Buckle up for a trip to the Overworld, because the Minecraft movie, aka A Minecraft Movie, opens in theaters this weekend.
Directed by Napoleon Dynamite filmmaker Jared Hess, with a team of five dudes credited with writing the script, (Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta), A Minecraft Movie is based on the popular video game of the same name, launched in 2011 by Mojang Studios. The film tells the story of four human misfits (played by Jason Momoa, Sebastian Hansen, Emma Myers, and Danielle Brooks) who are sucked in the world of the video game, aka a wacky world where everything is built from cubes under the direction of master crafter Steve (played by Jack Black.)
Your Minecraft-obsessed teen is definitely going to want to watch this movie ASAP. In the interest of keeping them happy, read on to get all the information about where to watch the Minecraft movie, and when we expect to see the Minecraft movie available to watch on streaming.
Right now, A Minecraft Movie is only available to watch in a movie theater when it opens in theaters on Friday, April 4. You can find a showing near you via Fandango. However, we do expect A Minecraft Movie to be on streaming eventually.
A Minecraft Movie is not streaming on Netflix and likely will not be on Netflix any time soon, due to the fact that the film is a Warner Bros. release, will have a streaming home on the Warner Bros.-owned streaming service, Max (formerly HBO Max). If you want to watch A Minecraft Movie at home, you’ll have to wait for the film to be available to buy or rent on digital platforms, or wait for it to stream on Max.
A Minecraft Movie is not streaming on Disney+, and will not be on Disney+ any time soon, due to the fact that the film is a Warner Bros. release and not a Disney movie. Not every animated movie is a Disney movie! Almost all Warner Bros. movies go to the Warner Bros.-owned streaming platform, Max. If you want to watch the Minecraft movie at home, you’ll have to wait for the film to be available to buy or rent on digital platforms, or wait for it to stream on Max.
All the new WB theatrical movies end up streaming on Max, though the wait period has varied by title. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, for example, was released on PVOD two weeks after opening in theaters, and began streaming on Max on February 28, a little over two months after it was released in theaters. If A Minecraft Movie follows a similar release pattern, you may see the movie on digital around late April 2025, and streaming on Max around early June 2025.
But that’s pure speculation. The Warner Bros. home releases have varied by title. A Minecraft Movie is a highly anticipated release, and the studio might want to keep it in theaters for longer. In the meantime, you can always catch A Minecraft Movie in theaters.