Warner Bros. has finally released a teaser for the upcoming Minecraft feature film, officially titled “A Minecraft Movie”.
It’s currently trending at #1 on YouTube and has sparked a lot of debate – with the negative crowding out the positive.
After the latest video game to film adaptation (Borderlands) flopped, people seem to be nervous and skeptical about a Minecraft movie.
But here’s what Warner Bros. had to say about the teaser on their YouTube page:
Warner Bros. films. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, “A Minecraft Movie,” directed by Jared Hess, is the first live-action adaptation of the best-selling video game Minecraft. time.
The film also stars Emma Iers (“Wednesday”), Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple”), Sebastian Eugene Hansen (“Only Mercy,” “Lisey’s Story”), with Jennifer Coolidge.
Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity not only helps you craft, but is essential to one’s survival! Four misfits – Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Iers) and Dawn (Brooks) – find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that grows thanks to imagination. In order to get home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) as they embark on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert craftsman, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be brave and reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative… the very skills they need to thrive in the real world again.
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures present a Vertigo Entertainment/On The Roam/Mojäng Aktiebolag Production Jared Hess film, “A Minecraft Movie.” The film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures worldwide and Legendary East in China, and will be released only in theaters and IMAX in North America on April 4, 2025, and internationally starting on April 2, 2025.
Readers can view the teaser below:
