A Minecraft Movie Film Details
A Minecraft Movie is a 2025 American fantasy adventure comedy film based on the 2011 video game Minecraft by Mojang Studios. It was directed by Jared Hess and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta, from a story by Allison Schroeder, Bowman, and Palmer. The film stars Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, and Sebastian Hansen with supporting roles by Jennifer Coolidge, Rachel House, Jemaine Clement, and Hess. In the film, four misfits are pulled through a portal into a cubic world, and must embark on a quest back to the real world with the help of an “expert crafter” named Steve.
Plans for a Minecraft film adaptation originated in 2014, when game creator Markus Persson revealed that Mojang was in talks with Warner Bros. Pictures to develop the project. Throughout its development, A Minecraft Movie shifted between several directors, producers, and story drafts. By 2022, Legendary Entertainment became involved, and Hess was hired as director with Momoa in talks to star. Further casting took place from May 2023 to January 2024. Principal photography began later that month in New Zealand and concluded in April 2024. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the score, and Sony Pictures Imageworks, Wētā FX, and Digital Domain provided the film’s visual effects.
A Minecraft Movie had its world premiere at Empire, Leicester Square in London on March 30, 2025, and was theatrically released worldwide on April 4. Despite mixed reviews from critics, it was a box-office success, grossing $955 million worldwide against a budget of $150 million, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of 2025 and the second-highest-grossing video game film of all time. A sequel is in development.
STORY
CAST
- Jason Momoa as Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison, a struggling video game store owner and former game champion
- Jack Black as Steve, a former doorknob salesman who has spent years living in the Overworld
- Sebastian Hansen as Henry, Natalie’s creative younger brother
- Emma Myers as Natalie, Henry’s caring older sister and legal guardian
- Danielle Brooks as Dawn, a real estate agent who runs a mobile petting zoo
- Jennifer Coolidge as Marlene, the vice principal of Chuglass High School who has different ex-husbands and tries to avoid lawsuits upon accidentally hitting someone with her car
- Rachel House as the voice of Malgosha, the piglin ruler of the Nether
- Allan Henry serves as the physical actor of Malgosha.
- Jemaine Clement as:
- Daryl, an auctioneer
- the voice of Bruce, a piglin who is Malgosha’s father that taunts her dance creativity after losing “Nether’s Got Talent” in a flashback
- Jared Hess as the voice of General Chungus, a high-ranking piglin in Malgosha’s army
- Matt Berry as the voice of Nitwit, a villager that ends up transported to Earth and becomes Marlene’s eventual romantic partner after she ran into him with her car
- Bret McKenzie serves as the physical actor of Nitwit
- Hiram Garcia as Mr. Gunchie, a teacher at Chuglass High School who is revealed during the end credits to be one of Marlene’s ex-husbands
- Tommy Broadmore as Trevor, a kid who picks on Henry and sabotages his jetpack prototype
- Frankie Creagh-Leslie as Trevor’s friend
PRODUCTION
Development
Hess’ involvement in the film began after a separate project he was developing with Legendary never materialized, and he was involved by the studio to pitch a take for the Minecraft adaptation. He later stated that he enjoyed trying to “adapt something that doesn’t have a story – it’s an open sandbox game”, and hoped to find an opportunity for a “fun, ridiculous movie”. The film’s final writing credits went to Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta, who wrote the film from a story by Allison Schroeder, Bowman, and Palmer. Off-screen Additional Literary Material credit was given to Hess, McElhenney, Fuchs, Megan Amram, Kevin Biegel, John Francis Daley, Dana Fox, Hannah Friedman, Jonathan Goldstein, Phil Augusta Jackson, Lauryn Kahn, Kieran Mulroney, Michele Mulroney, Aaron Nee, Adam Nee, Zak Penn, Simon Rich, Peter Sollett, Laura Steinel, Jon Spaihts, Oren Uziel, and Ben Wexler.
While adapting Minecraft into a film, the production crew aimed to make sure that the objects present in the film were faithful to the game, made up only of cubes. This included everything from trees to fruit. Several YouTubers and members of the Minecraft community were present during the production of the film, with YouTuber Mumbo Jumbo contributing towards designing some of the props. When writing and directing the film, the team opted to make a story based on Minecraft, rather than making an official canon story, which they viewed as in-line with Minecraft‘s nature as a sandbox game that lets players create their own stories. As such, the film was titled A Minecraft Movie, rather than The Minecraft Movie. This concept is also applied to the film’s depiction of one of Minecraft‘s characters, Steve, which the production crew described Jack Black’s version as one of many Steves not meant to represent the “Steve” present in Minecraft.
James Thomas served as the film’s editor. While A Minecraft Movie is predominantly a live action film, it uses a heavy amount of CGI to simulate the terrain, animals, monsters, and other objects. Green-screens and in-studio lighting were also used extensively. 3D models were imported into Unreal Engine to create virtual environments of various sets, which were utilized throughout the production of the film. Visual effects for the film were provided by Sony Pictures Imageworks, Wētā FX, and Digital Domain, with Dan Lemmon serving as visual effects supervisor.
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