movies/tv Theatrical Minecraft movie in the works?

[SnipSnap 432]

Following the massive success of "The Lego Movie," it sounds like block-based blockbusters -- a pun no one could possibly refrain from using -- are a sure-fire recipe for Hollywood success. Up next: the Minecraft movie.

 

Dropping a bombshell on Twitter in the form of a sneaky 128-character admission, Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson revealed that he and Mojang, the studio the 34-year-old Swedish developer formed to manage the title and its expansion, are working with Warner Bros. Pictures to develop a film around the game.

 

Someone is trying leak the fact that we're working with Warner Brothers on a potential Minecraft Movie. I wanted to be the leak!

 

— Markus Persson (@notch) February 27, 2014

Persson has already confirmed that the tweet is no joke. "It's for real. I think every part of that tweet was real, including me wanting to be the one to spill the news about a potential movie," he told Polygon via e-mail. "It would be nice to tell people when it's 100 percent solid rather than to leak it before it's completely final, but our hands were a bit tied and rushed here."

 

The studio acquired the rights from Mojang, Deadline reported Thursday, and the project is already garnering huge interest from writers and directors. Warner Bros. intends on making a live-action film, and has already signed up Roy Lee, the mastermind producer behind "The Lego Movie," to tackle the project through his production company Vertigo Entertainment.

 

Since its release in 2011, Minecraft has become one of the most astonishing success stories in gaming history. Just yesterday, Persson announced on Twitter that the original PC version of Minecraft has reached 100 million users, with 14.3 million of them being paid accounts. Not too shabby, especially when you consider that Minecraft for the Xbox 360 and Minecraft: Pocket Edition for iOS and Android have each sold more than 10 million copies, while more than 1 million copies have been downloaded on the PlayStation 3 since that version's December 2013 release.

 

And the Minecraft train is not slowing down. Beyond the prospective live-action film, Mojang hopes to put out Minecraft for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita, with titles currently in development.

SOURCE: http://www.cnet.com/news/minecraft-movie-in-the-works-at-warner-bros/

 

What do you think? Well, I don't know what to think of it, because they could easily mess it up if it's Minecraft they're dealing with. I mean, the game has NO story!

Edited April 2, 2014 by SnipSnap

[Scootalove 10,689]

If Warner Bros. knows how Minecraft works and can put all of that into a full-length film, then I will be surprised at what they can pull off. Let's see how they do this.

[Rift enchanted 380]

I bet that so many minecraft players are gonna be disappointed at what Warner bros don't include.

Their gonna be like, mine the diamond! Mine the diamond!

[BreakingJesse 111]

This sounds interesting, but also sounds like a complete failure. Warner Bros is starting to get cocky.

[Sir Xarthas VI 470]

It sounds like a good idea, but wrong company to do it with. Legendary always makes decent to good films, give it over to them, not Warner Bros. Don't get me wrong, the Bros aren't that bad. But they just get too greedy, and I'm almost 100% sure they'll fuck it all up. I wonder who'll they'll get to do the voices? (I'm going to guess it'll be CGI? Or will it be live-action? Live-action would be weird...) Morgan Freeman to narrate, as always, and idk who Steve would be. I'm sure there would be Villagers involved, and that's it for voices. You think C418 will do the music for the movie too or will Warner Bros fuck that up too?

Edited April 2, 2014 by ~DJ Alicorn~ Bruh...

[Mars Caramel 319]

It's obvious this is just going to be one of those movies that become successful by box office alone. Minecraft is already so blimmin' popular to children.

[Sir Xarthas VI 470]

It's obvious this is just going to be one of those movies that become successful by box office alone. Minecraft is already so blimmin' popular to children.

To all ages, not just children. Although most adults have children minds, that doesn't count.

[PinkiePieJr 122]

SOURCE: http://www.cnet.com/news/minecraft-movie-in-the-works-at-warner-bros/

 

What do you think? Well, I don't know what to think of it, because they could easily mess it up if it's Minecraft they're dealing with. I mean, the game has NO story!

Well I wouldn't say they have no story. In fact, I'd say they have almost unlimited stories. After all, it's like life. You start with nothing, work a little hard, to create a new world. They can go anywhere they want with minecraft. I mean, just think about how many songs were made about the game. Songs are basically stories with music to them. I think anybody could think of something good for it.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G-cT2Dh0my0 Send warner bros that C&D, someone beat them to it, and has a kickstarter running.

[USMCav8r 105]

Okay, seeing this thread, I have to post this....

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