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Minecraft’s success shows the future of movies is games
With the surprise hit of the year, Hollywood has learnt how to make successful movies out of video games – just as interest in comic-book adaptations is fading.
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(From left) Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Sebastian Hansen in A Minecraft Movie. The movie has out earned every other US movie so far in 2025.
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It’s time for Superman to hang up his cape and the Avengers to disassemble. Hollywood’s new hero is here, and his name is Steve.
You might not instantly recognise Steve, the player avatar of Minecraft, Microsoft’s sandbox playground video game; the character is something of a blank slate for the users to project themselves onto. But especially if you have kids, you’ll likely have seen Steve played by Jack Black in A Minecraft Movie, the year’s surprise box-office hit.
