Author says Tetris movie copied his book, suing Apple and Tetris Company
Dan Ackerman, a writer and video game journalist, published The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotised the World back in 2016. In it, he describes the Cold War-era battle to get Tetris made.
This year's Tetris film, starring Taron Egerton, retells the same story - which is of course based closely on real-life events. Still, Ackerman has now launched legal proceedings over the movie being"similar in almost all material aspects".Ackerman says he sent The Tetris Company, which he is now suing, a proof copy of his book before its launch .
It's further claimed that The Tetris Company scared away interested film producers, before launching its own adaptation of the Tetris story via the production arm of Apple, which Ackerman has also included in the lawsuit. Ackerman is seeking at least $4.8m in damages - six percent of the Tetris movie's $80m production budget.From Assassin's Creed to Zoo Tycoon, we welcome all gamers
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