Shawn Levy Won T Direct Minecraft Movie

Shawn Levy Won’t Direct ‘Minecraft’ Movie

By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2014 10:15 am EST

Angie Han’s original story from October 2014 follows:

After the success of The Lego Movie taught Warner Bros. there was money to be made in movies about building blocks, the studio quickly scooped up the rights to the video game Minecraft. Now, as Warner Bros. constructs plans for a Lego Movie franchise, it’s also getting the pieces into place for that Minecraft movie.

Shawn Levy has just been tapped to develop and direct the film, while Roy Lee (The Lego Movie) and Jill Messick (Mean Girls) will produce. Hit the jump for more about the Minecraft movie.Minecraft the game was first created by Swedish programmer Markus “Notch” Persson and published in May 2009 through his company Mojang AB. Over 50 million copies of all versions have been sold to date, across all platforms including Xbox, PlayStation, iOS, Android, PC, and Mac. Last month, Microsoft announced a $2.5 billion deal to acquire Mojang.

Few details about the Minecraft movie have been revealed so far, and the game isn’t plot heavy so it’s anyone’s guess what the storyline might be. Last we heard, however, the Minecraft movie was intended as a live-action adventure with multi-quadrant appeal. (The four quadrants being males and females, over and under 25.) And of course, the project is seen has having big franchise potential.