2023 was a particularly big year for Jack Black, as he voiced Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. In addition to the Illumination feature becoming one of the most successful movies on the 2023 release calendar and playing a key role in last year being one of the best years for video game movies and TV shows ever, it also provided the platform for Black to belt out the viral hit “Peaches,” though he was initially apprehensive about singing it. Now word’s come in that the actor who crushed voicing Mario’s arch-nemesis has lined up another video game movie.
Warner Bros. Pictures, Vertigo and Legendary are gearing up to begin production on the Minecraft movie, and Deadline has heard that Jack Black is set to join the cast. Although plot details are being kept secret, with, as the article notes, “writing credits still being determined,” Black is reportedly set to play someone named Steve. So for now, we’re left in the dark on how his character fits into the story.
