Apple has acquired the rights to Jon S. Baird's Tetris: The Movie, the highly-anticipated story of the groundbreaking video game starring Taron Egerton.

It was previously reported that Egerton will portray Dutch video game designer Henk Rogers, who first secured the rights to distribute the game on consoles — where it exploded in popularity. Rogers was also heavily involved in a dispute that arose over the franchise's copyright in the '80s. The remainder of the cast is still being finalized, including that of Russian software engineer and Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov, as well as businessmen Robert and Kevin Maxwell.

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Tetris: The Movie, which features a screenplay by Noah Pink, is scheduled to begin production in early December in Scotland. The film is being produced and financed by Matthew Vaughn's Marv Films, with Leonard Blavatnik’s AI Film. As Deadline noted, Marv was the company behind Rocketman, which starred Egerton in the role of Sir Elton John and earned the actor a Golden Globe. No stranger to portraying real people, Egerton also stepped into the role of Michael Edwards in 2016's Eddie the Eagle.

Baird previously helmed the 2018 film Stan & Ollie, which was based on the later years of the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy. The film starred Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, respectively. Baird has also worked with the likes of Martin Scorsese, Danny Boyle, Jim Carrey, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter on various projects.

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The Tetris project is the latest in a string of big moves by Apple. The tech giant recently inked distribution deals for Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua's Emancipation, Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, the Jake Gyllenhaal movie Snow Blind, and the Justin Timberlake-starring Palmer. Apple has yet to comment on or reveal any release information about Tetris: The Movie.

With more than 200 million units downloaded around the world, Tetris, has earned its place as one of the greatest games of all time.

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Source: Deadline