A 'Tetris' Movie Is in the Works (Exclusive)
A film adaptation of the classic ‘80s video game “Tetris” will be falling into theaters sometime in the near future. Threshold Entertainment has teamed up with the Tetris Company to develop a live-action film based on the game. While no directors or cast are attached to the film yet, there is a story in place. “It’s a very big, epic sci-fi movie,” Threshold’s CEO Larry Kasanoff tells Speakeasy exclusively. “This isn’t a movie with a bunch of lines running around the page. We’
Universal's Home Video Production Arm Pacts With Threshold Animation
EXCLUSIVE: Universal 1440 Entertainment, the production arm of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, has signed a first-look deal with Threshold Animation Studios for CG-animated family features adapted from recognizable family-oriented brands. Universal will distribute films spawned from the deal. The companies first teamed on straight-to-DVD titles Lego: The Adventures Of Clutch Powers and Bionicle: The Legend Reborn. The pact gives Universal1440 a stream of potential CG fa
Wrap-Around Dome Show By Threshold Animation Coming To China
Longtime 3D animation shop Threshold Animation Studios is partnering with Holovis Attractions to create Ocean Quest: The Immersive Adventure, China’s first 360-degree entertainment experience, to be displayed in a domed auditorium at Hainan’s soon-to-open Ocean Paradise Park. The show is designed to make audiences feel they are underwater, surrounded on all sides by fish and other sea creatures “Immersive 360-degree dome shows are a relatively new form of entertainment that s
Tetris to become movie blockbuster
Tetris, the classic video game that involves slotting shaped blocks together, is to be turned into a movie. The game will provide the inspiration for an "epic sci-fi story", according to film company Threshold Entertainment. The company adapted the game Mortal Kombat into a movie in 1995. The simple but addictive Tetris is not an obvious choice for the big screen treatment - though that did not stop Lego spawning a movie this year. Threshold Entertainment chairman Larry Kasan
Tetris Movie is Falling into Place
In a world where blocks fit into other blocks, one film company dares to make a movie about Tetris, a video game with no characters or discernible plot. That company is Threshold Entertainment. You might remember them from such cinematic masterpieces as "Mortal Kombat." Threshold CEO Larry Kasanoff told the Wall Street Journal to expect "a very big, epic sci-fi movie" and not just "a bunch of lines running around the page." Tetris was released in 1984 and watched its populari
'Tetris' movie: Pieces fall into place for live-action adaptation
Danger — falling blocks? Yep, the classic 1980s video game "Tetris" is headed to the big screen as a live-action sci-fi film, Threshold Entertainment and the Tetris Co. have announced. Best known for adapting the ultra-violent fighting franchise "Mortal Kombat" into two movies during the 1990s, Threshold has some experience translating video games into motion pictures, although "Tetris" doesn't necessarily lend itself to narrative treatment. The addictive strategy game, after
Yes, There’s Going To Be A Tetris Movie
All the pieces are falling into place: there’s going to be a movie based on the video game “Tetris,” and it’s going to be “a very big, epic sci-fi movie,” according to Threshold Entertainment CEO Larry Kasanoff. Kasanoff announced to the Wall Street Journal that his company would partner with the Tetris Company to bring the classic puzzle game to the big screen. The classic game, first released in 1984, has potential not only fora film but for spin-off experiences, Kasanoff s
Tetris lined up for blockbuster movie treatment
A live-action movie version of Tetris is being lined up by Threshold Entertainment. The film production firm has teamed with the Tetris Company to develop the live-action sci-fi movie, according to the Wall Street Journal. 30 years of Tetris: 30 amazing facts about the gaming classic Threshold CEO Larry Kasanoff describes the adaptation as a "very big, epic sci-fi movie". "This isn't a movie with a bunch of lines running around the page" he continues. "We're not giving feet t
