Coming soon, from the makers of Mortal Kombat: Tetris the movie

 

Now this promises to be a real BLOCK-buster.

 

Tetris, the iconic puzzle game, will mark its 30th anniversary with a movie to be co-produced by the outfit behind the "Mortal Kombat" films.

 

Threshold Entertainment, which is partnering with The Tetris Company to develop the feature film, hinted the film will have a sci-fi flavor.

 

“Everyone knows that Tetris is one of the best known, most beloved brands in the world. What everyone doesn’t know yet is this epic sci-fi story that we’re going to tell. That’s what’s really exciting,” Threshold Chairman Larry Kasanoff said.

 

A news release on the Tetris official site said Threshold’s Jimmy Ienner and The Tetris Company will be executive producers.

 

It also cited Threshold for having a "proven track record in game-to-movie adaptations."

 

"With two number-one Mortal Kombat films and a slew of related media, Threshold was the first company to produce a hit movie based on a video game," it added.

 

Also, Threshold’s management had been involved in the production of films including Terminator 2, True Lies, Dirty Dancing and Platoon.

 

For his part, The Tetris Company managing director Henk Rogers said they "look forward to partnering with Threshold Entertainment to re-imagine that common experience and bring a spectacular new Tetris universe to the big screen for the first time."

 

"In this new universe, as you’ll soon find out, there’s much more to Tetris than simply clearing lines,” he said.

 

Tetris started in 1984 as a video game where players must arrange falling blocks to clear lines and prevent the blocks from filling up the screen.

 

No 'blocks with feet'

 

A separate report on The Wall Street Journal quoted Kasanoff as promising the movie will be a "very big, epic sci-fi movie," and not just blocks with feet.

 

"This isn’t a movie with a bunch of lines running around the page. We’re not giving feet to the geometric shapes," he said.

 

Tech site CNET added it will be "interesting" to see how a screenwriter gives life to "inanimate objects."

 

"It's hard to imagine the movie would star an anthropomorphic block, so it's more likely Tetris will be a part of the environment of the sci-fi world rather than an actual character," it said. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News