Warner Bros. Is Building 'The Minecraft Movie'

Minecraft is going live-action. How, exactly, that will work is something to ponder.

Mojang, the game developer behind the hit multi-platformer, teamed with Warner Bros. for The Minecraft Movie, currently slated for release on March 4, 2022. The company broke the news via its official blog, noting that the feature film will tell the story of a teenage girl and an unlikely group of adventurers out to save their beautiful, blocky Overworld from the malevolent Ender Dragon. Filmmaker Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) is on board to write and direct, confirming a Variety exclusive published in January.

A Minecraft movie has been rumored for some time, with Minecraft the First Movie initially floated as a title. As Mojang notes, the film has a date, a director, and an official storyline, but we’re still more than three years out from release.

“Does it sound distant? We beg to differ! It’s only 1,053 days. Or about 34 months, or 150 weeks, or a million and a half minutes. Not that we’re counting, of course. Besides, it turns out that making a live-action, full-length feature film is really complicated!” the company adds in its (unusual) announcement.

Hey, gaming should be fun!

Photo: Mojang

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James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

Warner Bros. Is Building ‘The Minecraft Movie’

About the author

James Zahn