Jason Momoa to Star in Warner Bros.’ ‘Minecraft’ Film

Jason Momoa, star of Aquaman and Dune, is set to star in another Warner Bros. tentpole. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the actor is in final talks to star in the studio’s live-action Minecraft film. Jared Hess, who directed Napoleon Dynamite, will direct the film based on the popular video game.

Mary Parent and Roy Lee, who produced Dune, will produce the picture, with Jill Messick earning a posthumous producing credit for her work on the project before her death in 2018. Jon Berg, Cale Boyter, and Jon Spaihts are among the executive producers. The video game was created by Mojang Studios in Sweden, and the film was also produced by Lydia Winters and Vu Bui from Mojang.

Minecraft, which was released in 2011, allows players to build constructions and worlds out of blocks. Within a few years of its release, the game had surpassed 100 million users. In 2014, Microsoft paid $2.5 billion for Mojang.

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For years, Warners has been developing a film based on the game, with Shawn Levy and Rob McElhenney of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia among those attached to direct.

Gaming films have been in high demand in recent years, with 20th Century Fox starting a successful franchise with Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy last year and Paramount releasing a successful sequel to Sonic earlierAquaman and the Lost Kingdom, directed by Momoa and produced by Warner Bros., will be released in March 2023. The film is a sequel to the $1 billion-grossing Aquaman, which was released in 2018. WME and Edelstein Laird represent Momoa. UTA and Sloane Offer represent Hess. this month.