Minecraft, Chicken jockey and Theater Shenanigans
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In the U.S. and U.K., moviegoers are going wild when Jack Black shouts "chicken jockey!" during "A Minecraft Movie."
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The latest IP to be mined into a Hollywood blockbuster is appropriately a video game that celebrates digging, “A Minecraft Movie.” Like “The Super Mario Bros.
Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster sandbox video game.
If anyone were to play two men deeply invested in the Overworld of A Minecraft Movie, Jack Black and Jason Momoa were good choices. Where video game adaptations with planned-out paths such as the fully animated A Super Mario Bros Movie or those like the Tron films that have an organization to the world-building and
This new family movie, inspired by the famous story-sparse adventure game Minecraft, always had an uphill battle: the game may be played by kids, but its biggest fan-base is adults (bearing in mind that it's been around for 14 years now). A Minecraft Movie doesn't care about these older fans, though; this is a family film through and through.
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When Jack Black got the call to star in the “Minecraft” movie, the perks were plenty. He got to work alongside Jason Momoa, reunite with director Jared Hess and engulf himself into a beloved gaming universe.
Jason Momoa has said working on A Minecraft Movie was "almost life-changing" for him, as he credited his co-stars Jennifer Coolidge and Jack Black with giving him the comedy bug.
‘A Minecraft Movie’ star Jason Momoa on why he doesn’t let his kids play video games or have phones: “We’re different dude. I just want them to use their creativity in a different way” pic.twitter.com/8kLhP4UtTT
The getup, including a pink leather jacket with fringe on the sleeves and what he calls a "power mullet," came from a combination of costume designer Amanda Neale, director Jared Hess, and some of his own personal goodies.
After living a mostly low key career after he and wife Jerusha launched with the Sundance sensation Napoleon Dynamite in 2004, director Jared Hess has come roaring back with A Minecraft Movie, a true sleeper from Warner Bros and Legendary that is outpacing the early returns of other WB releases like Barbie and The Dark