Minecraft Movie To Compete With Avengers and Star Wars In 2019 (polygon.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Monday June 27, 2016 @07:00PM from the coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Warner Bros. announced today that it will be releasing its upcoming Minecraft movie on May 25, 2019, if all things go according to plan. It will be competing directly with Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Episode IX film, which will be released the same weekend, only a few weeks after Marvel's Infinity War film. The Minecraft movie has already faced some problems. The film's original director, Shawn Levy, left the project in 2014 after his Goonies-inspired movie idea was rejected by Warner Bros. executives. Mojang announced a new director for the movie last July -- Rob McElhenney, star of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The movie is likely to be a hit at the box office as the game has a massive following. Earlier this month, Mojang announced the game passed 100 million sales across all platforms, including PC, Mac, consoles and mobile.

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Re:Games vs. Movies by ljw1004 · 2016-06-28 02:21 · Score: 3, Informative

How many good movies can you name that were styled after a sandbox game? Umm... erh ... well...
The Lego Movie. That was totally awesome. And it's the closest analog to Minecraft.