Blue Scuti: Tetris Crasher Exclusive Trailer Debut

Blue Scuti: Tetris Crasher – the archetypal documentary movie from Legendary’s Unscripted part – tells the communicative of Willis Gibson, aka Blue Scuti, who, connected December 21, 2023, was the archetypal idiosyncratic successful past to bushed Tetris, a feat agelong thought impossible. And helium did it astatine conscionable property 13.

The occurrence thrust Gibson into the spotlight overnight. But it was the timing of his accomplishment that makes his communicative that overmuch much poignant and almighty arsenic it came conscionable days aft the decease of his dad, Adam. (Willis’ mom, Karin Gibson, besides appears successful the documentary.)

Blue Scuti: Tetris Crasher serves past not lone arsenic a chronicle of 1 gamer’s biggest triumph but besides as, the film’s authoritative synopsis puts it, “a coming-of-age communicative astir overcoming grief, the powerfulness of community, and the emergence of an unexpected net legend.”

The feature-length documentary, written and directed by Chris Moukarbel, volition person its satellite premiere June 11th astatine the Tribeca Film Festival. IGN has the exclusive archetypal look astatine the film’s trailer, which tin beryllium viewed via the subordinate supra oregon the embed below.

Gibson, present 15, is arsenic amazed arsenic you mightiness deliberation to beryllium the taxable of a movie and portion he’s inactive lone successful precocious school. “It's not thing I thought would ever happen. I mean, it's 1 of those things that are truthful retired there,” Gibson told IGN this week. “Never erstwhile successful my beingness did it hap arsenic a anticipation due to the fact that it's conscionable thing that ne'er happens.”

“A batch of my friends were truly surprised. There was a infinitesimal past twelvemonth for 3 weeks oregon 2 weeks wherever it was truly fashionable successful my school, but past aft that it wasn't truly much,” said Gibson. “A batch of different radical successful the Tetris assemblage deliberation that it's truly cool, getting much eyes connected the community. Just the wide effect has been highly positive.”

Gibson recalled the infinitesimal erstwhile helium knew he’d beaten the game. “I lone knew of 1 spot wherever the crippled could clang and erstwhile I missed it, I didn't cognize that erstwhile oregon wherever it was going to crash. So the information that I did it close earlier the tally ended, I deliberation that multiplied my expression, similar however large it was,” helium said. “I wasn't expecting it to happen. I conscionable knew it could. So erstwhile it did, I conscionable got highly blessed and was shocked that I got it.”

He hopes that viewers of Blue Scuti: Tetris Crasher acquisition the joyousness of playing the crippled and the warmth of the Tetris community.

Maya Rogers, President and CEO of The Tetris Company, echoed that sentiment successful a connection provided to IGN: “Willis’ unthinkable accomplishment successful reaching the Tetris termination surface sparked an unprecedented question of planetary interest. It was much than conscionable a milestone — it was a almighty reminder of what Tetris represents: joy, resilience, and the magic of quality connection. From the aboriginal relationship betwixt creator Alexey Pajitnov and Tetris Company laminitis Henk Rogers to today’s passionate players, Tetris has ever been astir community. This was not lone a triumph for Willis, but a arrogant infinitesimal for the full Tetris family.”

Rogers and her dada Henk – himself the taxable of the 2023 Tetris movie starring Taron Egerton – volition some beryllium astatine the Tribeca Film Festival successful enactment of the documentary.

Willis Gibson volition besides beryllium astatine Tribeca for adjacent week’s premiere – his archetypal clip visiting New York City – but earlier that helium volition beryllium competing successful this weekend’s Classic Tetris World Championship successful Pasadena, California.