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Tetris and The Big Door Prize Previews From Apple TV+

Apple today released the trailer for the thriller Tetris, starring Taron Egerton, and announced the premiere date for new comedy The Big Door Prize, starring Chris O’Dowd.

Tetris tells the unbelievable story of how one of the world’s most popular video games found its way to avid players around the globe.

Tetris and The Big Door Prize Previews From Apple TV+

Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) discovers Tetris in 1988, and then risks everything by traveling to the Soviet Union, where he joins forces with inventor Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov) to bring the game to the masses.

Based on a true story, Tetris is a Cold War–era thriller on steroids, with double-crossing villains, unlikely heroes and a nail-biting race to the finish.

Tetris and The Big Door Prize Previews From Apple TV+

Tetris is directed by Jon S. Baird from a script by Noah Pink. The film is produced by Matthew Vaughn, Gillian Berrie, Claudia Vaughn, Len Blavatnik, and Gregor Cameron.

The executive producers are Zygi Kamasa, Carlos Peres, Iain Mackenzie, Noah Pink, Taron Egerton, Danny Cohen, Amanda Ghost, Vince Holden, Henk Rogers, Alexey Pajitnov, and Maya Rogers.

The Big Door Prize, the character driven comedy created by Emmy Award-winner David West Read (Schitt’s Creek), is set to make its global debut on Wednesday, March 29.

The 10-episode half-hour comedy stars an ensemble cast led by Chris O’Dowd and includes Gabrielle Dennis, Ally Maki, Josh Segarra, Damon Gupton, Crystal Fox, Djouliet Amara, and Sammy Fourlas.

The series will debut with the first three episodes on Wednesday, March 29, followed by one new episode weekly every Wednesday through May 17.

Based on M.O. Walsh’s novel of the same name (buy now at Amazon), The Big Door Prize tells the story of a small town that is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears in the general store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential.

Dusty Hubbard (O’Dowd), a seemingly content, cheerful family man and high school teacher, watches everyone around him reevaluate their life choices and ambitions — based on the machine’s printouts — and is forced to question whether he is truly as happy as he once thought.

While he remains skeptical of the machine, his wife, Cass (Dennis), indulges in the dream that there’s something bigger out there for her. Like many of Deerfield’s residents, the couple has lived a relatively safe, uncomplicated life, until the arrival of the Morpho machine.

However, all of that is about to change when the community is forced to reconcile with their unfulfilled achievements in pursuit of a better future.

The Big Door Prize is produced by Skydance Television and CJ ENM/Studio Dragon. Read serves as showrunner and executive producer.

Tetris and The Big Door Prize Previews From Apple TV+

David Ellison and Dana Goldberg serve as executive producers for Skydance Television; Miky Lee, Young Kyu Kim and Hyun Park executive produce for CJ ENM/Studio Dragon; with Bill Bost and Sarah Walker.

Anu Valia, Molly McGlynn, Todd Biermann, Jenée LaMarque and Declan Lowney direct the series for Apple TV+.

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