Jason Momoa to star in Warner Bros’ ‘Minecraft’ movie 

By PTI

LOS ANGELES: Further cementing his relationship with Warner Bros, actor Jason Momoa is about to star in “Minecraft”, a live-action film based mostly on the favored online game from the studio.

Momoa is already a part of the Warner Bros universe courtesy his position because the DC superhero Aquaman. He not too long ago starred within the a number of Oscar-winning movie “Dune”, which additionally hails from the secure.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor is in remaining negotiations to star in “Minecraft” to be directed by Jared Hess of “Napoleon Dynamite” fame.

Minecraft, a product of the Swedish studio Mojang, debuted in 2011 and permits gamers to make use of blocks to create buildings and worlds.

The sport turned a sensation, reaching 100 million customers only a few years after launch and serving to spark Microsoft to accumulate Mojang for USD 2.5 billion in 2014.

“Dune” producer Mary Parent and Roy Lee will produce the upcoming film, with Jill Messick receiving a posthumous producing credit score for growing the movie earlier than her demise in 2018.

Executive producers embody Jon Berg, Cale Boyter and Jon Spaihts.CLydia Winters and Vu Bui of Mojang may also produce the movie.

Warner Studios has been growing a venture based mostly on the sport for years, with Shawn Levy and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star Rob McElhenney amongst those that have been hooked up to direct.

Momoa will subsequent reprise his position in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”, the sequel to the 2018 movie “Aquaman”, slated to be launched in March 2023.

In the late 2010’s, the actor gained prominence following his efficiency as Khal Drogo within the first two seasons of “Game of Thrones”, a fantasy drama collection from HBO, a premium cable community beneath WarnerMedia.