Over the years, Tetris has became an important game within pop-culture that many nowadays may simply associate with vintage arcade games. It has come in many iterations and been played on almost all the available platforms—all which provided different generations with memorable new ways of enjoying the game.

Apple’s upcoming film Tetris, directed by Jon S. Bard and starring Taron Egerton, tells the story of Henk Rodgers’ (Egerton) journey to acquire the rights to the game. The trailer opens with Rodgers speaking to an unknown character where he notes: “It’s poetry. Art and math working in magical synchronicity. It’s the perfect game.” From the quote alone, the audience should expect that while the film might be fun and thrilling, it is also sincere in its depiction of this not well-known story.

The game was first completed in 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov while working under the Soviet Union as a researcher. Pajitov’s inspiration for the game came from his love of puzzles, and he recounts during an interview with The Guardian:

I didn’t make much money at first, but I was happy, because my main priority was to see people enjoying my game. Tetris came along early and had a very important role in breaking down ordinary people’s inhibitions in front of computers, which were scary objects to non-professionals used to pen and paper. But the fact that something so simple and beautiful could appear on screen destroyed that barrier.

The film is set to release on March 31^st through Apple TV+

Go check out the trailer linked below!