If you thought Minecraft had no story that you could build on, you’d be wrong. At least according to Warner Bros who acquired the rights to make a movie out of the popular video game franchise. Like with many other video games which offer little else outside of their captivating gameplay, Hollywood believes it can still turn them into decent movies that will spin a profit.
However, when a title is that successful, it remains appealing and so the studios are going to give it their best to make a success out of those films. One obvious thing is to ensure they have a great script to build a story into the gameplay concepts. Another is to put some big stars involved in the project to build further hype and interest in the film.
And with Minecraft, Warner Bros is starting to get all of these areas into alignment. They have Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman) on-board and working on the script, with McElhenney also set to direct the film. They now also have a star signed potentially signed up for the movie according to Variety, in Steve Carrell.
It’s a mixed and diverse group of talent, but it would seem they are going for more of a comedy approach to the film based on this, with Fuchs perhaps bringing familiarity with scripts of a bigger proportion. The film will also mark McElhenney’s directorial debut as well, so it is quite a big franchise for him to make a debut with. And Despicable Me aside, Carrell is not exactly a big money making star either.
There is no word on what their budget for this film will be, though if they are going the more comedy angle and with the film likely to be aimed at the younger viewers, I don’t think it should be too overwhelming.
I’m not particularly excited for the film, but interested to see how they build a game all about freedom and openness – what is essentially a digital version of Lego – into a movie with a narrative. And The Lego Movie turned out quite well, so I’m hoping Minecraft can produce some similar magic.
Last Updated: November 17, 2016
Andre Fourie
November 17, 2016 at 15:06
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Lu
November 17, 2016 at 15:06
Thank you. Now I have “Everything is awesome” playing in my head.
Original Heretic
November 17, 2016 at 15:17
Donn’t worry, everything is cool, you’re part of a team.
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 17, 2016 at 15:20
LOOOOOOOOOOOL
Lu
November 17, 2016 at 15:26
GET IT OUT!!!!! I swear the only song that I had more trouble getting out of my head was the Rice Crispies jingle that Tweak did back in the day.
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 17, 2016 at 15:30
They say that you should listen to the full song, to get it out
Lu
November 17, 2016 at 15:31
What did I do to deserve this?
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 17, 2016 at 15:33
Listen to the song, once you are done, it will be out of your head.
Try it, what have you got to lose?
Lu
November 17, 2016 at 15:37
It will just burrow deeper into my subconscious and lay eggs
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 17, 2016 at 15:38
Everything will be awesome, when you are part of a team
Lu
November 17, 2016 at 15:51
That doesn’t sound culty at all…..
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 17, 2016 at 15:30
HvR
November 17, 2016 at 15:07
After you have seen your first movie starring Rob Schneider as the main character you realise that they can make a movie out of freaking anything
Andre Fourie
November 17, 2016 at 15:07
True dat.
Andre Fourie
November 17, 2016 at 15:08
Or Adam Sandler. Another retard.
Lu
November 17, 2016 at 15:29
The two south park episodes come to mind (The one with Awesomo 2000 and the other where Cartman is possessed by Kenny’s ghost). Both pretty much sum Sandler and Schneider movies up pretty well.
Original Heretic
November 17, 2016 at 15:08
He’s gonna play a surprising character. There’s gonna be a Shyamalan twist! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/36b8e6775de865d2bdac0bc19d20e17edf324c0cd20b7cebdfe6ae9394b81c45.jpg
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 17, 2016 at 15:20
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Andre Fourie
November 17, 2016 at 15:24
I love this guy. He is really funny.
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 17, 2016 at 15:29
That one is my favourite gif of him
Lord Chaos
November 17, 2016 at 15:50
You don’t say? Twice (that I know of) in this week already. 😛
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 17, 2016 at 19:53
THRICE!
VampyreSquirrel
November 17, 2016 at 15:30
I don’t know how I feel about this.
40 Insane Frogs
November 17, 2016 at 15:31
I like Steve Carrell, he isn’t a lazy Adam Sandler, but this “movie” sounds like it’s going to suck harder than Adam Sandler’s Pixels.
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
November 17, 2016 at 15:38
That would actually be very impressive
40 Insane Frogs
November 18, 2016 at 08:09
A Steve Carrell remake of Pixels? I don’t know man… I always remember Evan Almighty, and then I cry a little inside.