Ah, Hollywood, where nostaglia isn't just a feeling, it's a product. A trio of movies are on the way to play on stuff you remember seeing or doing in the '80s, so let's dive right in....
First up, Threshold Entertainment has announced that the video game "Tetris" —yes, that one— will be turned into a movie. "It’s a very big, epic sci-fi movie,” Threshold’s CEO Larry Kasanoff said to Speakeasy. “This isn’t a movie with a bunch of lines running around the page. We’re not giving feet to the geometric shapes.” He also added “brands are the new stars of Hollywood. We have a story behind ‘Tetris’ which makes it a much more imaginative thing.” In Kasanoff's defense, he did make two "Mortal Kombat" movies. But then again, this is fucking "Tetris," so there better be a helluva story.
Meanwhile, Deadline reports that Adam Sandler's Happy Madison is teaming with Sony TV and NBC on a TV series based on the Val Kilmer starring 1985 comedy "Real...
