Tetris, the popular tile-matching video game, is being adapted into a trilogy of science-fiction thriller films.
Producer Larry Kasanoff is currently at the Cannes Film Festival shopping international rights for the $80 million picture, according to Deadline. The movie is a co-production between the U.S. and China with filming taking place in China and featuring Chinese actors.
Kasanoff produced the 1995 film adaption of Mortal Kombat and its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.
Hitman and Need for Speed are the only video games to have been adapted into movies in the past three years, but 2016 has four of them set for release. Ratchet & Clank is in theaters now, The Angry Birds Movie comes out on Friday, Warcraft, a World of Warcraft movie will be released on June 10, and Assassin's Creed is slated for December 21. Uncharted, a movie based on the video games of the same name, is currently set for June 30, 2017.
Developed by game designer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984, Tetris is a puzzle game that has the player moving various blocks that fall down the screen to create a horizontal line with no gaps. It continues to be ported to newer video game platforms, with over 425 million paid downloads on mobile alone, according to VentureBeat. Its last iteration, Tetris Ultimate, was released in 2014.