It took a decade, however we lastly have a teaser for the live-action A Minecraft Film. The primary look comes courtesy of a video launched by Warner Bros. immediately that clocks in at simply over one minute — however, hey, we’ll take it. The movie studio has confirmed its earlier goal, April 4, 2025, is shifting ahead with a theater-only launch. Sure, as soon as upon a time, it had launch dates for Could 2019 and March 2022, however the existence of a teaser makes us really feel slightly extra hopeful (gullible?) this time.
After a collection of administrators joined and left the challenge, A Minecraft Film is led by filmmaker Jared Hess. The Nacho Libre director is joined by his former lead, Jack Black, who performs Minecraft Steve. Rounding out the forged are Jason Momoa, Emma Meyers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, and Jennifer Coolidge. Take a look at the teaser to get your first have a look at the world the place, as Black says, “Something you possibly can dream about right here, you may make.”
For the uninitiated, Minecraft is actually the best-selling online game of all time, with gross sales of over 350 million. Initially launched by unbiased developer Mojang Studios, Microsoft bought the studio and the sport’s mental property again in 2014 for a surprising $2.5 billion. It is an open-world sandbox will no actual outlined targets, letting gamers construct something they’ll dream up. In fact, there have been a variety of spin-off video games which have extra centered gameplay. As for the film, it has been caught in growth hell for a very long time — it was first introduced method again in 2014, the identical yr Mojang was bought by Microsoft.
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