the first trailer for apple tvs tetris is here and its ready to turn everything you knew about the popular video game upside downper apple tv plus tetris tells the unbelievable story of how one of the worlds most popular video games found its way to avid players around the globe taron egerton plays henk rogers who discovered tetris in 1988 and then risked everything by traveling to the soviet union where he joined forces with inventor alexey pajitnov nikita efremov who created the game in 1984 in an effort to bring the game to the masses rogers and pajitnov founded tetris holding llc but it wasnt easy the kgb got involved based on a true story the series is a cold warera thriller on steroids with doublecrossing villains unlikely heroes and a nailbiting race to the finishjon s baird stan ollie directs from a script penned by noah pink genius the cast includes toby johns roger allam anthony boyle togo igawa ken yamamura ben miles matthew marsh and rick yunethe film was announced back in 2020 when egerton confirmed that the film would mirror a tone similar to that of aaron sorkins the social network ht gq uk its about the rights to the game he said its an insane true storytetris is set to hit apple tv plus on march 31 2023 for more check out our list of the most exciting upcoming movies in 2023 and beyond or skip right to the good stuff with our list of movie release dates