It's been all too long since we've been subjected to the torment of a brand new kid's movie that plagued us for days - weeks even - with ear worms and merch and pleas to watch it for the 97245th time.
But brace yourselves, my friends!
Granted, there's not a lot of word out - yet. The casting isn't finalized - yet. They're slated to release in 2019, so we don't have to retreat to our bunkers to avoid a Minecraft-equivalent plague of "Everything Is Awesome" - yet.
Warner Brothers doesn't actually have a whole lot to say about it yet in general. Fair enough; it's pretty early still. But Rob McElhenney [1], director of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia [2]" is set to take the reins, and participate in the writing along with Jason Fuchs (writer of Ice Age: Continental Drift [3]).
As the parent of a child who solidly spewed the word "Minecraft" from ages 6-7, I was hoping I had heard the last of this craze. It's been I thought I might be done hearing the words "IT'S AMAZING TRAYORIS!" and having to grit my teeth as he listened to Pink Sheep talk like Stephen Hawking about prankster gangsters. I thought I would never have to hear about Gary's mod. Ever. Again.
I apparently am not out of the woods - yet.
We might be looking at a revival. And you know what this means, right? More YouTube, more 8-bit merchandise, more Minecraft birthday parties, more skins and mods and multiplayer shenanigans.
We don't know what the future is going to bring, but the rumors are that Steve Carell [4] is also in talks with WB to be cast for the big-screen rendition of Minecraft.
We wonder if he'll be playing Steve. It would only be appropriate.
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