Back in February 2014Markus Persson, founder of Mojang Studios and creator of Minecraftrevealed that the studio was in talks with Warner Bros to make a film adaptation of Minecraft. What is Minecraft? In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, Minecraft it’s a sandbox that came out in 2011known for giving wings to the imagination of its players. Saying that Minecraft has a mass audience is an understatement, as it is the best-selling game in history. So if Warner Bros. places its blocks right, the Minecraft movie could be one of the best-selling highest grossing of the decade.
Story of a cursed production
When the film went into production in 2014, it had Shawn Levy as director along with Kieran and Michele Mulroney as writers. However, by December of that same year, all they abandoned the project. Months passed and in July 2015it was announced that Warner Bros. had hired Rob McElhenney to direct the film. According to the director, he had been drawn to the open-world nature of Minecraft, an idea that Warner Bros. had initially agreed to and had provided him with a preliminary budget of $150 million for.
In 2016began the initial production of the film. There was optimism in the air and in June of that year, it was chosen as release date he May 24, 2019In October, they hired Jason Fuchs to write the script and the following month Steve Carell to voice an unknown character. However, McElhenney’s Minecraft movie slowly died a death scheduling conflicts and ended up leaving the film.
In August of 2018Warner hired Aaron and Adam Nee for rewrite the scriptwith its consequent delay. It was not confirmed director until, in 2019Peter Sollett was hired to write and direct the film, with Allison Schroeder as co-writer. But in the end, both ended up abandoning the project in 2022.
So, they hired Jared Hess as new director (known for his work on the animated short Ninety-Five Senses and the feature film Nacho Libre) and began talks with Momoa to star. More castings Since May 2023 until January 2024. Finally, the filming of this cursed movie began in mid-January 2024 in New Zealandcounting on the actors Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Emma Myers y Danielle Brooks.
Will this production be successful?
Finally, it is expected that A Minecraft movie comes out in theaters on April 4, 2025 in the US and there is still no confirmed date for its release in Europe. We don’t know what to expect from this film, but for now the community He seems to have it clear: he aims to be another bump box office hits like Borderlands, which you can read about here.
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We leave you the trailer of A Minecraft movie so that you can see it and form your own opinion. Don’t hesitate to tell us what you think in the comments!
