A Minecraft Movie has just hit the big screen and, while the reviews are mixed, it's certainly hard to miss: The all-out marketing blitz is everywhere from supermarket shelves to McDonald's Happy Meals, and the Hollywood suits are rubbing their hands with glee at .
In an director Jared Hess was asked whether he'd be interested in making a sequel to which, unsurprisingly, the answer is a big fat yes.
The Nether and the Piglins that run it are A Minecraft Movie's bad guys. "I'm obsessed with the Piglins," says Hess. "I think they're super gnarly and funny and gross and strange, and I love their weird barbarian culture. They're cannibals. They're obsessed with gold, and I just thought that they would be such fun villains, but they've also got a unique story."
PC Gamer's Elie Gould found a lot to like in A Minecraft Movie's recreation of the game's world, even if the tone : "A Minecraft Movie probably isn't the serious storytelling that some players want, but it'll make you laugh a couple of times, and at least in my case, it's given me the bi-annual itch to play Minecraft again." My favourite part of the launch by far though was star turn Jason Momoa promoting the movie by telling everyone .