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The year of Minecraft: How Jack Black's block-tastic video game adaptation started the most chaotic cinema trend of 2025

Year in Review 2025 | We take a closer look at the unprecedented success of A Minecraft Movie and the video game movie revolution

Total Film

Christmas Day TV: Olivia Colman and the Peep Show gang do Bake Off

What chaos will Super Hans cause in the tent? Plus, calling all Ab Fab fans: Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are back together! Here’s what to watch today

The Guardian - UK

From Sinners to Superman: eight of 2025’s best films and boxsets to catch up on this Twixmas

Whether it’s hot new TV such as The White Lotus, or the chilly horror of Weapons, this delightfully empty week is the perfect time to acquaint yourself with the big releases you might have missed first time around

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I found a hilariously deranged sci-fi comedy on Hulu — and you really should stream this overlooked gem

"Gentlemen Broncos" is one of the funniest movies you've never seen.

Tom’s Guide

A Minecraft Movie 2 release date, cast, plot, and everything else we know so far about the block-tastic sequel

A Minecraft Movie 2 is officially in the works. Here's everything we know about the video game adaptation so far...

Total Film

'Minecraft 2' Release Date, Cast, Crew and Everything We Know So Far

'Minecraft 2' is officially confirmed for a July 2027 release! Discover which director and producers are returning for the sequel after the original film grossed a staggering $957 million globally.

International Business Times UK

“That’s the take that we use in the film. That was first time. Dude, it was amazing”: Steve's Lava Chicken, Jack Black’s shortest-ever UK Top 40 hit from the Minecraft Movie, took just 34 seconds to record

A new Apple Music video goes behind the scenes on Black’s musical contribution to the surprise hit of the year

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'Are you ready to rock?' Jack Black randomly appears at A Minecraft Movie showing, but jokes that he wants to see 'absolutely no chicken jockeys'

It's like fight club but with chickens and popcorn.

PC Gamer

Warner Bros suits confirm A Minecraft Movie will be getting a sequel: 'The ink might not be dry… but imminently'

"It was a complete win for everyone involved."

PC Gamer

Jack Black forced to wade in as A Minecraft Movie theater mayhem continues

Some movie theaters are now banning unaccompanied children

The Independent UK

Minecraft Movie Director Calls Controversial & Messy Cinema Trend ‘Hilarious’

Jared Hess, the director of 'A Minecraft Movie', has reacted to the infamous 'chicken jockey' trend and has called it "hilarious".

Pedestrian.tv

A Minecraft Movie director defends cinema screening chaos: "No one's going to get hurt from popcorn"

Director Jared Hess says watching fans' videos has been "a total blast"

Total Film

Is the Minecraft Chicken Jockey meme finally dead? Jimmy Fallon may have just saved us

Why are kids shouting 'Chicken Jockey' in cinemas? Why are theaters banning rowdy Minecraft fans? And has Jimmy Fallon finally put an end to the madness as the meme hits mainstream TV?

Windows Central

Minecraft Movie director responds to viral ‘chicken jockey’ trend after movie theaters ban unaccompanied kids

Police have been called to at least one screening to deal with exuberant fans

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Total Film

Minecraft movie director says sequel will “without a doubt” feature fan-favorite character Alex alongside Jack Black’s Steve

A Minecraft movie sequel is on the brink of being greenlit

Total Film

From chicken jockey to "I am Steve," Minecraft director reflects on the viral moments that went mainstream: "People just really zeroed in on funny quotes"

A Minecraft Movie is in theaters now

Inverse

You Can Recreate All Of 'A Minecraft Movie' In The Game, According To Its Director

Director Jared Hess says that every element of the 'Minecraft' movie was tested in-game, and could presumably be re-created by you right now if you have the time.

PC Gamer

'Redstone genius' Mumbo Jumbo was originally meant to make 'a bunch of crazy booby traps' for A Minecraft Movie, but they were all cut from the film

They tried all the builds out in the game beforehand.

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Total Film

A Minecraft Movie says the film was supposed to feature "hilarious" sequences and a "bunch of crazy booby traps" designed by a popular Minecraft YouTuber

You'll never guess whose Minecraft builds almost appeared in the movie

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‘It seems like there’s already talk about it’: A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess teases sequel

After the film's colossal opening weekend, 'A Minecraft Movie' director Jared Hess has revealed "it seems like there's already talk" about a sequel.

Total Film

Amid Minecraft mania at the box office, an unfinished version of the movie has leaked online after a "security breach" – and it's pure nightmare fuel

The pirates yearn for the mines

TechRadar

'We weren't able to do it': A Minecraft Movie's Jared Hess explains why one of its funniest scenes isn't in the final cut

A Minecraft Movie's director reveals what his favorite secrets in the film are – and discusses the "hilarious" scene he was sad to leave out.

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Sebastian Hansen 'amazed' by the special effects used on A Minecraft Movie

Sebastian Hansen was "amazed" by the special effects used on 'A Minecraft Movie' and had no idea what was behind the green screen on set.

The Guardian - UK

A Minecraft Movie review – Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in seriously cobbled-together live-action spin-off

Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess’s adventure based on the world’s favourite video game feels like one big cash-in

Total Film

Watching A Minecraft Movie as an adult made me feel like my 13-year-old self playing the game for the first time

A Minecraft Movie may not be the most serious film of the year, but it made me feel like my teenage Minecraft-loving self again, and that’s what it's all about

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