Based on the best-selling sandbox video game title originally created by Swedish programmer Markus “Notch” Persson and subsequently developed and published by Mojang, the latest word on the status of the forthcoming live-action Minecraftmoviehas the film slated for theatrical release in 2019. Set to be directed by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiacreator and co-star Rob McElhenney, the forthcoming major motion picture production is all set to turn a few heads when it finally sees its worldwide premiere.
Given the outstanding property’s penchant for inspiring and inviting creativity and innovation, a talent like McElhenney behind the camera – and perhaps in front of it as well – should result in a fun take on a broad sampling of elements that makes Minecraft such a unique gaming experience already. On that note, the latest word has another notable screenwriter providing another pass on the feature’s script.
According to Variety, Warner Bros. Pictures stalwart Jason Fuchs – of the studio’s recent franchise remake Pan – has just been tapped to give a go at the script for the studio’s forthcoming Minecraft film – which was previously given a first draft by Jon Spaihts (Doctor Strange). With any luck, Fuchs will manage to bring some of the whimsy inherent to his last feature length production with Warner Bros. to bear in collaboration with McElhenney in the making of what is sure to be another heavily scrutinized theatrical adaptation of an outstanding video game property.
Keeping in mind the fact that Minecraft is still a heavily lucrative franchise in and of itself, it remains to be seen whether or not the forthcoming movie will manage to provide any cinematic avenues worth exploring. Considering the relative hardships faced by Warcraft at the domestic box office this past summer, McElhenney and Fuchs have their work cut out for them if they hope to truly bring something new to the table that hasn’t already been done before in the video game proper.
Then again, following video game studio Telltale Games own narrative spin on the Minecraft property, perhaps it’s too early to tell what shape and form the Warner Bros. movie will take as it continues down the path of its respective production stage. Until the movie finally sees theatrical release in the summer of 2019, longtime players and general viewers alike will just have to wait and see what will finally become of the latest in a long line of cinematic adaptations of best-selling video game franchises.
Minecraft will see theatrical release in the U.S. on May 25, 2019.
Writer Jason Fuchs will pen the latest draft of Warner Bros.’ upcoming adaptation of the popular video game “Minecraft.”
“Doctor Strange” scribe Jon Spaihts penned the first draft. Fuchs is currently working with director Rob McElhenney on developing the latest script before writing it.
Warner Bros. acquired film rights to the video game franchise in February from Swedish developer Mojang AB and set it up with Roy Lee through his Vertigo Entertainment production company, along with Jill Messick (“Mean Girls”).
The game, which debuted in 2009, allows players to create their own avatars and build an environment using textured cubes in a 3D world as they battle nocturnal monsters. Multiple gameplay modes are available, including survival mode, creative mode and adventure mode.
The pic is set to bow on May 25, 2019.
Fuchs, who wrote last year’s “Pan” for Warner Bros, has also written Wonder Woman for the studio, and is currently writing DC Comics’ Lobo. His film “Break My Heart 1000 Times” is in development at Gold Circle, with Bella Thorne attached.
He is repped by WME and Brookside Artists Management.
How do I make a monster spawner trap in Minecraft?
If you happen to find a dungeon and don’t destroy the monster spawner, you can create an XP trap. Why do you need XP? You can use your levels with your enchanting table — the higher your level, the better the enchantment. Ready to start farming monsters? Here’s how to create an XP trap in Minecraft!
How to prepare How to build a zombie or skeleton XP trap
How to prepare
Assuming you’ve located a dungeon that spawns zombies or skeletons, it’s time to prepare for the building process.
Monster spawner
Place torches around the monster spawner and in the dungeon to keep mobs from spawning.
Empty out the chests, mine them until they break, and keep them in your inventory until later.
Outside the dungeon, create a safe-room with a door where you can place a crafting table, furnace, and the chests you collected from the dungeon.
Sign recipe
Craft 23 signs.
Block off any open holes in the dungeon except for your access point. You can block this off later.
How to build a zombie or skeleton XP trap
One of the most effective XP traps you can create is one that uses a water elevator to haul monsters up, then drop them down to injure them. You can then finish them off with nothing more than your fist and collect the XP. This trap does not work for spiders, as they can stick to walls and usually won’t let themselves fall to their death.
Bisected trap
Here is a bisected, above-ground version of what you will carve underground. Notice the signs, the horizontal shaft at the top, the vertical drop at the end, and the opening at the bottom where you can hit the monsters’ feet.
Mine the mossy cobblestone blocks that make up the floor of the dungeon so that there is a gap beneath the monster spawner.
Mine the mossy cobblestone floor so that there is a space below the monster spawner.
Mine an opening that is two blocks high and one block wide in the middle of one wall of the dungeon.
Mine an opening that is two blocks high and one block wide.
Mine two blocks deeper into the wall.
Mine two blocks deeper into the wall.
Right-click with a sign in your hand to place the sign in the bottom corner opening you created.
Right-click to place a sign in the bottom corner of the opening.
Right-click with another sign one block above and one block to the right of the first sign.
Right-click to place another sign above and to the right of the first sign.
Right-click with a bucket full of water in the open spot beside the top sign.
Right-click with a bucket of water to place water in the open spot beside the top sign.
Mine the blocks above you. Make sure you alternate blocks so that nothing falls on your head and hurts you.
Mine the blocks above you.
Right-click to place another sign one block above and to the left of the second sign you placed.
Right-click to place a third sign one block above and to the left of the second sign.
Right-click with a bucket full of water to place water in the open spot beside the sign.
Right-click to place water in the open spot beside the sign. Repeat this process of mining the blocks above you, placing a sign in an alternating manner, and placing water in the open areas. The signs keep the water from going anywhere, but won’t stop monsters from being lifted up through the water.
To climb the shaft yourself to continue construction, just hold spacebar on your keyboard. Your character will not drown due to the open air pockets. Ideally, you want to place 23 signs in total in your vertical shaft. Any higher, and the monsters falling at the other end will die before you can hit them and collect XP.
Final sign should be on the side opposite the dungeon below you. The final sign you place should be on the far side of the wall from the dungeon.
Right-click with a bucket full of water both above the final sign and in the open area next to it.
Put water above the final sign and in the space next to it.
Mine a horizontal shaft two blocks high and one block wide toward the dungeon that is below you — the result will be a shaft that goes over the dungeon. Mine this shaft so that it is eight blocks long.
Bisected view of the top of the trap.
At the eighth block, mine one block down.
Mine one block down.
Right-click the hole with a bucket full of water.
Right-click to place water in the hole.
Mine another horizontal shaft that is two blocks high, one block wide, and eight blocks long.
Mine another horizontal shaft eight blocks long.
At the end of the horizontal shaft, mine a vertical shaft about 21 blocks down. You don’t want to dig straight down, so dig a 2×1 shaft, then fill in one side. There should be no water in this vertical shaft. If there is, the horizontal shaft at the top isn’t long enough.
Dig a shaft down 21 blocks.
At the bottom of the vertical shaft, create a one-block opening. You will use this to hit the enemy mobs once they’ve fallen.
Create a one block opening at the bottom of the drop. Return to the dungeon with two buckets of water. If you don’t have enough iron, you can make trips back and forth from a water source.
Right-click with a bucket of water in each corner furthest from the elevator opening. This creates a flow of water toward the elevator that will funnel zombies or skeletons that spawn.
Right-click with a bucket of water in each corner farthest away from the opening.
Break the torches on the monster spawner and watch out for any monsters that spawn! Wall up the dungeon, head over to the drop zone, and get ready to collect XP. Using your fist to hit monsters will work fine as they will be already heavily damaged from the fall.
The feet of zombies that have dropped down the trap. Hit them and collect your XP!
Your XP farm
Have you had a chance to set something like this up on your own? What was the result? Tell us in the comments section below!
We prepared a list of 11 most successful Minecraft Youtubers in the World for all those of you looking for a new favorite Minecraft YouTube channel.
Minecraft is the best-selling PC game to date and the second best-selling video game of all time for a reason. In the world of Minecraft, the only limit is your imagination, something that was never offered before in a video game. This is the main reason behind the success of the game, and the thing that makes it so tempting. It helps also that there are many gameplay modes and the ability to play maps created by other players, which is very helpful if you are among those who have a lack of imagination.
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Since Minecraft offers so many possibilities, it is the number one game for YouTubers. There is always something new to do or something to show, so the content is basically always fresh. Having fresh content is what distinct successful YouTubers from those less successful. Since we are already talking about YouTube and success, check out our list of 11 most successful gaming YouTubers in the world as well.
For creating our list of 11 most successful Minecraft Youtubers in the World, we used something that is one of the definitive guidelines when determining how successful a YouTuber is, the number of subscribers on his channel. As our starting point, we used the list of Minecraft YouTubers found on Seus Craft and then looked for those having the most subscriptions. It is important to mention that we didn’t take into consideration the gaming YouTubers that occasionally do Minecraft, but the ones that almost entirely feature Minecraft in their videos.
11. TheAtlanticCraft
Number of Subscribers: 3.46 million
TheAtlanticCraft channel began uploading videos on June 25, 2012, and has racked 1.47 billion views on more than 2,000 videos so far. It is run by two childhood friends, Joe and Cody, with Joe quitting the channel in February 2016.
10. ExplodingTNT
Number of Subscribers: 3.53 million
Compared to other channels, ExplodingTNT has substantially fewer videos than most other Minecraft channels, with the number being close to 500. Since May 8, 2011, ExplodingTNT has 898.91 million views in total.
9. iBallisticSquid
Number of Subscribers: 3.78 million
The person behind iBallisticSquid is David Spencer, who started the channel on March 10, 2011. So far, the channel has managed to get 2.08 billion views in total. Some of the Minecraft series that David does on his channel include Operation Vacation, Attack of the B-Team, Pixelmon, Mission to Mars, Race to the Moon, and Crazy Craft.
8. JeromeASF
Number of Subscribers: 4.43 million
JeromeASF channel started on July 11, 2011, and has over 1 billion views on 4,360 videos uploaded to date. Jerome Robert Aceti, as his real name stands, has two Minecraft channels, with this one being the popular one. He also has a Call of Duty channel that he runs with his friends.
7. Bajan Canadian
Number of Subscribers: 5.77 million
Mitch, better known as Bajan Canadian, started his YouTube career on March 3, 2010. He uploaded close to 3,500 videos and has 1.65 billion views combined. Mitch’s Minecraft videos usually revolve around survival games (Hunger Games), Battledome, Parkour speed runs, adventure maps, and more.
6. SSundee
Number of Subscribers: 7.15 million
One of the older channels on our list of 11 most successful Minecraft Youtubers in the World, SSundee started on November 27, 2009, and managed to get 2.31 billion views on 1,408 videos. SSundee ‘s Minecraft videos include modded Minecraft, mod reviews, and Minecraft competitions.
5. stampylonghead
Number of Subscribers: 7.94 million
This channel has an impressive number of 5.45 billion views on more than 2,000 videos. It was created on July 29, 2011, by Josh Garret as his side-channel in addition to the main channel where was doing vlogs and console play. Soon stampylonghead channel proved to be more popular and it became his main channel.
4. PopularMMOs
Number of Subscribers: 9.14 million
The interesting thing about this channel is that the creator Patrick occasionally does videos with his wife and his fellow YouTuber Jen. PopularMMOs was created April 17, 2012 and has 6.70 billion views on 3,255 videos.
3. CaptainSparklez
Number of Subscribers: 9.64 million
CaptainSparklez or Jordan Maron joined YouTube on July 20, 2010, and has created 3,382 videos that collected 2.64 billion views in total. He is best known for his Minecraft-themed music videos where he parodies popular songs in pop culture. Recently, he began creating his original music videos.
2. Sky Does Minecraft
Number of Subscribers: 12.08 million
Adam Dahlberg started his YouTube career on February 27, 2011, under the moniker Sky Does Minecraft and has 1,590+ videos published that were viewed 3.38 billion times combined. He recently admitted that he was in a mental hospital and that he suffers from eating disorder which caused him to be less active on the channel.
1. TheDiamondMinecart // DanTDM
Number of Subscribers: 12.65 million
Daniel Middleton deserves to be on the top of our list of 11 most successful Minecraft Youtubers in the World since he is not just the most subscribed Minecraft YouTuber but also one of the most popular YouTubers in the world. He is the 36th most subscribed YouTuber on YouTube and has managed to get 8.31 billion views since he created the channel on July 14, 2012. This success paid off for Dan since, in 2014, Business Insider estimated his annual income to be somewhere between $213,000 and $2.15 million.
The Swedish video game developer Mojang, already announced at Minecon 2016 that Minecraft Pocket Edition, which cost $6.99, is finally getting Add-Ons. The developers see it as the first step towards the sandbox video game getting greater levels of customization by letting a player mess around in ways they couldn’t before.
Right after the panel, the video game developer posted a short video that talked about how add-ons can make the mobs become different in various ways. The video was a very brief taste of what’s to come for “Minecraft,” but now, Mojang has posted online the full panel video that showcases the “Minecraft” add-ons in action.
For instance, a “Minecraft” player can see sheep with creepers riding them and blowing them up around. The “Minecraft” panel also talks about the future of the new features, according to Touch Arcade.
Meanwhile, the Exploration Update of “Minecraft” for PC has also been released. The shulker box is one of the most interesting additions in the game, which is found in the latest “Minecraft” update.
The shulker box serves as a storage space for anything that a “Minecraft” player wants to keep, and this addition is something that “Minecraft” fans have been longing for. When the shulker box is not in use for survival, the feature can be used as a decorative item, based on the report of Kotaku.
Also, a big addition that is heading to “Minecraft” is the Woodland Mansion, a dungeon that gamers will occasionally find in wooded locations. The mansion in “Minecraft” is inhabited with spell-casting mobs called the Illagers. These spell-casting mobs also have the abilities to summon villains, and attack “Minecraft” players.
Nevertheless, the new add-on to this update is the existence of llamas. These llamas can be used to transport items, or become a caravan during travels of a “Minecraft” players.
Believe it or not, some people aren’t that bothered about Minecraft.
Mojang’s blockbuster building game drops players into huge, randomly-generated worlds and then leaves them to it. There are no tutorials to guide you, no narrative to provide context and no clearly defined goals – there’s the whole Ender Dragon thing, but it’s not exactly signposted.
But figuring out the rules of the land and making discoveries is part of Minecraft’s appeal, and that level of freedom is part of what makes it so popular.
Dragon Quest Builders, on the other hand, feels much more like a traditional video game. Sure, you’re able to dig up the land, build homes and craft items, but there’s also a proper story, lots of missions and even the odd screen-filling boss battle.
It may never topple the behemoth that Minecraft, but here’s 5 ways Dragon Quest Builders beats Mojang’s blockbuster.
1. Dragon Quest Builders Teaches you the Basics
The first thing you’ll notice about Dragon Quest Builders is that it actually explains what it is you have to do, how to dig up the land, build homes, attract villagers, fight enemies and generally be creative.
The tutorials actually feel a little restrictive at first, as players wade through scrolls of text just to dig up some blocks and find out how to escape the chamber you awaken in.
But as the game goes on and the missions start to rack up, the tutorials start to feel less intrusive and a more natural – not to mention incredibly useful – part of the game. They’re well implemented and ensure you don’t miss anything the game has to offer.
2. Dragon Quest Builders Has a Proper Story
Dragon Quest Builders is set in the land of Alefgard, which as fans will tell you, is where the original Dragon Quest takes place. A shell of its former self and populated by monsters, the hero awakens with the power to rebuild the world and defeat evil.
While that doesn’t sound particularly inspired, it’s actually all based on the parallel ending of Dragon Quest, where the hero accepts the Dragonlord’s suggestion that each character rules half of the world. Of course, it was all a ruse, and the world has gone to pot by the time you start things off.
It’s a fantastic way of tying together old and new, making great use of the Dragon Quest mythology to entice fans.
3. Dragon Quest Builders Has More Structure
As much as we love Minecraft, it’s definitely lacking a little structure. The same can’t be said for Dragon Quest Builders, which is fit to burst with fighting, side-quests and missions to keep players busy.
It starts off with simple requests to build homes, retrieve items and attract new villagers, but pretty soon you’re fending off waves of enemies and even fighting bosses.
But just because it’s a more structured experience, you still have the freedom to carry out tasks as you see fit, and build your village in your image.
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A great story of a young boy and a lost creature is the base for the highly anticipated The Last Guardian out in 2016
4. Dragon Quest Builders Has Better Combat
Minecraft’s enemies certainly have their charms – the Creepers are just that – but Dragon Quest Builders takes combat to another level.
There are giant birds, stone Golems and of course, huge Dragons. Combat is a big part of Dragon Quest Builders, and why it feels like more of a traditional gaming experience.
Oh yeah, and there’s Slimes to contend with, too, so that’s a plus!
5. Dragon Quest Builders Has Better Visuals
Minecraft’s visuals are simple and effective, but Dragon Quest Builders’ graphics are even more colourful and stylish, hearkening back to the 8-bit era, which makes sense given the connection to the original game.
The only downside is the camera, which because of the third-person perspective, doesn’t do you many favours when you’re stuck indoors.
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