Minecraft is coming to Netflix.
Netflix and Mojang Studios are teaming to develop a CG-animated TV sequence primarily based on the Minecraft franchise. Particulars on the potential sequence, which was introduced Thursday as a part of the fifteenth anniversary of the sport, are slim apart from it would function an unique story with new characters that exhibits the Minecraft world in a brand new mild.
WildBrain, the studio behind Netflix’s Sonic Prime, Ninjago: Dragons Rising and Carmen Sandiego, will deal with the animation for Minecraft.
Particulars on the challenge’s artistic group, together with a showrunner, haven’t but been decided.
Markus Persson created the Minecraft recreation that was initially launched in 2009, with Jens Bergenstein, having taken over improvement after the title was made extra extensively obtainable in 2011. It’s the best-selling online game in historical past, with greater than 300 million copies bought, with an estimated 140 million month-to-month energetic gamers as of final yr.
Minecraft is taken into account a “sandbox recreation,” which means gamers can embrace their creativity and construct cities and work together with one another. The Netflix animated sequence marks the franchise’s newest growth and joins reside occasions, shopper merchandise and far more.
A Minecraft function movie from Warners and Legendary is anticipated to debut in April 2025 with Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Danielle Brooks among the many solid. Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer wrote the screenplay, which was directed by Jared Hess. It’s unclear if any of the movie’s artistic group will probably be concerned with the Netflix animated sequence.
Minecraft turns into the newest common online game to be tailored for tv and joins a roster that features Fallout and Tomb Raider (Amazon), Halo (Paramount+), The Final of Us (HBO), Resident Evil and The Witcher (Netflix), amongst others.
Within the present period of contraction throughout the TV panorama, networks and streamers alike have centered on well-known mental property to chop by the litter and draw viewers.