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

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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compete?

[bloodhawk]

WTF? how are they competing, that is like saying a new ford mustang is competing with a new scooter just because they are releasing around the same time.

Likely to be a hit?

[Z80a]

If anything, movies about really popular game franchises are generally the ones that bomb the hardest, given those kind of games are centered on their gameplay rather than story, which puts the director, writer etc.. in a really bad pickle, and we end with things like Super mario the movie.

Games vs. Movies

[Opportunist]

How many good movies can you name that were styled after a game? A few (and a metric ton of crappy ones).

How many good movies can you name that were styled after a sandbox game? Umm... erh ... well...

Folks, movies and games are different media. For good reasons. Have you ever watched someone play Minecraft (for other reasons than to learn how to do something new in Minecraft)? That's even more boring than watching someone fish.

For the same reasons I don't get "e-sports" by the way. Playing a shooter is fun. But why the fuck would I want to watch someone do it?

Re:Games vs. Movies

[Maxo-Texas]

I tried to avoid starting minecraft by watching "Survive & Thrive". It was a really fun 12ish hours before I couldn't resist and bought the game (for pennies). And proceeded to disappear into it as I feared for at least 2 years (and 300-400 hours of play time).

Re:Games vs. Movies

[ljw1004]

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.

JRE installation

[Cyberax]

During the first 30 minutes of the movie they'll be showing JRE installation to run the second part of the movie.

Mozzarella: The Movie

[Required Snark]

The most popular cheese in the US is Mozzarella because of it's use on pizza. Since it's such a commercial hit with so big a fan base, clearly it deserves a CGI heavy blockbuster production.

Unfortunately there are rumors that a rival film is headed towards a competing release the same summer: Pizza: The Movie. Both projects may be delayed because of impending cross litigation over rights to the original concept. This may help green light the dark horse project that seemed to be going nowhere: The Grilled Cheese Saga. It's complete lack of mozzarella may turn out to be it's saving grace. Given that cheddar is the second most consumed cheese in the US, Grilled Cheese Saga with it's multi-cheese fan appeal could satisfy the market for cheese themed blockbuster entertainment.

Re:Pizza The Hut

[Dareth]

You sure taste good Boss!