An author is suing Apple and Tetris, accusing them of adapting his book about the game into a film without permission, listing 22 similarities

• Dan Ackerman wrote the 2016 book "The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World."
• And he's accusing The Tetris Company of adapting his work into this year's film about the video game.
• His lawsuit lists 22 similarities between the book and film, as well as the underlying plot.

The editor-in-chief of tech publication Gizmodo is accusing Apple and The Tetris Company of adapting his book about the video game into a movie without his permission.

Dan Ackerman filed the lawsuit in a New York district court on Monday, requesting damages of 6% of the film's $80 million production budget, equal to $4.8 million.