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Jason Momoa Signs On To Star In Warner Bros.' Minecraft Movie

Warner Bros. is getting back into business with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom star Jason Momoa, bringing him in for their long-gestating Minecraft movie.



According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor aged 42 has signed on for an undisclosed role in the videogame adaptation.



Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite), has also joined the project to direct, which indicates that the project is finally moving forward after almost a decade of development.



Minecraft: Warner Bros. is getting back into business with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom star Jason Momoa, bringing him in for their long-gestating Minecraft movie



According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 42-year-old actor has agreed to a role in the videogame adaptation.



The Minecraft video game was launched in 2011 by Markus Persson, a Swedish game designer and Mojang Studios.



Although the game isn't designed to be played in a specific way, it allows users to create worlds with blocks and try to survive within these worlds.



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The game became an immediate sensation, with over 100 million users signing up in the first few years that lead to Microsoft's whopping $2.5 billion acquisition of Mojang in 2014.



First game: The Minecraft game was launched in 2011. It was created by Markus Persson (a Swedish game designer) and developed by Mojang Studios.



There have been a few spin-offs including Minecraft: Story Mode with Telltale Studios (2014), Minecraft Earth in 2019 & Minecraft Dungeons in 2020.



A few producers and filmmakers expressed interest shortly after the release. However, Mojang's CEO Carl Manneh stated in an interview that they would only engage with them 'if the right ideas come along'



Creator Persson said that Mojang was in talks to Warner Bros. to make a Minecraft movie. Shawn Levy (Free Guy), who was the first to be attached, will direct the film from a script written by Jason Fuchs.



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Rob McElhenney, the star and co-creator of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, joined the team to direct in 2015. Steve Carell was attached to the star role.



Early production did get started in 2016, however that progress was halted when then-Warner Bros. Just another wordpress site CEO Greg Silverman stepped down and was replaced by Toby Emmerich.



Reports claim Emmerich had a "different vision" for the film. McElhenney quit the project in 2018.



Vision: Reports claim Emmerich had a different vision for the film. McElhenney left the project in 2018.



Aaron and Adam Nee (The Lost City) came aboard to replace McElhenney and Fuchs in 2018, though they were replaced by Peter Sollett in 2019, with the studio setting a March 4, 2022 release date.



The project was abandoned due to COVID-19. That version of the project never got off the ground. However, now it seems that the studio is ready to move forward with Minecraft. However no details were provided about Momoa's character or the story.



Mary Parent and Roy Lee (Dune) will produce, with Jill Messick also receiving a posthumous producing credit for her work on the film before her passing in 2018.


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