Tetris
As part of a profile in the newest issue of GQ, British actor Taron Egerton touched upon his role as game licenser Henk Rogers in the new film about the genesis of famed video game “Tetris”. The aim at present is to begin filming in January.
Rogers made a deal with the Russian bureau handing the export of the software and the KGB for the game, and Egerton says the story gets a bit nasty: “It’s definitely more ‘Social Network’ than ‘Lego Movie’. It’s about the rights to the game. It’s an insane true story.” [Source: GQ UK]
The Prize
Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned “Greenland” scribe Chris Sparling’s script “The Prize” and is looking to fast-track the conspiracy thriller feature. Espen Sandberg (“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”) will helm.
The story follows an American private investigator who travels to Stockholm after the suspicious death of an old friend, a ranking member of the Nobel Prize selection committee, only to become entangled in a dangerous web of corruption and crime that exists beneath the surface of the powerful and rarefied circle. [Source: Deadline]
Piecing Me Together
Warner Horizon will produce a film adaptation of Renee Watson’s 2017 young adult novel “Piecing Me Together” with Watson to serve as a consultant on the project. The story centers on Jade, a 16-year-old Black girl who attends a mostly white private school on a scholarship. She strives to escape her low-income neighborhood and achieve success. [Source: Variety]
Wonder Woman 1984
A first listen of Hans Zimmer’s original score for the superhero sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” has arrived, the music track titled ‘Themyscira’ follows just days after the film’s official trailer premiered on Saturday.
Zimmer wrote the original Wonder Woman rock ‘motif’ first heard in ‘Dawn of Justice’ and was instrumental in getting Rupert Gregson-Williams to do the score for Patty Jenkins’ 2017 first “Wonder Woman” film. The new one arrives in cinemas early October.
