Tetris (film)

Tetris
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Directed by	Jon S. Baird
Written by	Noah Pink
Produced by	Matthew Vaughn Gillian Berrie Claudia Schiffer Len Blavatnik Gregor Cameron
Starring	Taron Egerton Nikita Efremov Sofia Lebedeva Anthony Boyle Toby Jones
Cinematography	Alwin Küchler
Edited by	Martin Walsh Colin Goudie Ben Mills
Music by	Lorne Balfe
Production companies	Apple Studios Marv Studios AI Film Unigram
Distributed by	Apple TV+
Release dates	March 15, 2023 (2023-03-15) (SXSW) March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31) (United States)
Running time	118 minutes[1]
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Languages	English Russian Japanese
Budget	$80 million[2]

Tetris is a 2023 biographical thriller film based on true events around the race to license and patent the video game Tetris from Russia in the late 1980s during the Cold War.^[3][4] It was directed by Jon S. Baird and written by Noah Pink. The film stars Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva, and Anthony Boyle. The plot follows Henk Rogers of Bullet-Proof Software, who becomes interested in a game during an electronics show. Desperate to obtain handheld console rights for Nintendo, he takes trips between Japan, the United States, and Russia to win legal battles over the game's ownership.

Development of Tetris began in July 2020. Filming began in Glasgow in December 2020, including Glasgow Prestwick Airport. In February 2021, filming took place in Aberdeen at locations including the University of Aberdeen's Zoology Building. Filming took place for 7 days in and around the former (RAF) military base at Balado in Perth & Kinross. Production wrapped in early March 2021.

Tetris premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 15, 2023, and was released on March 31, by Apple TV+. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.