Believe it or not, game development is not what most people would consider to be sexy. But anyone familiar with the story of Tetris knows there can be exceptions to the rule.
Originally depicted in the 2004 BBC documentary Tetris: From Russia with Love, and now dramatized in the Apple TV+ film Tetris (now streaming), it’s the kind of story that has it all: corporate espionage, personal betrayal, and an outcome that would change the world forever. No, really.
It’s the story of a Soviet-era Russian engineer, Alexey Pajitnov...
Originally depicted in the 2004 BBC documentary Tetris: From Russia with Love, and now dramatized in the Apple TV+ film Tetris (now streaming), it’s the kind of story that has it all: corporate espionage, personal betrayal, and an outcome that would change the world forever. No, really.
It’s the story of a Soviet-era Russian engineer, Alexey Pajitnov...
- 4/1/2023
- by Christopher Cruz
- Rollingstone.com
X-Men 3 director Brett Ratner is currently in the process of developing a film based around the video game Tetris. It will be a biopic type film based on the life of Russian video game designer and computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov, who created the iconic game.
The film is being produced by Ratner and James Packer of RatPac Entertainment. The news comes from The Tracking Board, and this is what they had to say about the story. I had no idea that there was such a heavy, dramatic story behind its creation:
"In the vein of The Social Network, the story details the career of Pajitnov, who first developed Tetris with the help of Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov in 1984 in the communist-run Ussr. Pajitnov was working for a Soviet-funded research and development center in Moscow when he developed the first version of the puzzle game, which began to spread throughout...
The film is being produced by Ratner and James Packer of RatPac Entertainment. The news comes from The Tracking Board, and this is what they had to say about the story. I had no idea that there was such a heavy, dramatic story behind its creation:
"In the vein of The Social Network, the story details the career of Pajitnov, who first developed Tetris with the help of Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov in 1984 in the communist-run Ussr. Pajitnov was working for a Soviet-funded research and development center in Moscow when he developed the first version of the puzzle game, which began to spread throughout...
- 11/18/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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