Minecraft

"Craft. Fight. Survive."

- Tagline

Minecraft (also known as Minecraft: The Movie) is a 2017 Swedish-American action-adventure CGI-animated 3D film produced by Mojang Studios and Vertigo Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures based on the video game and media franchise of the same name. It is directed by Peter Sollett and written by Jason Fuchs and was released on May 24, 2017 in the United States and May 30 worldwide. It is the first installment in the Minecraft film series.

The film grossed $437.2 million in the box office worldwide and was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-Ray and DVD on June 16. It is also available on Netflix and HBO Max video on demand streaming services. A sequel titled Minecraft 2.0 was announced in 2018 for release on March 4, 2020, however it faced delays due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the release was pushed back to May 22, 2021.

Plot
The film follows an adventurer named Steve who lives in a treehouse by a plains village. He returns from his mineshaft to find that the village and his treehouse had been pillaged and destroyed, and the town was in ruins. All the villagers had perished but one, the weaponsmith, a good friend of Steve's. The village would face raids every few months, but never to this extent. The villager tells Steve they'd been viciously attacked overnight with few survivors, most of whom fled. Steve initially assumes the Pillagers, who would raid the village every few months, were the attackers and heads to their outpost.

Upon arrival, the Pillagers immediately ambush Steve. He holds them off and speaks with their leader, who denies any involvement in the attack, pointing out that it had only been two weeks since their last raid and that they couldn't have possible carried out a attack of such large scale. Confused and intrigued, he sets out on a quest to find out who destroyed the town and why.

Production
On February 25, 2014, Markus Persson revealed that Mojang was in talks with Warner Bros. to develop a Minecraft film to be produced by Roy Lee and Jill Messick. On October 8, 2014, Mojang COO Vu Bui stated that the movie was "in its early days of development", saying that it was a "large-budget" production, and also said that it might not be released until 2017. On October 16, 2014, Warner Bros hired Peter Sollett to direct and Jason Fuchs to write the film.