Taron Egerton travels to the Soviet Union of the 80s in the brutal trailer for ‘Tetris’

After dazzling the world with his prodigious performance as Elton John in ‘Rocketman’ (2019), Taron Egerton once again gets into the shoes of a historical figure in ‘Tetris’, an original Apple TV+ movie about the origins of the mythical video game in the Soviet Union. The actor known for his roles in ‘Kingsman: Secret Service’ (Matthew Vaughn, 2017), will travel to the 1980s to give life to Henk Rogers, a Dutch-born video game designer famous for obtaining the distribution rights for Tetris for Nintendo and which Taron Egerton will play in the film that It is scheduled to premiere on March 31, 2023 on the Apple TV+ platform.

The film is directed by Jon. S. Baird, a filmmaker who we already saw behind the scenes in 2018 in the great ‘El Gordo y el Flaco (Stan & Ollie)’ or directing some of the episodes of the first season of the series ‘Vinyl’, produced by Martin Scorsese and that HBO canceled seven years ago. “I have a degree in Politics and I was particularly interested in the Cold War period,” explains filmmaker Baird, who this year has also directed the BBC docudrama ‘Stonehouse’. “yesThere was a lot about it, and that thriller aspect drew me to this story. Many of the works I have done have been based on true stories.“.

The official synopsis promises us a “thriller set in the Cold War, with treacherous villains, unlikely heroes and a gripping race against time“. To warm up, we recommend some of the best thrillers and mystery movies that you have to see before diving into this promising story.

Although the best (and worst) adaptations of videogames to the cinema do not have too many fans, there is no reason to fear, the condition of ‘Tetris’ as a true story means that we can compare it with great jewels on the history of videogames (and of computing in general). ) such as ‘Pirates of Silicon Valley’ (Martyn Burke, 1999), ‘The Social Network’ (David Fincher, 2010) and ‘Steve Jobs’ (Danny Boyle, 2015).

We met Taron Egerton as the young and charismatic protagonist of ‘Kingsman: Secret Service’ (Matthew Vaughn, 2014) and, since then, he has not stopped giving us joy. Hugh Jackman’s adventure partner in ‘Eddie the Eagle’ (Dexter Fletcher, 2016), franchise star in the sequel ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ (Matthew Vaughn, 2017) and industry tool in ‘Robin Hood’ ( Otto Bathurst, 2018), Egerton won the Golden Globe for Best Leading Actor in a Musical or Comedy for ‘Rocketman’ (Dexter Fletcher, 2019)in which he played the versatile musician Elton John.