TeamTO has partnered with The Tetris Company on a CGI series for kids 6-plus inspired by the iconic game, built around the themes of creativity, engineering, teamwork, and discovery.
Tetris: World Builders, unveiled at Annecy, is in early development. It was created by TeamTO producers Marco Balsamo and Tara Sibel Demren with EP Chuck Williams.
“For more than 40 years, Tetris has brought people together through a universal language of logic and play,” said Maya Rogers, president and CEO of The Tetris Company. “With Tetris: World Builders, we are expanding the Tetris universe in an entirely new way, transforming one of the most iconic games of all time into a new adventure that inspires creativity, collaboration, and discovery. We are thrilled to partner with TeamTO to bring this vision to life and create a series that celebrates the limitless possibilities that emerge when people build together.”
“What has made Tetris timeless for more than four decades is the universal simplicity of its core idea: working with the pieces you’re given and discovering how they can come together,” said Balsamo, TeamTO’s president and CEO. “We saw an opportunity to transform that philosophy into an adventurous, optimistic world for a new generation of kids, using storytelling to celebrate ingenuity, collaboration, and the power of building something together.”
“There is something uniquely compelling about translating Tetris into a living, cinematic animated universe,” added COO Sibel Demren. “With Tetris: World Builders, we have the opportunity to introduce human child characters into the world of Tetris for the very first time, allowing audiences to experience this ever-evolving universe through an emotional and character-driven lens.”
