Steve is an expert crafter, and signs on to help Garrett and his comrades through the Overworld. He is played by Jack Black, who you will know from his extensive comedy career, including the “Jumanji” movies, “Shallow Hal,” “School of Rock” and more.

Since then, Clement has worked extensively as a voice actor, lending his voice to projects like Despicable Me (2010), Moana (2016), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). He also co-wrote and co-directed What We Do in the Shadows (2014), which spawned the popular FX series of the same name.

Steve was the original human discoverer of the Overworld, or the cubic universe like that of the Minecraft video game. He tamed his beloved dog Dennis with the bone of a dead skeleton and left the Orb of Dominance behind on Earth for Garrett (Jason Momoa) to discover and Henry (Sebastian Hansen) to put together.

If you've spent any time online since the Minecraft movie debuted, chances are you've seen the term "Chicken Jockey" flying around. What started as a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo has quickly turned into the film's most talked-about moment,

I am about to gird my loins and subject myself to two hours of brutal mental punishment: I’m taking my kids to see A Minecraft Movie today. It’s yet another movie based on a toy, or in this case, a children’s video game.

This past weekend, following a Q1 when the industry fretted that moviegoers forgot about going to the movies, Warner Bros. and Legendary revived the global and domestic box office with the Jared Hess directed A Minecraft Movie with a $163M U.

The collaboration between McDonald's and "A Minecraft Movie" is only around for a limited time. Here's when it might be pulled from menus.

A Minecraft Movie smashed box office records in its opening weekend. One major source of the video game movie’s appeal is Jack Black, who stars as a doorknob salesman-turned-miner-turned-hero, Steve.

With rumors swirling about the Warner Bros. film bosses' fates, the coming months will be telling as the studio stares down a slate full of original (and expensive) swings from big-name filmmakers.