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Cold War Thriller

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entertainment2 years ago

"Tetris" gets a Hollywood twist in Cold War thriller adaptation.

Taron Egerton stars in the new movie Tetris, which tells the thrilling origin story of the popular video game. The film follows Henk Rogers, the video game designer and entrepreneur who risked everything to negotiate with authorities in Soviet Russia for the rights to the game in the late 1980s. Egerton describes the movie as a Cold War thriller, complete with espionage, double-crosses, and threats against Rogers' family. The Welsh actor relates to Rogers' constant hustle and determination, and found the script to be a compulsive read. Tetris premieres on Apple TV+ on March 31.

entertainment2 years ago

"Taron Egerton Shines in 'Tetris' Video Game Origin Story"

"Tetris" is a surprisingly engaging movie that tells the backstory of the classic video game and its journey from Soviet Russia to the rest of the world. The film plays like a Cold War thriller as three teams of Western rivals race one another to Russia to secure the rights to distribute Tetris on international gaming consoles. Taron Egerton stars as Dutch-Indonesian entrepreneur Henk Rogers, who puts his life savings into Tetris and must navigate the complicated world of international business and politics to secure the rights. The movie also doubles as a nifty history lesson, reminding audiences of just how tense things were between the Soviet Union and the rest of the world in the late 1980s.