On April 18th, 2022, Variety reported that the movie was said to be directed by Jared Hess (known for directing Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre). Twitter user FearfulHarmony_ tweeted on March 4th, captioning an image of a strong man driving the wrong way down a highway with, "Update: they didn't have the minecraft movie in the theater today, my day is fucking ruined," earning roughly 3,700 likes in one day (shown below, right). For instance, on March 3rd, Twitter user LSMark_ quote retweeted the tweet from Minecraft, ironically captioning it, "Who’s coming with me to see the Minecraft Movie tomorrow? I can’t wait to see those epic creepers on the big screen!" and earning roughly 17,800 likes in one day (shown below, left). On March 4th, 2022, however, the April 2019 tweet from Minecraft resurfaced on Twitter, where users started posting memes about the movie not releasing when it was promised. Twitter user ShapedInternet added in a reply to the tweet that Steve Carrell was cast as Steve in the movie, tweeting a screenshot that earned roughly 2,400 likes in the same amount of time (shown below, right).Īlthough people were excited at first, the Minecraft movie didn't get much press going into the rest of 2019 and into 2020, mostly due to many movie productions halting their operations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The tweet (shown below, left) earned roughly 58,600 likes over the course of three years. On April 16th, 2019, the Twitter account of Minecraft tweeted a new release date: March 4th, 2022. On August 3rd, 2018, it was reported by The Wrap that Rob McElhenney had dropped out of the movie. On June 27, 2016, Mojang Studios announced the title and release date for the movie, giving the date May 24, 2019. Vu Bui, the Chief Content Officer at Mojang Studios, stated in the article "it's in its early days of development," adding it's, "large-budget production." On July 21st, 2015, Vu Bui said in a statement that the film was going to be directed by It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia actor Rob McElhenney, known for playing Mac on the show. On October 8, 2014, The Guardian reported that the movie was set to release in 2018.
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