Minecraft Movie Star Says It’s “Pretty Magical” And “So Lifelike”

A Minecraft movie is now in production starring Danielle Brooks, Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Jennifer Coolidge, and Kate McKinnon. We still don’t know much about it, but Brooks has now shared some insight into what fans can expect.

Speaking to Variety, Brooks said she’s not sure how much the film will be like the game because she doesn’t play it, but she said she thinks the movie will be “pretty magical.”

“It’s so lifelike. I don’t know how much I can share, but I do know fans will not be disappointed with the world they’ve created,” Brooks said. “We obviously do some green screen, but we got all the things there. Basically, all your senses are being used. You have the world for your sight but also for an actor, the smells of certain things. It will make more sense months from now when I can actually explain it.”

Brooks said she’s learning more about Minecraft the video game as part of making the movie. She said there are people on set, including “the creator,” who are helping her to understand how to play the game in her trailer between scenes. Markus “Notch” Persson is the creator of Minecraft, and he’s been working with Warner Bros. since 2014 on the movie.

Persson is no longer involved in the game series following Microsoft’s buyout of Minecraft and developer Mojang for $2.5 billion in 2014. Persson has made a number of controversial comments on social media and Microsoft removed some mentions of Persson from the game.

Also in the interview, Brooks said her Minecraft character wields a weapon and that she’s performed some stunts that required her to get into a harness. However, Brooks said Black is doing the “heavy lifting” in terms of stunts. “He’s doing some flying and having all techno-fire coming behind him,” Brooks said.

She went on to say that she hopes the Minecraft movie has a musical element to it so she and Black can have show off their singing talents. Finally, Brooks was asked how many Minecraft movies she’s signed on for, and she said, “I’m signed on until the end of time.”

The Minecraft movie is directed by Jared Hess (Nacho Libre, Napoleon Dynamite) and releases in theaters in April 2025.