Production is about to be underway on Warner Bros/Vertigo/Legendary’s feature take on Mojang/Microsoft’s Minecraft in New Zealand, and Jack Black is joining the cast. Black will be playing as Steve.

Also starring in Minecraft are Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen. The Minecraft film comes from Vertigo, co-financier Legendary, Mojang/Microsoft and Momoa’s On the Roam. Producers on the project include Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Momoa, Torfi Frans Olafsson, Vu Bui and the late Jill Messick. EPs are Todd Hallowell, Kayleen Walters, Brian Mendoza and Jonathan Spaihts.

This adds to Black’s roster of videogame films, which include Illumination and Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie, where he played Bowser. He’s also starring in Lionsgate’s feature take of videogame Borderlands.

What do you think of Jack Black joining the cast of Minecraft?

Source: Deadline