March 30, 2025 (Empire Leicester Square)
April 4, 2025 (United States)
A Minecraft Movie is a 2025 American fantasy adventure comedy film based on the 2011 video game Minecraft by Mojang Studios. It was directed by Jared Hess and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta, from a story by Allison Schroeder, Bowman, and Palmer. The film stars Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, and Sebastian Hansen. In the film, four misfits are pulled through a portal into a cubic world that thrives on imagination, having no choice but to master the world while embarking on a quest with an expert crafter named Steve.
Plans for a Minecraft film adaptation were announced in February 2014 when creator Markus Persson revealed that Mojang was in talks with Warner Bros. Pictures to develop the project, with Roy Lee and Jill Messick producing. During development, filmmakers Shawn Levy, Rob McElhenney, and Peter Sollett, were initially hired to direct, while writers Kieran and Michele Mulroney, Jason Fuchs, Aaron and Adam Nee, and Allison Schroeder, were attached. In April 2022, Legendary Entertainment became involved, with Hess hired as the new director and Momoa in talks to star. Further casting took place from May 2023 to January 2024. Principal photography began later that month in New Zealand and concluded in mid-April 2024.
The film would have its world premiere at Empire, Leicester Square in London, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States on April 4, 2025. It received mixed reviews from critics and has since grossed $817 million worldwide against a budget of $150 million, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2025 and the second highest-grossing video game film of all time.
E2 provides the post-production sound services/"sound editorial": Sound Designers Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl, along with Jason W. Jennings, serve as Supervising Sound Editors, It is unconfirmed if Skywalker Sound is involved as a sound service (currently rumored on IMDb).
Storyline[]
Steve breaks into a mine to fulfill a childhood dream when he discovers the Orb of Dominance and the Earth Crystal, using them to enter the Overworld. He builds his own paradise, and later stumbles across a portal to the Nether. He is seized by Malgosha, the piglin ruler of the Nether who hates creativity due to past bullying and wants to destroy the Overworld. To prevent anyone else from entering the Overworld, Steve has his dog Dennis hide the Orb and Crystal under his bed in the real world.
Years later, Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison, the winner of a 1980s video game championship, owns a video game store in Chuglass, Idaho. When he receives an eviction notice, he heads to a storage auction to acquire items to sell for cash, ultimately winning the belongings of Steve's old house. While searching through the items, particularly hoping to find an Atari Cosmos that he can sell, he finds the Orb of Dominance and the Earth Crystal. Meanwhile, siblings Henry and Natalie move to Chuglass following the death of their mom. The two meet Dawn, a real estate agent who wants to open a petting zoo. On Henry's first day of school, he gets in trouble when his makeshift jetpack goes haywire and knocks over a mascot statue. To avoid trouble, he pretends that Garrett is his uncle, and accidentally reactivates the portal by combining the Orb of Dominance and Earth Crystal back at the shop, leading the two to the mines. Natalie is worried, and heads there with Dawn. All four of them ultimately enter the portal and arrive in the Overworld. Malgosha is alerted that the Orb has returned and releases Steve from his prison in the Nether to reclaim it.
While fighting off monsters at night, Henry learns how to build and makes a wooden fortress. While trying to head inside, Garrett accidentally breaks the Earth Crystal. Steve appears as sunrise approaches to save everyone, and tells them they have to go to the Woodland Mansion to replace the crystal. He follows them to a nearby village and shows them how to craft. However, piglins launch a raid on the village that leads to Steve, Garrett and Henry being separated from Natalie and Dawn. Steve, Garrett and Henry narrowly escape and defeat a ghast while heading to a cave, while Natalie and Dawn discover Dennis who promises to lead them back to Steve. Malgosha retaliates by sending out the Great Hog.
The Great Hog chases down Steve, Garrett and Henry, who flee using minecarts, and the Great Hog is blown up by Creepers. Arriving at the mansion, Steve and Garrett attempt to distract the inhabitant pillagers while Henry acquires both the Earth Crystal and an Ender Pearl. Malgosha returns with a new Great Hog and blows up the bridge leading to the Mansion. Steve and Henry get away while Garrett sacrifices himself in the explosion, though he survives. The two reunite with Dawn, Natalie and Dennis in a mushroom house they built. Malgosha secures the Orb of Dominance and uses it to superpower the Nether Portal, declaring war on the Overworld.
Steve, Henry, Natalie, Dawn and Garrett craft several weapons and an army of Iron Golems to launch an attack. They manage to restore the sunlight after a battle, causing the piglins and Malgosha to zombify in the sun. The five return to the Earth Portal, and Steve gives Dennis to Dawn. On Earth, they all create the video game Block City Battle Buddies, Dawn opens her zoo with Dennis as an attraction, Natalie begins teaching self-defense classes, Henry successfully completes his jetpack, and Steve and Garrett co-own the latter's store. Upon returning to his old house in the real world to reclaim items from a chest he left in the attic, Steve meets the current owner, a woman named Alex.