It took a decade, but we finally have a teaser for the live-action A Minecraft Movie. The first look comes courtesy of a video released by Warner Bros. today that clocks in at just over one minute — but, hey, we’ll take it. The film studio has confirmed its previous target, April 4, 2025, is moving forward with a theater-only release. Yes, once upon a time, it had release dates for May 2019 and March 2022, but the existence of a teaser makes us feel a little more hopeful (gullible?) this time.
After a series of directors joined and left the project, A Minecraft Movie is led by filmmaker Jared Hess. The Nacho Libre director is joined by his former lead, Jack Black, who plays Minecraft Steve. Rounding out the cast are Jason Momoa, Emma Meyers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, and Jennifer Coolidge. Check out the teaser to get your first look at the world where, as Black says, “Anything you can dream about here, you can make.” It appears as though a lot of people dream about cartoony animals with unnervingly realistic teeth. Did we learn nothing from Sonic?
For the uninitiated, Minecraft is literally the best-selling video game of all time, with sales of over 350 million. Originally released by independent developer Mojang Studios, Microsoft purchased the studio and the game’s intellectual property back in 2014 for a stunning $2.5 billion. It’s an open-world sandbox will no real defined goals, letting players build anything they can dream up. Of course, there have been a number of spin-off games that have more focused gameplay. As for the movie, it’s been stuck in development hell for a long time — it was first announced way back in 2014, the same year Mojang was purchased by Microsoft.
Update, September 4, 2024, 5:30PM ET: This story was updated with additional historic details on Minecraft and A Minecraft Movie, and a link to a tweet about some creepy teeth.
