Summary

• Berg's praises about the Minecraft movie staying true to the game is confusing given the lack of concrete lore to work from.
• Minecraft is known for flexibility in storyline due to the game's open-ended nature, leaving room for creative direction.
• There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding how the Minecraft movie will visually represent iconic game elements.

According to producer Jon Berg, the Minecraft movie will be faithful to the popular video game, which is strange considering the title's unique premise. With the recent success of video game movie adaptations, such as The Super Mario Bros Movie and Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, it's no surprise that Minecraft is next. As one of the best-selling games in history, a live-action Minecraft is sure to be a hit, and the high praise from Berg is certainly a good sign. Still, the producer's tease regarding the film has presented a mystery.

The Screen Rant) that the Minecraft movie will be "an amazing movie" that will remain "true to the game." This is precisely what you want to hear about a movie adaptation of a video game, but in the case of Minecraft, it's a little strange.

The Minecraft Movie Doesn't Have A Concrete Story Or Lore To Work From

Typically, if a movie isn't true to the video game it is based on, it's because it made changes to the basic story or lore. However, in the case of Minecraft, there is very little for Warner Bros to work with. The very foundation of the massively popular game is that it offers players indefinite flexibility. Though fans have established several storylines and some semblance of lore over the years, nothing is canon. Ultimately, this is to Warner Bros' benefit. The Minecraft movie can go virtually any direction and still make game fans happy.

Berg's tease presents more questions than answers, successfully making the Minecraft movie all the more intriguing.

Of course, this also makes Berg's words about the Minecraft movie being true to the game something of a mystery. We can almost certainly expect Minecraft Steve, Creepers, the Ender Dragon, and other such iconic features, but these are a given. So, in what other ways can the movie be "true" to its source without an established story or plot? Will the characters' heads be square and the world itself pixilated? Ultimately, Berg's tease presents more questions than answers, successfully making the Minecraft movie all the more intriguing.

How The Minecraft Movie Can Be "True" To The Video Game

Without an established storyline and lore, and with only some vague central characters, it seems the world itself is the only feature of the movie that could be true to the game. After over a decade of Minecraft maintaining its status as one of the most popular video games in history, the pixilated world has become highly familiar. Therefore, if the live-action movie presents a realistic-looking world, it's unlikely to feel anything like Minecraft, even with a character named Steve and some exploding zombies.

Therefore, it seems that Berg's comments about the Minecraft movie being true to the game are most likely about the world's visuals. Still, this doesn't make it easier to know what to expect regarding the 2025 film. As a live-action movie, it's assumed that Black and Momoa will look more or less like themselves, and placing them in a vast, pixilated world sounds a little too cheesy. Or, perhaps these actors will be contorted into CGI blockmen—a fairly horrendous visual. In all, it seems that Borg's words aren't enough yet to come to any definitive conclusions.