Tetris: Good Enough for a Movie Trilogy?

I don't know if many of you have heard, but Hollywood is truly out of ideas. I mean, let's talk about Tetris the movie, for example. Before you immediately leave this boring Tetris post to instead read a more interesting article about Skyrim or Star Wars, let me give you the latest buzz. Tetris, as in the video game with blocks, is apparently going to become a film trilogy. No, you did not misunderstand, nor did you misread. Why is this Tetris thing a thing? What is the premise? No clue. All that I know is that Tetris will be a trilogy of films. 

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Gameboy version on Amazon.

For those who are  not familiar with the popular video game, Tetris was designed in 1984 in the USSR by Russian programmer, Alexyey Pajitnov. The name of the game comes from the words "tetra," meaning "composed of four parts," and "tennis." It's a fairly simple game to say the least. I would give a gameplay summary of it, but let's face it, we've all played it. If you haven't, you can play it free on everything from your phone to an oscilloscope. There are countless knock-offs of Tetris as well, so if you have not played Tetris itself, odds are you've played another game that was inspired by Tetris.

This game is also the highest selling downloaded game and the most popular game to have ever hit the market. Eat your heart out, Grand Theft Auto V! Because Tetris has been at the forefront of the markets since 1984.

Kudos to "Mother Russia" for one of the best games of all time. ;)

There are also studies being done on the game that show that it helps increase the mental efficiency of those that play it. It also can be used in the treatment of many mental ailments, from PTSD to lazy eye. So I guess I can see why it's a good thing that this game has maintained popularity over time.

So the film... There isn't much we know about it at this stage. All we can say is that it will be shot in China in 2017 and that it has been described as an "epic sci-fi adventure film." I frankly have no idea as to how virtual tetrominoes equate to anything overtly "epic," but I hope to be shown the true vision of the filmmakers. One would have to be pretty creative to make Tetris the premise of a movie. So, I think there are two possible explanations for the ideas leading to this coming film:

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1.) Hollywood is out of ideas, or

2.) Inspiration really does come from literally anything.

I sincerely hope it is the latter, but until I see it, I won't be able to know for sure.

Logan Christensen
(Pragmus Alpha)
CEO of Pragmus Media