Jack Black To Play Steve In 2025’s Minecraft Movie

It rather beggars belief that there hasn’t been a movie already. The Microsoft owned behemoth is one of the highest grossing media franchises of all time, and seems ripe for a guaranteed $1 billion+ box office. However, , it wasn’t until 2022 that details seemed to solidify. This is all taking another step toward reality with that Jack Black has reportedly signed up to play the live action version of the game’s protagonist, Steve.

A movie has been about to happen for a very long time. Then owner Markus “Notch” Persson revealed Warner had optioned the title back in 2014, and then various names have been attached and detached ever since. The very affable Shawn Levy was at one point, with writers Kieran and Michele Mulroney, but all three abandoned the project after their ideas were rejected.

’s Rob McElhenney was involved in some manner, . For a bit , until in 2022 that director Jared Hess would take the helm. At the same time, Jason Momoa was slated to star. Then, in 2023, . Phew. ’s story, based on sources, says Jack Black— on his as Bowser in 2023’s —is set to play as ’s player character, nicknamed Steve.

He joins Emma Myers ( ), Danielle Brooks ( ) and Sebastian Eugene Hansen ( ), the latter two playing unknown characters, Dawn and Henry, respectively. Beyond that, and rumors that filming is starting in New Zealand any time, little more is known. The current writers haven’t been revealed, and there’s no indication of a plot.

However, I bet my socks they’ll use the framework of a humble villager setting out to enter the Nether and defeat the Ender Dragon, and then hopefully treat everything in between as opportunities for silly action and fun, as did the charming and funny last year. It’s hard to overstate the popularity of .

We didn’t omit the words “video game” from “highest grossing media franchises” in the intro—the franchise really is that huge, with seeing it out profit the likes of and . The game alone is the biggest selling of all time, estimated to have sold 238 million copies, dwarfing second place ’s 150 million.

Some doubted Microsoft’s wisdom when it spent an eye watering $2.5 billion on the title in 2014, but the last decade has vindicated the decision. If Warner and Legendary can avoid making an absolute turkey, it’s hard to imagine this not seeing more billions added to the coffers—something that seems more likely to succeed with the charisma of Jack Black on board..