Egerton will play Henk Rogers, the Dutch-born video game entrepreneur who got embroiled in a legal battle with a Soviet computer programming agency over the game of Tetris.
Before you start fearing a second coming of Pixels, rest assured — Tetris has very little to do with the actual playing of the video game itself.
Rocketman star Taron Egerton is reported to play the lead role in Jon S. Baird’s upcoming film Tetris.
Who knew such a compact little video game had such a rich backstory?