Taron Egerton Gets Caught In An International Thriller In Trailer For The Wild True Story Behind Tetris

Taron Egerton looks to buy the rights to an iconic video game in the trailer for the new Tetris movie.

Tetris, which will be released on AppleTV+, centers on Egerton’s character as he tries to buy the Tetris video game from its creator, who lives in the Soviet Union.

Harry Potter actor Toby Jones, The Fast and the Furious actor Rick Yune and The Crown star Ben Miles will also star alongside the Rocketman actor.

The Tetris trailer opens with Egerton’s character, Henk Rogers, describing Tetris as the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen.

“I played for five minutes,” he explains as the overlapping Tetris blocks fall around him. ‘I still see blocks falling in my dreams.’

Yune’s character, Larry, replies that he just doesn’t see the appeal of the game before Europe’s The Final Countdown starts playing over the trailer.

Rogers then arrives at a building where he is told that only ‘ten other people in the world’ have seen the invention revealed to him.

“It’s called the Game Boy,” Miles’ character Howard Lincoln tells Rogers. Rogers says that he wants to package the game with Tetris and promises to get the rights.

To do so, Rogers has to travel behind the Iron Curtain to meet the inventor in the Soviet Union.

A man tells him about the dangers of the USSR on the phone, but he hangs up without taking the warning too seriously.

He then explains the risks he’s taking to his wife, who doesn’t seem to agree entirely at first, but changes her tune when he shows her how focused their children are on Tetris.

Rogers travels to Moscow and tells the game’s inventor, Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov), that he plans to make him a millionaire.

However, the country’s communist leanings mean that Rogers has to negotiate with both Pajitnov and the USSR, which is unwilling to work with Rogers.

Buying the rights: Tetris, which will be released on AppleTV+, centers on Egerton’s character as he tries to buy the Tetris video game 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 falling from their dreams: “I played for five minutes,” he explains as overlapping Tetris blocks fall around him. ‘I still see blocks falling 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 revealed to him.

The Crown star: ‘It’s called the Game Boy,’ Miles’ character Howard Lincoln (right) tells Rogers

Moscow: To do so, Rogers has to travel behind the Iron Curtain to meet the inventor in the Soviet Union.

High-ranking members of the Communist Party begin to monitor both Rogers and his family, and Rogers’ hotel room is ransacked when he returns.

Matthew Marsh, famous for The Iron Lady, appears on screen as Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev,

Rogers is beaten up by KGB agents in a montage that follows before he sings part of The Final Countdown in a rowdy club.

The video places the characters in a series of dangerous positions before crashing their car in a high-speed chase.

Seeking to make him a millionaire: Rogers travels to Moscow and tells the game’s inventor, Alexey Pajitnov, that he plans to make him a millionaire.

Love: He then explains the risks he’s taking to his wife, who doesn’t seem to fully agree at first, but changes her tune when he shows her how focused their children are on Tetris.

Espionage: High-ranking members of the Communist Party begin to monitor both Rogers and his family, and Rogers’ hotel room is ransacked when he returns.

“Oh come on, you guys are the king of cliffhangers,” Rogers yells near 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 at Rogers and saying, “Not too bad,” as the video comes to a close.

Stan & Ollie director Jon S. Baird directs the film which will begin streaming on Apple on March 31.

Coming Soon: Stan & Ollie director Jon S. Baird directs the film which will begin streaming on Apple on March 31.