Steve Carell is likely to be the first actor to join Warner Bros’s Minecraft movie, which adapts the bestselling Mojang game for the big screen. Minecraft film release date blocked in for 2019 Read moreThe film will be directed by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney, who wrote the screenplay alongside Wonder Woman writer Jason Fuchs. Minecraft, which was first released in 2009, is an avatar game that allows players to create their own characters and environments using textured cubes to vanquish nighttime monsters. Minecraft is the bestselling PC game to date and the second bestselling video game of all time, after Tetris. The studio acquired the movie rights in February; the film is set to be released on 25 May 2019.

Source: The Guardian November 16, 2016 12:00 UTC