Now, speaking to Variety, Hess has explained why the film is titled A Minecraft Movie instead of the more direct Minecraft.

Shock of shocks! Hot on the heels of The Super Mario Bros. Movie making—conservatively speaking—a s**t-zillion dollars earlier this year, it seemed only reasonable for Nintendo to keep that ...

"We’re not the official story," the movie's director Jared Hess added. "We’re not canonizing anything. We’re just one of a zillion stories." You may like A Minecraft Movie release date ...