The primary trailer for the upcoming Minecraft movie, titled A Minecraft Film, arrived final week, giving us a primary have a look at Jason Momoa in a wig chewing a number of surroundings. The reactions have been fairly blended—it really is a baffling creation, and you’ll’t actually inform if this film goes to be a light-weight leisure basic or a Borderlands-scale catastrophe.
One man watching on from the sidelines with amusement and curiosity is Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of Minecraft. Notch first launched Minecraft in 2009, and oversaw its early years of improvement earlier than, in 2014, promoting the sport and Mojang Studios to Microsoft in a deal value $2.5 billion.
“Okay I am in,” says Notch of the trailer. “Wow it is a bizarre feeling.” The programmer went on to name it “fairly surreal” seeing his previous venture turning into a Hollywood film, and thinks it is “very cool they received Jack Black.”
As for the trailer itself: “For a film a few recreation with actually zero plot, it seems surprisingly enjoyable,” says Notch. “I laughed… I believe twice. Sure, the sheep received me.” One consumer opines that it simply seems like an advert for the sport starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa. “Effectively duh,” replies Notch.
“I am all for the spectacle” says Notch, discussing his emotions on Minecraft turning into a film. “I in all probability would’ve even agreed to Uwe Boll making it. I haven’t got the identical relationship to the sport because the gamers do, for me it is extra about seeing new bizarre takes on concepts that typically had been simply spur-of-the-moment issues (just like the creeper!)”
Talking of the creeper, the furry type of it within the film has not gone down effectively with some. However Notch says he is “Type of used to it due to the plushies, so it really works. In my unique headcanon, they’ve extra like a pile-of-leaf-like texture. Rustling, you already know. However like I mentioned, the plushies kinda rewired my mind, so furry’s positive.”
Reactions to the trailer haven’t been universally optimistic, let’s assume, and Minecraft fan Kieran tells Notch “it seems completely horrible and nothing like the sport you created.” Notch says “that is kinda why I am into it. However I get it is in all probability totally different for individuals who performed the sport as an alternative of constructing it.”
There are a couple of complaints about how the trailer and Jack Black symbolize Steve. “That simply makes it funnier to me,” says Notch, “however I’ve a distinct perspective than the individuals who really performed Minecraft as an alternative of simply labored on it.” Oddly sufficient, somebody asks if Jack Black was any sort of inspiration for Steve: “No, it was largely impressed by a Quake 1 pores and skin,” says Notch. “No concept why.”
The web being the web, quickly sufficient somebody stomps in to decry the characters as some “critical woke bullshit.” Notch says he does not care what course new characters go in: “Save that for after they’re pushing it on current lore. Who cares what the make-up is in a brand new story.” Elsewhere he provides “I am hoping for lots of Jack Black over-acting. The plot may be no matter actually, since I by no means actually received to have that private expertise of taking part in the sport.”
Lastly, Joey asks the query all Minecrafters need answered: “Okay, however do you assume Herobrine’s gonna present up within the submit credit scene to kick off the MCU??”
“Haha,” says Notch, “oh wow.” Another person speculates within the replies that the final word Easter egg can be a Notch cameo as Herobrine. Alas: “no visitor look,” says the person himself.
“Aside from it being based mostly on work I did ten years in the past, I am not related to [the film] in any manner,” says Notch. “And, to me personally, that is enjoyable, in a form of trippy nostalgia manner. Additionally I used to be anticipating manner worse.”
Phrases to dwell by. Notch is presently engaged on a recreation referred to as Levers and Chests, which does not have a launch date. “I am going to attempt to get one thing out because it’s enjoyable (or a minimum of attention-grabbing) to play,” says Notch. The Minecraft film is because of launch on 4 April, 2025.
