Where were you when the first trailer for A Minecraft Movie dropped online? As we find ourselves just a couple of days from the latest of video game adaptations hitting theaters, Jack Black has reflected on the negative reaction the movie was greeted with when its first look was revealed.

One reason the majority of movies based on video games have failed is because their filmmakers didn’t understand how to translate the appeal of the game to the relatively-limited storytelling ability of film.

Actor Jack Black found the world of the Warner Bros film “A Minecraft Movie” easy to navigate because he had played the 2011 Swedish video game “Minecraft,” on which the movie is based.

He's a little bit heavy metal, a little bit Tasmanian devil, and the style of high-energy comedy he's perfected over the last 30-plus years has made Jack Black one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Gen-Xers and Millennials love him for his roles in "High Fidelity" and "School of Rock" and as the front man for comic rock band Tenacious D,

Jack Black leads the merry way in “A Minecraft Movie,” the first film adapted from the world’s bestselling video game which opens globally Friday.

Norwalk High School alum Jason Momoa is staring in the new "A Minecraft Movie" alongside Jack Black. It premieres April 4.