In celebration of Minecraft’s fifteenth anniversary, Netflix has a brand new animated sequence set in its world. This sequence would be the second adaptation of the vastly common survival sandbox recreation recognized for its blocky textures at present in improvement, as a film starring Jack Black can also be within the works. The sequence doesn’t have a launch date but however is alleged to be coming “quickly.”
The announcement got here within the type of a brief teaser trailer that begins with a creeper (the inexperienced four-legged monster that has change into one thing of a mascot for the franchise) strolling onto the display screen and exploding in its signature trend. The teaser cuts to a big cavern stuffed with lava pouring down from the ceiling into a big lake after which the digital camera zooms in in the direction of an enormous Netflix brand, after which Netflix X Minecraft is proven on display screen. The sequence will likely be animated, presumably in the identical blocky method as the sport, by studio WildBrain, who has labored on different Netflix initiatives reminiscent of Sonic Prime, Ninjago: Dragons Rising, and Carmen Sandiego.
The sequence will reportedly characteristic an authentic story with new characters. A extra story-focused strategy to Minecraft was beforehand performed by Telltale Video games in 2015 with the episodic recreation Minecraft: Story Mode.
The announcement of the animated sequence is a part of a variety of reveals made to have a good time the sport’s fifteenth anniversary. Earlier this month, as a part of the celebration, a equally brief teaser was launched for the Minecraft film which is able to star Jason Momoa (Sport of Thrones and Aquaman) and Jack Black (The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film and Kung Fu Panda) and is at present slated for an April 4, 2025 launch date. Regardless of being 15 years previous, Mojang Studio’s survival sandbox recreation has solely continued to rise in reputation and is among the best-selling video games of all time. With so many new initiatives on the horizon for the property, it appears prefer it gained’t be slowing down any time quickly.
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