“Anything you can dream up here, you can create,” Jack Black says in the first trailer for “A Minecraft Movie,” set to hit theaters April 4, 2025.
He then ceremoniously announces, “I'm… Steve,” prompting boos from the rest of the crew, who have been transported to this video game world.
Directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre), the film also stars Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, and Jennifer Coolidge. Warner Bros. and Legendary are backing this adaptation of one of the best-selling video games of all time (140 million monthly users).
In the first footage of “The Minecraft Movie,” Black and Momoa encounter pigs and creeps as they navigate the ever-changing fantasy world.
Minecraft first appeared in 2011 and allows players to use colored blocks to create 3D worlds. It has also spawned several spin-off games, including Minecraft: Story Mode, Minecraft Earth, Minecraft Dungeons, and Minecraft Legends. Microsoft acquired Mojang Studios, the Swedish developer behind the game, in 2014 and will serve as a producer on the film adaptation.
With “A Minecraft Movie,” Black cemented his status as the Hollywood actor gamers turn to for stories on screen, having starred in “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Jumanji: The Next Level” and “Borderlands.” Momoa, for his part, has starred in hit films such as “Aquaman,” “Dune” and “Fast & Furious.”
Watch the trailer for “A Minecraft Movie” below.
