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‘A Minecraft Movie's Jared Hess Talks Sequel, The Man Crush Between Jack Black & Jason Momoa, Hitting Zeitgeist Gold Decades After ‘Napoleon Dynamite'
After living a mostly low key career after he and wife Jerusha launched with the Sundance sensation Napoleon Dynamite in 2004 ...
Believe It or Not, ‘A Minecraft Movie’s Director Earned an Oscar Nomination for This Incredibly Dark Film
Minecraft and the Oscars aren't exactly two words you'd expect to see written in the same sentence, which is what makes it ...
A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess: ‘On a big movie there’s so much to do, so much to pull off. You’re always dry-heaving’
Hess, the film-maker behind the 2004 comedy Napoleon Dynamite, on his love of Minecraft, working with Jack Black and making a ...
‘A Minecraft Movie’ offers up plenty of fun whether you’ve played the game or not
Despite some glaring script issues, I give 'A Minecraft Movie' a mild pass simply because it’s surprisingly funny to a ...
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From llamas to lava: Jared Hess builds big with ‘A Minecraft Movie’ (WATCH)
Jared Hess, the quirky mind behind “Napoleon Dynamite” and a proud son of Utah’s indie film scene, is trading tots for ...
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A Minecraft Movie Ending and Post-Credits Scene Explained With Director Jared Hess and Minecraft's Torfi Frans Ólafsson
But how do we bring them to the Overworld?' -Jared Hess Together the two players take down the evil Nether-dwelling Piglin Malgosha (voiced by Rachel House), her invading War Hogs, and even the ...
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'We weren't able to do it': A Minecraft Movie's Jared Hess explains why one of its funniest scenes isn't in the final cut
Here’s how it works. A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess has opened up on the "really hilarious" scene he was disappointed to leave out of the film's final cut. Ahead of the movie's April 4 ...
Bigger budget, same ‘dorkiness’: Jared Hess on bringing ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ vibes to ‘A Minecraft Movie’
The director seems to carry the spirit of the indie film with him — even as he takes on a blockbuster. The offbeat humor and overall character of "Napoleon Dynamite" that won Sundance over 21 years ...