A Minecraft Movie

A Minecraft Movie
Type	Film
Directed by	Jared Hess
Screenplay by	Chris Bowman Hubbel Palmer
Produced by	Roy Lee Jon Berg Mary Parent Cale Boyter Jason Momoa Jill Messick Torfi Frans Olafsson Vu Bui
Starring	Jason Momoa Jack Black Emma Myers Danielle Brooks Sebastian Eugene Hansen Jennifer Coolidge
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Production companies	Mojang Studios Vertigo Entertainment Legendary Pictures Domain Entertainment On the Roam
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Date	April 4, 2025 (United States)

“	I... am STEVE!	„
	— Jack Black on A Minecraft Movie trailer.

A Minecraft Movie is an upcoming live-action Swedish-American film based on the video game Minecraft. It is currently being directed by Jared Hess from a screenplay by Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer and is currently slated to be released on April 4, 2025 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Plot

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Four misfits – Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks) – find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: the bizarre, blocky wonderland that we know and mine extensively love. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like piglins and zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Jack Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.

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Cast

• Jason Momoa as Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison
• Jack Black as Steve
• Emma Myers as Natalie
• Danielle Brooks as Dawn
• Sebastian Eugene Hansen as Henry
• Jennifer Coolidge
• Kate McKinnon
• Jemaine Clement

Production

Development

On February 27, 2014, Notch posted on Twitter that Mojang Studios' partnership with Warner Bros. about a Minecraft film was being "leaked", saying that he wanted to be the one to leak it out. That same day, it was reported that Roy Lee and Jill Messick were added as producers.

On October 8, 2014, Vu Bui stated that the movie was in "its early days of development", saying that it was a "large-budget production" and that it was planned to release within three to four years. Later that same month, it was reported that Shawn Levy would direct the film, but soon left the project along with Kieran and Michele Mulroney, who were serving as writers, due to creative differences and scheduling conflicts. It was reported that Levy and the Mulroney's vision for the film didn't mesh well with what Mojang was looking for. Levy would later state in an interview that he envisioned a Minecraft film as an adventure movie with a Goonies flair.

On July 21, 2015, Vu Bui announced that Rob McElhenney would serve as the director of the film.

On June 27, 2016, Mojang Studios announced the title and release date for Minecraft: The Movie by showing the front cover of the script and publicly announcing a release date of May 24, 2019.

On October 13, 2016, it was reported that Jason Fuchs would be writing the script alongside McElhenney.

On February 7, 2018, producer Jill Messick committed suicide at age 50, making Minecraft: The Movie the last movie she worked on.

On August 3, 2018, it was reported that Rob McElhenney and Jason Fuchs were replaced by writing duo Aaron and Adam Nee. The film was taken off the release schedule as a result of the replacement. McElhenney would later state that his vision of the film was budgeted at $150 million, and that studios in Vancouver were booked for filming, but it "slowly died on the vine" when studio head Greg Silverman was replaced by Toby Emmerich, who had a different vision for the film.

On January 3, 2019, it was reported that Jim Berney has been appointed for the film's visual effects. Later that same month, it was reported that Peter Sollett would write and direct the film, with Jon Berg being added as a producer, and Jon Spaihts being added as an executive producer, along with information about the plot revolving around the Ender Dragon destroying the Overworld. This information would be confirmed the following April in a blog post made on the Minecraft website, announcing that the film would be released on March 4, 2022.

On June 24, 2019, it was reported that Allison Schroeder would be writing the latest script for the film.

On April 18, 2022, it was reported that Jared Hess would direct the film, along with Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer writing the latest script. Lydia Winters and Mary Parent were also added as producers, while Cale Boyter was also added as an executive producer.

On April 5, 2023, it was reported that the film is now slated to release on April 4, 2025.

On May 23, 2023, it was reported that Jason Momoa and Torfi Frans Olafsson were added as producers.

Casting

In May 2023, Matt Berry entered negotiations to join the cast. Later, in November, Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen joined the cast. In December, Emma Myers also joined the cast. In January 2024, Jack Black (who previously worked with Hess on Nacho Libre) joined the cast, teasing his casting in the film via his official Instagram account. Jennifer Coolidge, Kate McKinnon, and Jemaine Clement were also cast in undisclosed roles.

Filming

On June 19, 2023, it was reported that principal photography on the film would start on August 7 in New Zealand, before filming was delayed in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Following the conclusion of the strike in early November 2023, filming was reported to be aiming for an early 2024 start. With the announcement of Brooks and Hansen as part of the cast, filming was scheduled to begin in late December 2023. Filming had begun by mid-January 2024 in Auckland and ended in mid-April, with Grant Major serving as the production designer.

Release

The film is being distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and is currently slated to release on April 4, 2025. It was originally scheduled to be released on May 24, 2019, but was then taken off the release schedule in August 2018 due to the aforementioned replacement of McElhenney and Fuchs. In April 2019, it was announced that the film would be released on March 4, 2022, but it was again taken off the release schedule in October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with The Batman taking its place.

Marketing

On September 4, 2024, the film's first trailer was released. Forbes called it "utterly horrifying in almost every conceivable way." The Verge said that besides its "unsettling imagery", it "looks like some silly family fun". TechRadar could not decide whether it was "drop-dead gorgeous or the stuff of nightmares."