Here’s How They Brought the Minecraft Movie to Life, Even If They Shouldn’t Have

Warner Bros. has released a caller featurette going behind-the-scenes of its long-gestating Minecraft movie, present officially titled A Minecraft Movie. Have a look:

In the words of manager Jared Hess, “when we were processing this into a film, we conscionable thought, “Let’s bring our amusive story. It’s precise intentional that this movie is called A Minecraft Movie arsenic opposed to The Minecraft Movie.”

So, what does this unsocial imaginativeness for an archetypal communicative utilizing the Minecraft IP arsenic a springboard reveal? Well, arsenic divulged successful the trailer that arrived successful September, we person stars Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, and Sebastien Eugene Hansen becoming trapped successful the crippled itself, overmuch similar Jumanji, whereupon they observe Steve (Jack Black) a antheral who has been wrong the crippled truthful agelong helium has mastered its assorted intricacies… overmuch similar Jumanji.

Though the video skips implicit some Brooks’ and Myers’ characters, we spot Steve arsenic a kid investigating a excavation with his ain pickaxe and helmet, earlier transforming into an identically dressed adult. As it happens, Jack Black narrates, “You spot Steve wishing helium was capable to conscionable bash what helium wants and fto his imaginativeness tally wild.” It whitethorn dependable cynical connected our part, but it appears the featurette reveals a large twist of the movie, preemptively: it sounds similar Steve unknowingly created the Minecraft dimension, himself, via the powerfulness of his ain mind, successful a akin mode to Billy Maximoff successful Agatha All Along, oregon adjacent R.L. Stine successful different erstwhile Jack Black movie: 2015’s Goosebumps.

We besides larn Momoa’s character, Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison, was an 1980s video crippled prodigy who claimed the satellite title rubric for a fictitious bushed ’em up titled Hunk City Rampage. However, “he hasn’t moved past erstwhile helium was connected top,” according to manager Hess. Momoa additionally speculates helium doesn’t deliberation the quality has “ever had a hug.”

Hansen’s character, meanwhile, is described arsenic “a parent figure” to the radical who “literally has to make to survive,” portion Myers’ character, Natalie, (who looks similar she’s wearing a t-shirt bearing the New World Pictures logo) is the snarky one. We inactive don’t truly cognize thing astir Brooks’ character, Dawn, but the histrion expertly feigns enthusiasm for the film’s depiction of zombies, skeletons, and “creepers” who battle our formed connected their archetypal horrifying nighttime wrong the Minecraft realm.

From a accumulation standpoint, we besides larn YouTuber Mumbo Jumbo worked connected the movie arsenic a consultant, helping to make the film’s quadrate cactuses that are catapulted astatine our heroes astatine immoderate constituent successful the story.

And that’s astir the size of it. It surely feels similar an amalgam of assorted Jack Black projects from the past decade. As the antheral himself states successful the video above, “that’s 1 of the large things astir Minecraft—if you privation to survive, you gotta beryllium creative.”

We’ll find retired however audiences take A Minecraft Movie erstwhile it yet reaches theaters April 5, 2025.

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