Jack Black’s Minecraft Movie Steve Casting Defended By Video Game Exec As He Reveals The Star Nearly Played A Very Different Character

A Minecraft Movie has been fraught with issues throughout its production process. The film was first announced in 2015, with Warner Bros. set to produce, and while the studio hung onto the project, it ended up in development hell. Multiple directors were announced to helm the video game adaptation, including It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia creative Rob McElhenney and Peter Sollett. Eventually, Napoleon Dynamite‘s Jared Hess, who was the final person to end up with the job, was hired for the film in 2022. After all this chaos, A Minecraft Movie is finally set for release on April 4.