Tetris is a popular game where the player puts falling blocks into slots. (Photo : YouTube / Darkk Mane)
The upcoming "Tetris" movie is not simply a video game adaptation but will be the first of a trilogy. Tetrilogy is conceived as a huge story and soon moviegoers will be brought to the Blocks-xit or Tetrisverse. Filmmaker Larry Kasanoff who did Paul W.S. Anderson's "Mortal Kombat," will possibly make a new franchise out of it.
Kasanoff, who was among the executive producers of "True Lies" stressed that the upcoming "Tetris" movies is not just about blocks. He is grateful though it is what people are thinking as it sets a low bar. It is an ongoing production of the "Untitled Tetris Sci-Fi Project" on IMDb with casting already underway.
"We want the story to be a surprise, but it's a big science-fiction movie," Kasanoff told Empire in an interview. He revealed, "I came up with the idea as I was thinking about Tetris and the theme of creating order out of chaos."
Kasanoff cautioned the movie is not about what many are thinking as he is confident no one can figure out what they are currently doing for the project. It is presumed the film is eyeing on the booming Chinese market as it will have a global feel or even some filming to be done in China.
"Tetris," the popular video game in the 1980s, where the player has to fit falling blocks into slots. The 32-year-old mobile game has been downloaded more than 500 million times. The "Tetris" film will cost about $80 million and will have some filming scenes in China, according to Deadline.
The upcoming video game-based movie is a production under the new banner of Threshold Global Studios, formed by Kasanoff's Threshold Entertainment Group and Bruno Wu's Seven Star Works. The banner will develop, finance and release the movie in China. Its formation has secured financing for the project.
The goal of the people behind the "Tetris" movie is to make films for the world market and they find the project just naturally fits. The plan is to do the filming in 2017 in locations like China and is billed as a sci-fi thriller.
Check out the video below that gives a review of the "Tetris" game.
