The Minecraft Movie’s First Trailer Proves That Some Things Were Not Meant to Be Rendered Realistically

Warner Bros. has released a trailer for its live-action Minecraft movie starring Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Jennifer Coolidge, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen . Take a look:

According to a property release, Minecraft: The Movie concerns “four misfits- Garrett ‘The Garbage Man’ Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—[who] find themselves struggling with mean problems erstwhile they are abruptly pulled done a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives connected imagination.  To get backmost home, they’ll person to maestro this satellite (and support it from evil things similar Piglins and Zombies, too) portion embarking connected a magical quest with an unexpected, adept crafter, Steve (Black).  Together, their escapade volition situation each 5 to beryllium bold and to reconnect with the qualities that marque each of them uniquely creative…the precise skills they request to thrive backmost successful the existent world.”

From the look of things, Hollywood’s rotation connected the wildly fashionable sandbox crippled volition beryllium precise reminiscent of 2017’s Jumanji, lone this clip with Jack Black playing the semi-feral usher who’s been stuck successful the matrix excessively long. Instead of the fantasy-jungle setting, however, our heroes find themselves surrounded by realistically-rendered gathering block-shaped horrors of Minecraft‘s overworld. As the game’s charming lo-fi graphics were a ample portion of its appeal, this trailer feels haloed by that aforesaid bizarre aura attached to the archetypal Sonic the Hedgehog trailer oregon The Garbage Pail Kids Movie–Jason Momoa’s “Garbage Man” quality adjacent looks similar helium was outfitted by the second film’s aspiring manner designer, Tangerine. Will this disparity adjacent entreaty to the Minecraft faithful? Considering it’s 1 of the biggest video games of each time, the imaginable is determination for this movie to beryllium huge… if audiences aren’t enactment disconnected by the creepy realisitic recreations of the game’s animals and creatures.

Directed by Oscar-nominee Jared Hess, the adaptation additionally boasts BAFTA-nominated manager of photography Enrique Chediak down the camera, Oscar-winning accumulation decorator Grant Major, exertion James Thomas, Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Dan Lemmon, and costume decorator Amanda Neale. Remember these names erstwhile Minecraft releases exclusively successful theaters April 4, 2025.

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