A Minecraft Movie Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Based on a game in which players create avatars that use cubes to make whatever environment they can imagine in a virtual world.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.

Cited as official plot version

Action Adventure Drama Based on Game

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in A Minecraft Movie.

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  Jason Momoa

  Animal Friends, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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  Danielle Brooks

  ... Dawn

  The Color Purple, Angry Birds

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  Sebastian Eugene Hansen

  ... Henry

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  Jack Black

  Anaconda, The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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  Emma Myers

  Southern Gospel, Family Leave

• J
  Jennifer Coolidge

  Riff Raff, The Emoji Movie

Crew Behind the Film

The A Minecraft Movie behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jared Hess last directed Thelma The Unicorn and Masterminds. The film's writer Rob McElhenney last wrote Figment.

Director

Jared Hess

Screenwriters

Rob McElhenney
Jason Fuchs
Aaron Nee

Producers

Roy Lee
Jason Momoa
Mary Parent

Production Details

What we know about the A Minecraft Movie movie production.

Key Facts

• Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present A Vertigo Entertainment/On The Roam/Mojäng Aktiebolag Production, A Jared Hess Film, “A Minecraft Movie.” The film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures worldwide and by Legendary East in China, and released only in theaters and IMAX in North America on April 4, 2025, and internationally beginning 2 April 2025.
• The director’s creative team behind the camera includes BAFTA-nominated director of photography Enrique Chediak (“127 Hours,” “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”), Oscar-winning production designer Grant Major (“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” “The Meg”), editor James Thomas (“Pokémon: Detective Pikachu”, the “Borat” films), Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Dan Lemmon (“The Jungle Book,” “The Batman”), and costume designer Amanda Neale (“The Meg,” “What We Do in the Shadows”). Casting is by Rachel Tenner. The music supervisors are Gabe Hilfer and Karyn Rachtman, and the music is by Mark Mothersbaugh (“Thor: Ragnarok,” the “LEGO®” movies).
• Oscar nominee Hess (“Ninety-Five Senses,” “Nacho Libre”) directed, with Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Jason Momoa, Jill Messick, Torfi Frans Olafsson and Vu Bui producing, and Todd Hallowell, Kayleen Walters, Brian Mendoza, Jonathan Spaihts, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary and Anthony Tittanegro executive producing.
• Warner Bros. acquired film rights to the video game franchise in February 2013 from Swedish developer Mojang AB.

Production Updates for A Minecraft Movie

Feb 2025

Completed

Changed A Minecraft Movie movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Sep 2024

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Mar 2024

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Apr 2022

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Jason Momoa is in final talks to star in the video game adaptation.

Jul 2019

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Frozen 2 and Hidden Figures screenwriter Allison Schroeder is on-board to write the script.

Jan 2019

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Peter Sollett has come aboard to write/direct the videogame adaptation.

Nov 2018

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Rob McElhenney no longer directing; new screenwriters hired. 2019 release date is now unlikely, moved to TBA.

Jun 2016

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. 2019 release date announced with Rob McElhenney on-board to direct.

Oct 2014

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

Mar 2014

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. No additional details available for this status.

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