Minecraft is among the many many most worthwhile and influential video video games of the early twenty first century, profitable many awards and selling over 300 million copies (up to now) since its 2011 launch. So it was solely a matter of time sooner than Hollywood gave us a attribute film primarily based totally on the 3D sandbox recreation, merely titled A Minecraft Movie. Sure, one might have reservations about yet another video game-based movie, nonetheless on the plus side, we’ve obtained Jason Momoa and Jack Black co-starring. And the first teaser is full of eye-popping candy-colored cubic visuals and sly references to the game that should please followers.
Inside a 12 months of Minecraft‘s preliminary launch, Mojang Studios was fielding presents from Hollywood producers about making a TV sequence primarily based totally on the game, nonetheless the agency wished to attend for “the exact idea.” There was a 2014 try to crowd-source a fan film, nonetheless recreation creator Markus “Notch” Persson didn’t adjust to license that effort since he was already negotiating with Warner Bros. about making a film primarily based totally on the game. Thus began a protracted, convoluted strategy of directors and writers being employed and leaving the enterprise for various causes.
When the mud lastly settled, Jared Hess (who labored with Black on Nacho Libre) ended up directing. The COVID pandemic and 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike delayed points extra, nonetheless filming lastly wrapped earlier this 12 months in Auckland, New Zealand—merely in time for a spring 2025 theatrical launch. Per the official synopsis: