Jack Black will reportedly play Steve in the long-delayed Minecraft movie adaptation<p>Jack Black is reportedly set to play Minecraft Steve. Deadline <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://deadline.com/2024/01/minecraft-jack-black-1235693816/" data-original-link="
https://deadline.com/2024/01/minecraft-jack-black-1235693816/">wrote[/url] on Tuesday that the
School of Rock actor will play the game’s blocky protagonist alongside Jason Momoa in the game’s long-delayed
film adaptation.</p>
<p>The
Minecraft adaptation has been <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-27-lego-movie-minecraft-movie.html">in development since 2014[/url]. It’s cycled through at least three <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/2014-12-15-director-shawn-levy-on-why-he-left-the-minecraft-movie.html">previous directors[/url] (Shawn Levy, Rob McElhenney and Peter Sollett) and two <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/2019-04-16-minecraft-movie-release-date-plot.html">missed release windows[/url] (2019 and 2022). Its current target date is April 4, 2025.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>The writers for the project’s current iteration haven’t yet been revealed. However, adapting the sandbox building game into a plot-driven Hollywood blockbuster will allow for (and probably require) ample creativity from its scribes. A plot synopsis published in 2019 (which may or may not still apply) describes the film as following “a teenage girl and her unlikely group of adventurers. After the malevolent Ender Dragon sets out on a path of destruction, they must save their beautiful, blocky Overworld.”</p>
<figure><img src="
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https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2024-01/914a7340-aa5d-11ee-97df-052fe4e71287" style="height:811px;width:1352px;" alt="Image of the character Steve (blocky, rudimentary graphics) from Minecraft in front of an orange gradient background." data-uuid="1de4435c-23b3-3434-b768-5b3affe6b2bb"><figcaption>Minecraft Steve</figcaption><div class="photo-credit">Mojang / Microsoft</div></figure>
<p>Black is fresh off a beloved performance as Bowser in <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/super-mario-bros-movie-review-fun-safe-romp-135146207.html">
The Super Mario Bros. Movie[/url], where he showed the effectiveness of his larger-than-life comedic presence in gaming adaptations.
IGN even <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.ign.com/articles/jack-black-tapped-to-play-minecraft-movies-steve-according-to-new-report">noted[/url] that both of Black’s gaming roles — Bowser and Steve — <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/super-smash-bros-ultimate-dlc-fighter-steve-minecraft-145258285.html">appeared[/url] in <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/2018-12-06-super-smash-bros-ultimate-review-switch.html">
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[/url].</p>
<p>
Napoleon Dynamite creator (and Black collaborator on
Nacho Libre) Jared Hess will direct. Deadline says production will start soon on the film, which hails from Warner Bros, Vertigo, Legendary, Mojang / Microsoft and On the Roam. Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen have signed on to join Black and Momoa in the cast.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/jack-black-will-reportedly-play-steve-in-the-long-delayed-minecraft-movie-adapatation-175331365.html?src=rssSource:
Jack Black will reportedly play Steve in the long-delayed Minecraft movie adaptation
