Brief oral history: How ‘A Minecraft Movie’ rode the chicken jockey to the top of the box office

A year after the video game’s film adaptation hit theaters, director Jared Hess and other key players talk about surviving spring 2025’s biggest IRL meme.

Minecraft is, perhaps, the ultimate sandbox game. Infinite space, multiple game modes, and seemingly endless updates: The game’s limitless possibilities have helped it sell more than 350 million copies since it launched in 2011 (only Tetris has sold more games, and it had a 27-year lead). In 2014, Microsoft........

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