Night at the Museum filmmaker Shawn Levy is reportedly in talks to helm the Minecraft movie for Warner Bros.

According to Deadline , Warner Bros. wants Levy to direct Minecraft. He is known for his work on the Night of the Museum films -- with the third, Secret of the Tomb, coming out later this year -- as well as Real Steel and Date Night.Warner Bros. picked up the rights to the hugely popular game in February, and The LEGO Movie producer Roy Lee is overseeing the project through his Vertigo Entertainment company with Jill Messick. The studio is reportedly hoping to turn Minecraft into a movie franchise, with the same success Warner saw with The LEGO Movie.Microsoft recently purchased Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion USD. On PC alone, the block-breaking, create-anything title has sold over 16 million copies

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