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After manifesting her measurement into nan Minecraft Movie franchise, Kirsten Dunst is fresh to sojourn nan Overworld.
The Oscar-nominated actress, who was cast arsenic Alex successful nan upcoming sequel backmost successful March, teased that accumulation has begun connected nan followup to past year’s A Minecraft Movie, sharing a photograph of her and Jack Black‘s director’s chairs connected set.
“It has begun…..” Dunst captioned a photo of nan chairs pinch their characteristic names Alex and Steve printed successful artifact letters.
Dunst antecedently threw her chapeau successful nan ring for nan sequel, noting past August that her children emotion nan first movie and she wants to “make a movie wherever I don’t suffer money.”
In March, Deadline exclusively reported that Dunst will play Alex successful nan sequel, aft announcing successful October that head Jared Hess is returning to helm A Minecraft Movie 2 from a book by Hess & Chris Galletta, which is group for a July 23, 2027 release. She joins returning formed members, Black, Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, Matt Berry and Jennifer Coolidge.
Hess antecedently told Deadline a Minecraft Movie sequel “would beryllium truthful overmuch fun” aft nan first movie’s record-breaking container agency haul kicked disconnected successful April 2025, becoming Warner Bros’ 3rd largest opening of each time.
“We had truthful overmuch nosy making this movie, and it’s specified an expansive world successful nan game, and location were truthful galore things that we didn’t pat into that we wanted to,” explained Hess. “I would person a blast doing nan sequel, and it seems for illustration there’s already talk astir it happening, truthful I’m ace excited. It’ll beryllium truthful overmuch nosy to spell backmost into nan world. The fans are conscionable having specified a bully time. We teased it successful nan extremity credits, and nan fans look to beryllium going chaotic for it.”
After teasing “the different massively captious character” from nan game, Alex, astatine nan extremity of nan first movie, Hess noted, “It’s Steve (Black) and Alex, and truthful that’s nan 1 that we will beryllium bringing to nan array without a doubt.”
