After Jack Black was seen on the big screen last year as a singing giant turtle in the Super Mario Bros. movie, the actor has now taken his next role in an upcoming video game adaptation.
As Bowser, Jack Black sang his way into the hearts of fans with the song Peaches. It has now been announced that the actor and passionate gamer has landed his next big role in the video game universe and will appear in the film adaptation of Minecraft.
Here you can see a trailer for the Super Mario movie with Jack Black as Bowser:
What is known so far about the Minecraft movie
As Deadline and Variety announced yesterday, Jack Black will appear as Steve in the new Minecraft movie. Thus, he takes on the role of the standard avatar of the block game.
Who else is in it? Alongside him, Jason Momoa (Aquaman), Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black), and Emma Myers (Wednesday) have already been confirmed as cast members. The film will be directed by Jared Hess, who has previously worked with Jack Black on Nacho Libre (2006).
What will the Minecraft movie be about? So far, no specific information has been provided about the plot of the film.
When will the Minecraft movie be released? The German cinema release of the film is set for April 3, 2025. Filming is likely to begin soon.
Jack Black will also be heard again as the main character Po in the fourth part of Kung Fu Panda (in the English version). You can read more about this here with our colleagues from Filmstarts.
But Minecraft is not the only video game adaptation where you can see Jack Black in action.
For in the upcoming adaptation of Borderlands, the actor has also landed a role and will embody the little robot Claptrap.
In an exclusive Q&A, Jack Black shared how it felt for him to play one of the most famous gaming villains and explained why we all have a little Bowser inside us:
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