Miners, get ready! A Minecraft Movie will hit theaters in 2025.

Minecrafta video game for children aged 10 and up, skyrocketed in popularity after its release in 2011. According to Hypebeastis now the most popular video game of all time. The main goal of the game? Build, explore, and interact, allowing players to choose their own adventures.

The coming A Minecraft Movie will have a similar premise. The film follows “four misfits” — played by Jason Momoa, A Good Girls Guide to Murder‘s Emma Myers, Orange is the new blackDanielle Brooks and promising actor Sebastian Eugene Hansen are drawn into the Overworld, a “bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination.”

Napoleon Dynamite Writer and director Jared Hess is at the helm of A Minecraft movie.

“Trying to adapt something that doesn’t have a story — it’s an open sandbox game … I like the challenge. There has to be a fun, ridiculous movie here. And there is,” he said The Salt Lake Tribune in January 2024. “I just can’t let the 10-year-olds down or they’ll kill us.”

Here’s everything you need to know about the highly anticipated A Minecraft Movie.

What is A Minecraft Movie about?

According to the official Warner Bros. Pictures logline for A Minecraft movie, viewers meet four characters, Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks), all struggling with everyday problems when they travel through a portal to the Overworld, where they meet expert craftsman Steve (Jack Black).

In order to return home, they must master their new world, where creativity is not only a means of creation, but essential for survival. They must fight against evil creatures such as Piglins and Zombies.

Who’s in the A Minecraft Movie form?

Besides the four main “players”, Momoa, Myers, Brooks and Hansen, A Minecraft Movie starring Jack Black, who confirmed his role in January 2024.

“An actor prepares himself”, the Nacho Free alum wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of him reading Minecraft Basics for Dummies. Black plays Steve who goes on a magical quest with the “misfits”.

That same month, Jennifer Coolidge, Kate McKinnon and Flight of the Conchords According to Deadline, actor Jemaine Clement has also come on board.

Is there a trailer for A Minecraft Movie?

Warner Bros. has released the first official teaser for A Minecraft Movie from September 2024.

The 75-second clip shows Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison, Henry, Natalie, and Dawn wandering the vast, vibrant landscape of the Overworld as Steve says, “Come over here! Anything you can dream up here, you can create here.”

The teaser reveals that the Overworld is home to various square animals – pink sheep, evil pigs, howling wolves, and crazy llamas – as well as expert crafter Steve, which the group is clearly not impressed with.

“That guy is such a jerk,” Natalie says, rolling her eyes.

Who directs A Minecraft Movie?

Jared Hess, best known as a director Napoleon Dynamite And Nacho Freeis the director associated with A Minecraft movie.

While I’m talking to Nerdtropolis In May 2024, Hess said it was “so much fun” to work with Black again, adding, “It’s so bizarre. He’s incredible in the movie.”

Where was A Minecraft Movie filmed?

A Minecraft Movie was recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, “on giant sound stages,” Hess told The Salt Lake Tribue. Filming officially wrapped in May 2024.

What did Jack Black say about A Minecraft Movie?

Black has made no secret of his enthusiasm for the fans A Minecraft Movie.

“I’m in a little movie called Minecraft. I don’t want to brag, but it’s a pretty big deal,” he jokingly said during an interview with IGN in March 2024. The actor, who has played the video game non-stop, also had some advice for new players.

“Get that house built. Quick! Because you don’t want to be homeless at night. Make that bed and get something to eat,” Black added.

When will A Minecraft Movie be released?

A Minecraft Movie will premiere in theaters on April 4, 2025.