Jack Black confirms he’ll be in the new Minecraft movie

Following on from his incredibly memorable work as Bowser in last year’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Jack Black is continuing to have fun with video game adaptations – this time joining the cast of the new Minecraft film.

The as-yet-untitled live action flick is reportedly expected to hit cinemas way down the line in April 2025, with filming kicking off in New Zealand very soon. The Tenacious D legend is rumoured to be playing the role of Steve Minecraft, and he will join confirmed castmates Jason Momoa, Emma Myers and Danielle Brooks.

At this point, though, there’s not a huge amount of information out there about this film – which is perhaps why Jack himself teased the news with an Instagram selfie reading a book called Minecraft Basics For Dummies (the pic is captioned ‘An actor prepares’).

In other Jack Black news, he’ll be reprising his voice role for Kung Fu Panda 4 in March, before returning to the UK and Europe with Tenacious D on the Spicy Meatball Tour in April and May.

Catch Tenacious D live this year at the following:

April

29 Stockholm Hovet +
30 Oslo Spektrum +

May

1 Copenhagen Royal Arena +
3 Luxembourg Rockhal +
5 Dublin 3Arena +
7 Birmingham Resorts World Arena *
8 Manchester AO Arena *
9 Glasgow OVO Hydro *
11 Leeds First Direct Arena *
12 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena *
13 Brighton Centre *
15 Paris Accor Arena +

+ = support from Crusade
* = support from Dave Hill

Get your tickets here.

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