During Minecraft Live 2024, Mojang shared an “exclusive look” at the upcoming Minecraft movie, which is due out in April 2025.
The live project is led by director Jared Hess and producer and creative director of entertainment at Mojang, Torfi Frans Olafsson. Both understand that the creators have already made such amazing animated stories and content based on Minecraft, so the decision was made to do something different with the film on a much larger scale.
The premise is how real people would survive in the world of Minecraft. According to Hess, “It’s very intentional that this live-action movie is called ‘A’ Minecraft Movie as opposed to ‘The’ Minecraft Movie,” as the team understands that each player already brings “their own original story” to this universe.
The production was based in New Zealand, and the famous ‘Weta Workshop’ worked on all the props and sets in the film. This includes the involvement of production designer Grant Major, who worked on the original Lord of the Rings trilogy.
As for the film itself, it has been revealed that Jason Momoa’s character will play a video game champion who is still clinging to his former glory. This same exclusive sneak peek also gives Minecraft fans their first look at a live version of the crafting table that features the same 3×3 grid as the games. You can see it in action at 4:55 in the video above.
At Minecraft Live this year, Mojang also announced a creepy new biome and mob (and some other updates) are on the way:
