Minecraft has gone on to become quite a success, spawning countless multimedia spinoffs, not to mention the fact that it's one of the best-selling games of all time. Of course, it was inevitable that there would be a movie made about it someday, and while the upcoming film is still in its early stages, the pieces are slowly beginning to fall into place.
Collider recently caught up with Roy Lee – the movie's producer – to talk a bit about the upcoming film and he had some new information to offer up. The movie is currently in its scripting stages and the team is working very closely with Mojang on the project. It seems like the development studio is keen to ensure that the movie doesn't stray too far from its source material, going so far as to implementing ideas that still haven't appeared yet in the game itself. Here's what Lee had to say about the collaboration:
The company, Mojang, is very involved in the development. So they know everything is going to be in the movie that can give us insight into future updates so we can put things into the movie around the same time they relaunch newer versions of the game and at the same time, potentially taking ideas from the movie and putting them into the game. So I don't know exactly what things are going into the game, but they know exactly what's going into the movie.
He then went on to discuss the movie's target audience, claiming that it would be "the same target audience as Jurassic World". It's unclear what exactly this means, but supposedly it'll be a slightly more mature experience than a typical PG movie.
What do you think? Are you looking forward to this movie? Do you think it will do the game justice? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source collider.com]
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Jurassic world audience...wait what? How does that make sense?
Do they mean dinosaur fans? Because I don't think Minecraft fits that bill very well.
....So it'll have blood and all that? Will the game itself get these changes?
@SnowyGlaceon I'm curious, too. I think it means it in the sense that it's an action movie that can be enjoyed by both children and adults.
@SnowyGlaceon don't think pg movie, think cg movie. the blockbuster audience. having said that, they should eschew cgi and jsut do it on the cheap with cardboard box costumes like they do on power rangers. they get a look that nobody else DARES. it's almost oscar bait really.
Tapping into Jurassic World's audience is a smart move. You can make a mediocre movie and you'll make over $1 billion on brand power alone.
@Jamotello "the blockbuster audience." great pun, even if unintended
@Jamotello Thanks, I get it. But I still don't see why mention Jurassic World specifically.
What
@DarthNocturnal Not really, World was really tame for the most part.
i don't understand,
what?
I'd say more like The Lego Movie.
At the Jurassic world movie audience?
I don't see 20 somethings going as a group saying "Lets watch the Minecraft movie!" the way it was with Jurassic Park. The only way this comparison makes sense is the Lego Jurassic Park game
No guys, you don't understand, the movie is going to be like a burrito, get it? Stupid humans and their petty logic...
Ender dragon escapes end world, causes havoc some how leading to all neither breaking loose, people die and the server gets shut down.
@jpfan1989 Backup world
Open world to LAN with cheats allowed
Set FOV to Quake Pro (all the way up)
Arm yourself
/effect 22 180 39
/effect 1 180 4
/effect 8 180 7
/summon EnderDragon
Enjoy
@Vincent294 I don't pc, my laptop just can't run games.
By Jurrasic World I think they just mean the audience that comes with buckets of cash, I don't think it goes any deeper than that
@jpfan1989 What a shame. Hopefully someone else can make use of my deviant instructions.
Wouldn't a Minecraft movie be basically The Martian meets Castaway, but with zombies? how would that be aimed at the Jurrasic World audience?
Probably a popularity ploy. They make a movie about a game a ton of kids play, then make it gory, but parents think it'll be just fine cause it's minecraft, and then boom people start berating on the movie like with gta and instant popularity, cause it would be ALL over the media. No such thing as bad popularity in this world.
Why is this a thing. They've drawn out minecraft a bit much don't you think? Lego sets, toys, plushies, and even a "spin off" of the original. I mean all those are decent ideas, but a movie? This'll turn out bad, even if you grew up on minecraft, you gotta admit there's doubts for this.
Pareonnez moi?
I hope I am not the only one that thinks like movie i going to be garbage...
If they're smart they'll make a movie that caters to fans of the game but also touches on what makes the game so great in a very thoughtful way, a la The Lego Movie. Buuuut that's not too likely, considering how these things usually go.
Wait a sec... they're making a Minecraft Movie? Man I am getting to old to keep up on the current pop culture. Now I'm starting to learn how my parents felt when cartoon shows start showing up in movie theaters.
They probably mean the Enderdragon will play a big rule but will act simular to the GMO in JW.
A minecraft movie? Are you serious?
A minecraft movie? Are you serious?
A minecraft movie? Are you serious?
A minecraft movie? Are you serious?
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