VectorGamer Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 A film adaptation of the classic ‘80s video game “Tetris” will be falling into theaters sometime in the near future. Threshold Entertainment has teamed up with the Tetris Company to develop a live-action film based on the game. While no directors or cast are attached to the film yet, there is a story in place. “It’s a very big, epic sci-fi movie,” Threshold’s CEO Larry Kasanoff tells Speakeasy exclusively. “This isn’t a movie with a bunch of lines running around the page. We’re not giving feet to the geometric shapes.” Kasanoff’s best known for adapting the “Mortal Kombat” games to the big screen – 1995’s “Mortal Kombat” grossed $70 million according to Boxoffice Mojo, with the 1997 sequel, “Mortal Kombat: Annihilation,” grossing $35 million. For Threshold, they’re hoping to build off the brand’s notoriety and legacy. More: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/09/30/tetris-movie/ I guess I'm not the visionary I once thought I was - how the heck do you make a movie based on a game of interlocking shapes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Anybody remember that fake trailer from a few years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE_1KlWFJyA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dripfree Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Love the game but this is a really stupid idea. Id rather see hungry hungry hippo's or Captain Crunch the movie. I also feel like this is just another hoax. Edited October 1, 2014 by Dripfree 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 IF this is true it makes me think two things. Taking an existing video game/premise/idea and casting actors to act it out on screen. Shows NO creative effort. Taking TETRIS and somehow giving it a story? You've GOT to be creative. Unfortunately if this come to fruition I fear it will be too much like that mock trailer, only they won't be having a laugh at themselves, they'll truley think there making the next "cutting edge/dark and gritty/I look like I'm making a statement about society but really I'm just throwing every cliche I can at you" type movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I guess I'm not the visionary I once thought I was - how the heck do you make a movie based on a game of interlocking shapes? That's easy. Make a film that is similar to the Cube movies: youtube.com/watch?v=R4N86WL4TvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4N86WL4TvM Or a group of people might be trapped in a huge room with giant Tetris pieces falling into place and they have to avoid being crushed while trying not to fall to their deaths when a row is cleared. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 You could make a good movie about the real life story of "Tetris" and all the complexities that were involved in trying to get it licensed, etc. But I'm not sure that such a movie has much mainstream potential. So they'll probably go with cute anthropomorphic "Tetris" blocks having an adventure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 If someone is making a Tetris movie I demand a Defender movie. Throw Asteroids and Berzerk in there as well. What the hell.......Yars Revenge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 http://www.theonion.com/articles/tetris-movie-in-the-works,37071/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 http://www.theonion.com/articles/tetris-movie-in-the-works,37071/ “It’s gonna be weird watching a movie that shows you what plot points are coming up in the top right corner of the screen.” Oh god, that's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 You can only enter the theater in groups of four. All four of you have to march in formation into the theater to the row closest the screen. When a whole row fills up, you can get up and leave. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Somewhat related, this movie actually was pretty decent: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1836974/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 The script writers probably are having a very hard time, once they fill a line, it disappears 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Anybody remember that fake trailer from a few years ago. Actually, rewatching that trailer fully, it's amazing how close its plot is to the DDR-related comedy The FP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I heard about this movie on the radio today. The guy was saying how movie makers must really be outta ideas to make a movie about blocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 So Hollywood lost it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 This has fail written all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I heard about this movie on the radio today. The guy was saying how movie makers must really be outta ideas to make a movie about blocks 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 There's just one problem: in the case of Lego, they already had characters in the Lego people. Take all the people out of that poster and there isn't much left to make a movie about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Well, if this doesn't turn out to be a hoax in the end, I just hope it won't be a clone of Cloak & Dagger, which was a good 80's movie, but one movie of that type is enough. On the other hand, if it turns out to be some kind of clone of Tron, I would likely go see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 There's just one problem: in the case of Lego, they already had characters in the Lego people. Take all the people out of that poster and there isn't much left to make a movie about. Morgan Freeman tetris pieces. Problem solved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Sadly, people going to pay $15 to see it anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dripfree Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Been trying to think of what a plot line could possibly be. This is all I can come up with.... Aliens send remote controlled block shaped space ships to terraform earth. We have to hack the controls and stack the blocks in a solid formation so we can start an explosion that will cause a chain reaction blowing up all the blocks. Not a good plot but I can't figure out what the hell else they would do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 That's not exactly Class A Material, but to make a story about Tetris, that's way better than I could ever come up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I agree with Random Terrain: a story in roughly the same vein as the "Cube" movies, maybe with some elements of "Escape Plan", is the approach that probably has the most potential. They just need to be sure to integrate elements of the Tetris gameplay, or else it would be a stretch to call it a "Tetris movie". It would certainly be better than going the typical Disney/Pixar route and anthropomorphizing the Tetris pieces, giving them cutesy names and happy songs, which would be the stupidest and laziest approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I agree with Random Terrain: a story in roughly the same vein as the "Cube" movies, maybe with some elements of "Escape Plan", is the approach that probably has the most potential. They just need to be sure to integrate elements of the Tetris gameplay, or else it would be a stretch to call it a "Tetris movie". It would certainly be better than going the typical Disney/Pixar route and anthropomorphizing the Tetris pieces, giving them cutesy names and happy songs, which would be the stupidest and laziest approach. Honestly, making a movie about Tetris is already the stupid and lazy approach. That said, this is all I can think of when I think of Tetris movie, and it's pretty solid, if way too far over the top: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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