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Jared Hess is all for audiences going feral during A Minecraft Movie
It’s weird when you’re having too much fun and the cops get called,” Hess said in a recent interview with Entertainment ...
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You Don't Need to Know Anything About Minecraft to Love the New Jack Black Movie
Commentary: This super fun family comedy is all about the power of creativity, community and friendship. Seriously, what's ...
Yes, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is Earning Zillions Right Now, but the First Time Its Director Worked With Jack Black Was So Much Better
Before the massive success of A Minecraft Movie, Jared Hess and Jack Black teamed up for the wrestling comedy Nacho Libre, ...
Minecraft film director on the viral wild ‘Chicken Jockey’ meme and his latest box office smash hit
Set largely in the iconic blocky world of the Overworld, A Minecraft Movie follows Steve (Jack Black), Garrett (Momoa), and their ragtag crew—Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers), and Dawn ...
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Jack Black tells Minecraft Movie audience to stop throwing popcorn
Jack Black instructs a Minecraft Movie audience to refrain from throwing popcorn, and demands “no chicken jockey.” ...
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“A Minecraft Movie” Is a Tale of Two Cinematic Universes
Even a child is unlikely to be entertained by the film’s stream of Minecraft in-jokes—but fans of the director Jared Hess may ...
Police are being called to cinemas because of wild audience reactions to new hit film
A number of cinemas have issued statements slamming audiences of A Minecraft Movie for ‘erupting into sheer pandemonium’ ...
The Minecraft Movie Team Had a Private Server They Played On and Jack Black Even Built His Own Mansion
IGN had the chance to speak with the team behind A Minecraft Movie, and they shared that they built a private server that the ...
Minecraft movie director says sequel will “without a doubt” feature fan-favorite character Alex alongside Jack Black’s Steve
At the end of A Minecraft Movie, we are briefly introduced to Alex - and it's all very exciting. In the post-credits scene, ...
‘A Minecraft Movie's Jared Hess Talks Sequel, The Man Crush Between Jack Black & Jason Momoa, Hitting Zeitgeist Gold Decades After ‘Napoleon Dynamite'
After living a mostly low key career after he and wife Jerusha launched with the Sundance sensation Napoleon Dynamite in 2004 ...
A Minecraft Movie Review
Director Jared Hess puts a surprisingly specific and funny comic spin on A Minecraft Movie, before surrendering to the ...
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‘Chicken Jockey!’: How a Crazy Catchphrase Took Over Multiplexes
When Jack Black yells that in “A Minecraft Movie ... The film’s director, Jared Hess, approves of the trend. “It’s way too funny,” he said in a phone interview.