Ifilimu ye-Tetris: Ngaphakathi kwedili lebhizinisi lomdlalo omkhulu wesikhathi sonke | Ingxoxo kaMaya Rogers

UMaya Rogersi-CEO ye Inkampani yeTetriswangitshela ukuthi ifilimu ye-Tetris empeleni imayelana nendaba yesivumelwano sokuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi esikhulu kunazo zonke.

Ngokwemvelo, uchemile kancane. Phela, uyise wayengumfana ophushayo owabona amandla kaTetris, wanyonyoba waya eNintendo ukuze athole umhlangano ne-CEO yayo, futhi walandelela amalungelo eSoviet Union ejensi engaqondakali kanye nomdidiyeli wezinhlelo ogama lakhe lingu-Alexey Pajitnov.

Ifilimu iqale ukukhonjiswa embukisweni we-South By Southwest e-Austin, e-Texas, futhi izothola ukuboniswa okukhethekile ngesonto elizayo ku-Game Developers Conference. I-Tetriseqondiswa ngu-Jon S. Baird, iwumsebenzi we-biopic wenganekwane ethwebula ingqikithi yesivumelwano – oh, futhi lokho kugijimisa imoto eSoviet Union akuzange kwenzeke ngempela.

Ifilimu imayelana nendlela u-Henk Rogers, uyise kaMaya, alandelela ngayo umdali we-Tetris, u-Alexey Pajitnov, emuva ngeminyaka yawo-1980 futhi waqinisekisa amalungelo omdlalo wokupakisha i-block we-Nintendo. Kukhona okuhlotshiswe ngeHollywood endabeni, kodwa ixoxa indaba yokuthi kwakunjani ukungena ngaphakathi kumbuso wamakhomanisi weSoviet Union futhi uphume nenkontileka yazo zonke izinkontileka zamalungelo egeyimu.

UMaya Rogers uthe uyise noPajitnov basengabangane abakhulu nabalingani bebhizinisi kuze kube yilolu suku. Ngikhulume naye eNgqungqutheleni yeDayisi yakamuva. Ngiyibukile ifilimu futhi ngizonikeza imibono yami kamuva kuleli sonto. Kodwa bekuyi-hoot ukubona abalingiswa esikrinini esisiliva engihlangane nabo empilweni yangempela.

Umdlalo uzoba ku-Apple TV+ ngoMashi 31.

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Ungangitshela mayelana I-Tetris imuvi?

UMaya Rogers: Yebo, i-biopic. Izophuma ngoMashi 31 ku-AppleTV+. Yindaba kaHenk Rogers eya eSoviet Union futhi ethola amalungelo kuTetris. Indaba kaHenk, kaNintendo kanye neGame Boy, futhi isekelwe esisekelweni sobungani bakhe no-Alexey Pajitnov. Sijabule kakhulu. Omunye ungitshele ukuthi le yindaba yokuqala ehamba ngemuva nabantu abenza lokhu kwenzeke. Akuyona indaba eyenziwe. Yilokho okwenzeka ngempela embonini yemidlalo. Abantu abaningi abaqapheli ukuthi indaba kaTetris yayihlanya kangakanani, lo mdlalo uphuma ezweni lamaKhomanisi.

Umlingiswa kaHenk udlalwa nguTaron Egerton, umlingisi omangalisayo. Ngiku-movie futhi, njengengane yami eneminyaka engu-10 ubudala, intombazanyana yaseJapane, kanye nomama wami. Futhi kuwumkhosi wokumelwa kwe-Asian, nabalingisi abakhuluma isi-Japanese abahamba phambili. Yindaba eyeqa imigoqo yamasiko. Kuyathakazelisa uma kubhekwa ukuthi kwenzekani eRussia namuhla. Le ndaba imayelana nokuxhumana kwabantu nokuthi u-Henk no-Alexey bahlangana kanjani ngothando lwabo lwemidlalo yevidiyo. Imayelana nolimi olujwayelekile olukhulunywa imidlalo.

GamesBeat: Kwaqala kanjani lokho?

Rogers: Kwakuyisiqalo esihlanyayo. Phambilini besinesivumelwano ebesisebenza, kodwa asizange siphumelele. Ngesikhathi kwenzeka lokho kwaba nezwi lokuthi senza ifilimu kaTetris. Umqondisi odumile wathi, “Ngifuna ukwenza ifilimu yeTetris.” Ngaxhumana nalowo mqondisi ngoba wayekhulume okuthile esidlangalaleni. Lobo budlelwano abuphumelelanga. Kodwa kusukela ekuqaleni sasihileleke, kusukela ezigabeni zeskripthi nokuqasha ababhali. Iskripthi esakhiwe sasisihle kakhulu. Ziningi-ke izinto ezenzekile. Izinto zabambezeleka. Kodwa ekugcineni yathathwa nguMatthew Vaughn, owayeqondisa uchungechunge lweKingsman, umqondisi odume kakhulu waseBrithani. Wawuthanda lo mbhalo. Wabe esexhumana no-Apple.

I-GamesBeat: Ingabe yayihlale icatshangwa njengenganekwane yomlando, i-biopic, ngokuphambene nenganekwane emsulwa?

Rogers: Kwakuzoba njalo i-biopic, yebo. Kwakufana ne-Argo noma i-Social Network, into enobucayi kancane kuyo, ngokusekelwe endabeni yeqiniso. U-Henk no-Alexey baphila ngakho. Njengoba bephinda bexoxa indaba, bathi, “Indaba yethu ibithakazelisa kakhulu kunalokho esizama ukukudala njengenguqulo yaseHollywood. Yebo kukhona okuhlotshisiwe ngokwenzekile, kodwa okuningi kwenzeka. Abantu cishe bazobuka ifilimu becabanga ukuthi ayikho indlela lokhu okwenzeka ngayo, kodwa lezi zinto zenzeka ngempela kudala. Sijabule kakhulu.

Ifilimu siyibone okokuqala ngo-Okthoba. UHenk wayechiphiza izinyembezi. Indaba yomndeni, ifa lomndeni wethu. Futhi, futhi, ukubuyela kulokho uTetris abe yikho namuhla, abantu abazi ngendaba ukuthi, lo mdlalo waba khona kanjani.

GamesBeat: Ngicabanga ukuthi into embi kakhulu kimi ukuthi uthole amalungelo, futhi ungabelana ngemali no-Alexey. Ngiyakhohlwa ukuthi kwathatha isikhathi esingakanani.

Rogers: Ngicabanga ukuthi kwakungo-1996 lapho bethola amalungelo, ukuze akwazi ukukhokhelwa ngokuqondile emalini etholwayo yakwaTetris. Manje bangabanikazi abambisene be-IP. Kodwa futhi, lokhu kubuyela ebunganeni bokuxhawula ababenabo. Yingakho basengabalingani namuhla. Bathembana ngokuphelele uma kuziwa kukho konke okwenzeka ku-IP.

GamesBeat: Indaba engeyona eqanjiwe emangalisayo. Ingabe ifilimu ifinyelela kude kangako endabeni, noma ingabe iphetha esikhathini esithile ngaphambi kwesikhathi?

Rogers: Ngokuyisisekelo iphetha ngokuthi u-Alexey athole amalungelo, yebo. Yileyo nkathi. Isiqalo kuphela. Iqala ngokuthi u-Henk athole i-Tetris kwa-CES, ngoba yayisivele ishicilelwe ngabakwaSpectrum Holobyte. Futhi indaba kaMinoru Arakawa no-Howard Lincoln kanye no-Henk Rogers abangena ukuze bavikele amalungelo eSoviet Union. Kunenganekwane encane yenhloli lapho. Akukho ukujaha imoto okwenzeke ngempela. Leyo yingxenye yaseHollywood. Kwakuyisikhathi esithakazelisayo, ngoba kwakulungile lapho iSoviet Union iwa. Zonke lezi zingcezu zaziwela endaweni.

I-GamesBeat: Mingaki iminyaka lokhu kuqede ukuthatha, ukwenza ifilimu?

Rogers: Kuzodingeka ngibheke emuva, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kwathatha iminyaka eyisithupha. Akukona isikhathi eside njengoba abantu cishe belindele.

GamesBeat: Ingabe iqale nge-Apple, noma yagxuma kancane?

Rogers: Yebo, yaqhamuka ezinkampanini ezimbalwa.

GamesBeat: Kuyahlekisa ukuthi ihlala kanjani ngesikhathi lapho wonke lo mkhuba usuyinto enkulu manje. Sine-The Last of Us ku-HBO kanye ne-movie ye-Super Mario iyeza maduze.

Rogers: Ifilimu yadutshulwa ngesikhathi sokuphakama kobhubhane. NgoJanuwari 2020, konke kwavalwa. Ekuqaleni yayizodutshulwa eMoscow. Khona-ke yayizodutshulwa eBerlin. Kodwa ekugcineni balidubula eScotland, ngoba bathola ukuthi lo mdwebi owakha izakhiwo eziningi eMoscow wayeke wasebenza eScotland. Izakhiwo ezifanayo zikhona. Kwasebenza mayelana nokushuthwa kwefilimu lapho. Ngeshwa asikwazanga ukuya lapho, ngoba ukuphela kwendlela yokufika lapho kwakungesitimela esivela eLondon. Bekubanda kakhulu, futhi ube nayo yonke imikhawulo. Baphinde bashutha kabusha, njengoba kwenza amamuvi amaningi, futhi lokho kuthathe isikhathi eside kunalokho obekulindelwe. Ngakho-ke, iqale ngoJanuwari 2020, futhi bekufanele iphume ngo-2021, kepha ukuhluma kabusha kwenzeka ngonyaka owedlule. Manje iza lapha ngo-2023.

GamesBeat: Ingabe ubunakho ukulawula izinto ezifana namaqiniso asetshenziswe kuskripthi?

Rogers: Nakanjani, yebo. Kusukela ekuqaleni sasibambe iqhaza ekukhetheni umbhali, uNoah Pink. Wabhala okusalungiswa kwakhe, kwase kuthi u-Henk no-Alexey bamqondisa kuso sonke iskripthi. I-Tetris Company nayo yanikeza amaqiniso. Nakanjani sasihileleke kuzo zonke izinyathelo. Sivume iskripthi nabalingisi.

GamesBeat: Izokhishwa kanjani ngale kombukiso wokuqala?

Rogers: Sidlala okokuqala ngokusemthethweni e-SXSW ngoMashi 15. Bese senza umbukiso e-GDC womphakathi wamageyimu, ukuze bonke bajabule. Ngemuva kwalokho izokhishwa ku-Apple+ ngoMashi 31.

GamesBeat: Manje njengoba imuvi isiphelile, wenzani uHenk manje?

Rogers: Ngicabanga ukuthi umbuzo ufana nokuthi, “Yini angenzi lutho?” Ngempela ulandela umsebenzi wakhe wokusindisa umhlaba ekuguqukeni kwesimo sezulu. Usebenza ku-Blue Planet Alliance, ehlanganisa zonke lezi zinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo mayelana nokusimama ukuze zizame ukushintsha umhlaba. Ukuleyo mishini manje, okwenza umhlaba ube indawo engcono, indawo okuhlalwa kuyo, ukuze Umhlaba ungafi.

GamesBeat: Kufanele ngikhulume naye ngalokho ngelinye ilanga. Kunezinto ezithile eziphuma esihlokweni se-metaverse ezingase zithakazelise. Ingabe yena no-Alexey basasebenza ndawonye?

Rogers: Nakanjani basazenza izinto ndawonye. Lo bhubhane wenza izinto zibe nzima, ngokusobala, kodwa minyaka yonke bayahlangana futhi bahambe.

GamesBeat: Futhi yikuphi okwakamuva okuvela ku-Tetris Company uma kungenjalo?

Rogers: Sisebenzela igeyimu yeselula entsha ezokwethulwa ekupheleni kukaMashi. Into yethu enkulu leyo. Sisanda kwethula i-emulator ye-Game Boy ku-Nintendo Switch. Kuyoba mnandi lokho. Ngiqinisekile ukuthi abantu bazofuna ukudlala uma imuvi isiphuma. Asinayo eminye imidlalo emikhulu ezayo, njengama-consoles. Kodwa futhi sisebenzela ukuhlonipha umdlalo wokuqala weTetris ka-Alexey.

GamesBeat: Kuseyi-IP eqinile ngokujwayelekile.

Rogers: Kunamandla kakhulu, yebo. Yebo futhi senza ezinye izinto njengezimpahla zemfashini nendlela yokuphila, nokuzijabulisa manje. Kube kuhle ngempela ukubona ukusabela ku-YouTube, zonke izigidi zezibukeli ezivela ku-trailer. Kodwa-ke, umshini wokudlala-ividiyo ye-IGN ibe nokubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezi-4. Kuhle kakhulu ukubona ukuthi umphakathi wamageyimu uyimbangela yendaba. Wonke umuntu uwazi kahle lo mkhiqizo. Kube okujabulisayo ukubona lokho, konke ukwesekwa nempendulo esiyitholile.

I-GamesBeat: Into ethokozisayo abantu abayishoyo ngakho konke ukuvela kabusha kwe-Hollywood nemidlalo–izithiyo azisezinkulu kangako. Abantu kuzo zombili izimboni baqondana kangcono manje. Bonke bakhulela emhlabeni womunye nomunye.

Rogers: Ayaphelelisana, akunjalo? Konke ukuzijabulisa. Engikushilo ekuqaleni, lena ifilimu yokuqala ehamba ngemuva kwemidlalo, okudingekayo ukuze umdlalo uphumele emhlabeni. Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu bayakujabulela ukubona lokho. Abantu be-DICE abenza umsebenzi wansuku zonke ukwenza le midlalo emangalisayo iphile, kuyajabulisa ukwazi ukuthi abantu bazobona abakwenzayo.

GamesBeat: Cishe indaba yokuthuthukisa ibhizinisi.

Rogers: Yebo! Nosomabhizinisi ohlanyayo. Yilokho okudingekayo, akunjalo? Cishe i-surreal, ngoba sisondele kakhulu kuyo yonke into. Yebo siyijabulele ifilimu, kodwa sichemile kancane. Besicabanga ukuthi kuhle, kodwa futhi sithole impendulo enhle kakhulu. Ngingasho ngokuzethemba ukuthi kuzoba ifilimu emnandi.