Discover a list of games that, like Minecraft that will gain space in theaters with ‘a Minecraft movie’, also became feature films
“A Minecraft movie” is about to debut! The film Live-Action that adapts the universe of Minecraft, a survival game released in 2011, will play theaters on Thursday, 03, featuring four misfit humans end up at Overworld, a cubic universe full of creatures and challenges, where they will be led by an expert level artisan known by the game fans: Steve, which is interpreted in the project by project by project by project by project by project by project by project by project by project by project by project by Jack Black (Rock School).
In the cast are also Jason Momoa; Emma Myers;Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansenwhich give life to Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison, Natalie, Dawn and Henry; See the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la8qgage2pg
The plot, which tells an original story from elements of the game, becomes the latest addition to the list of stories adapted to the big screen, which features famous titles among video game fans; Remember 5 of them:
1. Super Mario
Did you know that Nintendo’s ‘Super Mario’ franchise was the first to receive a film version? This happened in 1993 with ‘Super Mario Bros.’, a movie that brought Bob Hoskins as the famous Italian plumber and John Leguizamo Like the protagonist’s brother, Luigi.
The plot, which accompanies the brothers on an adventure for another dimension to rescue a princess of the evil dictator King Koopa and prevent him from dominating the world, did not please fans, accumulating only 29% on Rotten Tomatoes and 4.2 note on IMDB.
However, the game’s narrative underwent a new adaptation in 2023, with “Super Mario Bros. – The Movie”, which emerged in a new format, the excited. Directed from Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenicthe title follows Mario in the mission of saving his brother, Luigi, from the claws of Bowser, king of the Koopa, with Princess Peach, the leader of the mushroom, as an ally-premise that made the feature film 3 nominations to the Golden Globe and become the 3rd largest animated box office in history. Remember the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4wv4AxBpk
The success was such that a new movie by “Super Mario Bros.” It will be released on April 24, 2026 in Japan. The plot still has no previews or debut date in Brazil, but the first animation can be seen in the Prime Video.
2. Sonic The Hedgehog
‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ was released in 1991 by Sega, and was only gaining space in theaters in 2020 with “Sonic: The Movie”, which made $ 319 million and opened doors that, as well as in games, the title became a franchise, winning the first sequence in 2022 and the third movie on December 25, 2024, which became the second largest box office of a film adaptation. of games when collecting $ 462 million across the globe.
“Sonic 3: The Movie” has the following synopsis: “Sonic, Knuckles and Tails gather against a powerful new opponent, Shadow, a mysterious villain with different powers from anything they have faced before. With their skills surpassed in every way, the Sonic team should look for an unlikely alliance in the hope of stopping and protecting the earth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjbxg5veo4m
The franchise films can accompany at Universal+.
3. Angry Birds
Series of games that started to be released for iOS in 2009, ‘Angry Birds’ also gained space on consoles and PCs, then going to the big screen with the first movie released in 2016 with ‘Angry Birds – the movie’ bringing Red, Bomba and Chuck as protagonists. In history, the trio unites to save the island where they live when the place is invaded by mysterious green little pigs.
Like ‘Sonic’ and ‘Mario Bros’, the ‘Angry Birds’ movie has gained a sequel in 2019. Both films are available for streaming: the first at Prime Video and Max and the second on Netflix and Telecine. Remember the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecnw18_rboc
4. Mortal Kombat
With arcade games in the 1990s, ‘Mortal Kombat’ was not long before it was transformed into a movie, as this happened in 1995 with ‘Mortal Kombat: The Movie’ (1995), bringing Christopher Lambert like Raiden and CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA like Shang Tsung. The plot gained a sequence with “Mortal Kombat 2: The Annihilation” (1997), which became a critical failure.
The most recent adaptation of the game was released in 2021 under the title ‘Mortal Kombat’, which was released with the intention of performing a franchise reboot and can be seen in Prime Video. With production of James Wanfamous for running franchise films such as ‘Deadly Games’, ‘Supernatural’, ‘Summoning of Evil’, ‘Fast and Furious’ and ‘Aquaman’, the plot follows a warrior who will need to enter the most famous and bloody tournament of all: The Mortal Kombat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lepxpzqhjc
5. Tomb Raider
Also emerging during the 1990s, the ‘Tomb Raider’ games won their first feature film adaptation with ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’ (2001), which brought the actress Angelina Jolie (Malevolent) in the skin of the protagonist. The plot, which stands out for its faithfulness to the game’s universe, gained a sequence in 2003 with ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Origin of Life’. Both films are on Netflix.
In 2018 the franchise was updated bringing a new interpreter to the character: Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) In ‘Tomb Raider: The Origin’, which should repeat the paper in a sequence that was scheduled to debut in 2021, but was eventually canceled.
Source: Recreio
