This is not a drill.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Threshold Entertainment — whose major credits include 1995's live action Mortal Kombat film and the sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation — is teaming up with the Tetris Company to create a live action movie based on Tetris, the game, to premiere in live action theaters. This is Threshold CEO Larry Kasanoff (emphasis ours):

"It's a very big, epic sci-fi movie... This isn't a movie with a bunch of lines running around the page. We're not giving feet to the geometric shapes." "Brands are the new stars of Hollywood. We have a story behind ‘Tetris' which makes it a much more imaginative thing."

No cast, crew, production date, or release date have been determined. No writer has been named.

We don't know what the story is, but here's the movie's pre-designated baseline, according to these fan-made trailers from years past:

From Black20 Studios (2008). "A brother dies. A hero is born." It's basically Gladiator, but set in a dystopian future where "Tetris pilots" compete in an arena.

From Warialasky (2012): "I did not create Tetris. I was but a messenger. I was so wrong." Basically... Independence Day. Or maybe War of the Worlds. Or any other invasion movie, take your pick.

Apropos of nothing, here's a mock poster from Penny Arcade in 2003:

And also this:

Update: The press release, in its entirety: