The Minecraft movie now has a release date - even if it is still three years away!

Warner Bros has announced that its adaptation of the Mojang video game franchise will hit cinemas in 3D and IMAX on May 24, 2019.

A summer 2019 release will put Minecraft in competition with Avengers: Infinity War Part II and the second Justice League movie.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's co-creator Rob McElhenney has signed on to direct - and is already vowing to create "something strange and wonderful".

In terms of the storyline, Mojang COO Vu Bui hinted that he wants the movie to be "a story within Minecraft, as opposed to the story within Minecraft".

The massively popular Minecraft has sold over 106 million copies over the last five years.

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