Minecraft is everywhere right now — including on your feed in the form of a few unfinished clips from A Minecraft Movie that have gone viral on social media. Two sneak peek videos of the new Minecraft film before it was finished have made their way around the internet, and it seems as though fans are getting a kick out of them following the film’s record-breaking opening weekend in the U.S.
Warning! Spoilers for A Minecraft Movie follow:
The first clip features Jack Black as Steve, the film’s central protagonist and Overworld expert, introducing his own personal Minecraft world to the viewers. Naturally, because Black is in the spotlight here, the clip features him dancing alongside cows and pandas of Overworld and it’s super silly.
GTFOH 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/2oYUBizgAe pic.twitter.com/X4pLsZLarz
— A.K.A. JLongb0ne (@JonsLongs) April 4, 2025
The second video focuses on a huge battle, showcasing Steve and Garrett ‘The Garbage Man’ Garrison (played by Jason Momoa, the film’s other lead) falling out of the sky together and landing in a body of water.
the unfinished CGI version of the minecraft movie might be the funniest movie i have ever watched pic.twitter.com/jToi57c5wo
— kooby (@iamkooby) April 6, 2025
The clips seem to be missing CGI and VFX elements, which give them this uncanny kids-show-on-a-soundstage feeling — a far cry from the effects-heavy final product of the film.
The Minecraft adaptation has been a smash hit, especially when it comes to younger theatergoers. The film’s “chicken jockey” scene — yeah, this one’s got big IYKYK energy folks, sorry — has incited major reactions among audiences to the point where the cops have been allegedly called to handle the mayhem in select screenings. Plus, the box office return has already been quite staggering, collecting a massive $301 million for its opening weekend. Needless to say, the kids have been, overall, loving this film.
IGN’s A Minecraft Movie review returned a 6/10. We said: “Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess puts a surprisingly specific and funny comic spin on A Minecraft Movie’s kid-friendly adventure, especially in its less antic first half.”
If you’ve seen the film, be sure to check out IGN’s A Minecraft Movie Ending and Post-Credits Scene Explained With Director Jared Hess and Minecraft’s Torfi Frans Ólafsson.
Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
