Tetris

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And I thought the Angry Birds movie was a dumb idea...

'Tetris' Movie to Be $80M U.S.-China Co-Production
8:00 AM PDT 5/17/2016 by Patrick Brzeski


'Tetris'
The first project from a new banner founded by China's Bruno Wu and 'Mortal Kombat' producer Larry Kasanoff, the film will shoot in China next year.

Chinese media mogul Bruno Wu and producer Larry Kasanoff have unveiled a new joint venture to develop and finance film projects for the worldwide market. Named Threshold Global Studios, the banner's first project will be an $80 million film adaptation of the iconic video game Tetris.

The film is being packed as an "epic sci-fi thriller." The partners say it will be an official China-U.S. co-production, with a Western and Chinese ensemble cast. Shooting is expected to take place in China in 2017.

Threshold Global Studios is a partnership of Kasanoff's Threshold Entertainment Group and Wu’s Seven Star Works.

Kasanoff is understood to be at the Cannes Film Festival meeting with sales agents.

The partners said in a statement: "The team has been working with The Tetris Company for over a year, and with the formation of Threshold Global Studios, financing has been secured, the story has been created, and now Wu and Kasanoff will co-produce."

Threshold’s Jimmy Ienner is executive producing with The Tetris Company and Seven Stars. Line producer Dane Smith (Transformers, Harry Potter, Spiderman) will be responsible for implementing the unique Tetris VFX developed especially for the film.

“Threshold Global will make cross-cultural movies for the global market,“ said Kasanoff and Wu.

“Tetris, one of the most recognized video game franchises of all time, is a perfect first project for this strategy,” adds Kasanoff, producer of Mortal Kombat. "For our debut project, Threshold Global Studios will bring one of the most beloved, cross-generational gaming brands in the world to the big screen.”

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According to googtrans, the Chinese word for Tetris is Èluósī fāngkuài (俄罗斯方块)

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New Tetris movie project is so ambitious it will be a TRILOGY

Chinese-American studio announced $80 million project last month
Now producer Larry Kasanoff says story is 'so big' it will need three movies
Wouldn't divulge scenario but said it would be 'a big science-fiction movie'
Shooting is set to begin next year, with plans to film in China and feature Chinese actors

By CLEMENCE MICHALLON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 18:25 EST, 28 June 2016 | UPDATED: 02:01 EST, 29 June 2016

Bringing Tetris to the big screen involves a story line so ambitious that the 1984 game will be made into not one but three movies, the project's producer said.
Threshold Global Studios, a joint venture between Chinese investor Bruno Wu and California producer Larry Kasanoff, announced last month it would launch an $80 million project to bring Tetris into movie theaters.
And Kasanoff told Empire Monday that the project could mark the beginning of a new franchise as the upcoming film will be the first of a trilogy.
Shooting is set to begin next year, with plans to film in China and to feature Chinese actors.


Tetris (file picture), which was developed in 1984, will be made into not one but three movie, producer Larry Kasanoff revealed Monday

When Empire asked if the rumors evoking a Tetris trilogy were true, Kasanoff replied: 'That's correct, and purely because the story we conceived is so big.
'This isn't us splitting the last one of our eight movies in two to wring blood out of the stone. It's just a big story.'
Kasanoff and his California-based Threshold Entertainment Group, which produces live action movies, are working with Wu's Seven Star Works on the project.
He wouldn't reveal much about the movie's scenario but said it would be 'a big science-fiction movie'.
'We're not going to have blocks with feet running around the movie,' he told Empire, 'but it's great that people think so. It sets the bar rather low!'
Kasanoff has previously produced two Mortal Kombat movies. Wu is the founder and CEO of Sun Seven Stars Media Group, a private media and entertainment investment company in China.


The upcoming Tetris film will be 'a big science-fiction movie', Kasanoff said, but it will not feature the game's famous blocks 'with feet running around' (file picture)