old boy setting an historic Tetris record.Earlier this week, Willis Gibson from Oklahoma became the first known person to “beat” the original NES version of the game, reaching such a high level that it caused it freeze.For the first time since Tetris was released in 1985, the game crashed at level 157, after Willis cleared 1,511 lines in just 38 minutes.You can watch him achieve the feat and his subsequent reaction below.Willis decicated the achievement to his father, who passed away in December. However, Secker’s response to Willis beating the game didn’t sit well with viewers.The host told the 13-year-old to “go outside and get some fresh air” as she reported the story.“As a mother I would just say step away from the screen, go outside, get some fresh air.

Yes, trailers are just marketing material, and we’re not a BFD Advertising and Design class. But as any studio will tell you, a well-crafted trailer that builds hype and excitement for a movie can be a make-or-break part of the puzzle that creates much-needed anticipation and even word of mouth.

The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World,” filed a lawsuit in New York on Monday claiming that tech giant Apple and The Tetris Company, producers of the new Taron Egerton film “Tetris,” adapted his book without asking permission. According to documents obtained by The Post, Ackerman, 49, has accused Apple and The Tetris Company of copyright infringement, unfair competition, and illegally interfering with his business relations.“Tetris” premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 15.

, which tells the real-life story of the high-stakes legal battle that took place to secure the rights to the iconic game.In the film, Taron Egerton stars as Henk Rogers, a Dutch video game designer who travels to the Soviet Union in 1989 to meet the game's creator, Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Yefremov), and attempt to secure handheld rights to the game, so Tetris can be distributed alongside Nintendo's revolutionary new Game Boy system.«I always just feel if you seek to humanize somebody and make them relatable and three-dimensional, then you are doing them the right service,» Egerton says of taking on the role in ET's exclusive behind-the-scenes look at , which also includes interviews with the real-life Rogers and Pajitnov, who recall their first meetings in Russia in a secretive, dimly lit room that «definitely had some KGB guys in there.»«It was strange to watch somebody else be me,» Rogers admitted of watching Egerton, though he praised the actor for doing a «good job.»«Tetris crosses boundaries,» adds Rogers' daughter, Maya, who is now the CEO of Blue Planet Software and managing director of The Tetris Company. «It brings people of all cultures together… Not only is Tetris an amazing game, it was only possible because of this amazing friendship between Henk and Alexey.» premieres March 31 on Apple TV+.

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Television might have more highly anticipated releases coming out in March, but the film world certainly isn’t slacking with an eclectic lineup that samples from a bit of every genre. There are superheroes in two ways, from the standard DC and major studio format to the bizarre with “Smoking Causes Coughing.” Multiple tough-to-watch coming-of-age stories have made the rounds on the festival circuit as well as high-profile science fiction films looking to attract a larger audience.

Apple Original Films has a bunch of highly anticipated movies on its 2023 release calendar, like Matthew Vaughn‘s “Argylle,” Martin Scorsese‘s “Killers Of The Flower Moon,” and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” But before those comes “Tetris,” set for its world premiere at SXSW 2023 in Austin next month. READ MORE: SXSW Film & TV Adds Donald Glover’s ‘Swarm’ & Emma Seligman’s ‘Bottoms’ Among Second Wave Programming Taron Egerton, Toby Jones, and Nikita Efremov star in the upcoming film, which tells the thrilling true story behind one of the world’s most popular video games.

Tetris 99 has said that a port of the Japan-only Tetris: The Grand Master could be coming to consoles.The vice-president of Tetris 99 and Tetris: The Grand Master developer Arika, Ichiro Mihara, has tweeted today about an announcement. First spotted by VGC, the tweet said that an announcement was supposed to be made regarding a home console port of Tetris: The Grand Master, but external factors delayed it.Tetris: The Grand Master is an expert focused Tetris game that was only released in Japan.

We’ve had plenty of bad video game movies, and even a couple of decent ones to mix it up. But we’ve had few movies about the behind-the-scenes of the video game industry.