EXCLUSIVE: Production is about to be underway on Warner Bros/Vertigo/Legendary’s feature take on Mojang/Microsoft’s Minecraft in New Zealand, and sources are telling us that Jack Black is joining the cast of the Jason Momoa led movie.
The pic’s plot is under wraps with writing credits still being determined. Also starring in Minecraft are Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen.
The Mojang sandbox video game, which at 300M copies sold and nearly 140M monthly active players, is the highest-selling videogame of all-time.
The Minecraft film hails from Vertigo, co-financier Legendary, Mojang/Microsoft and Momoa’s On the Roam. Producers on the project include Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Momoa, Torfi Frans Olafsson, Vu Bui and the late Jill Messick.
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