The director of ‘Minecraft’ reacts to the tendency to shout and record during the projections of his film
Minecraft It is the best -selling video game of all time, even exceeding GTA vso that the corresponding film came out (the criticisms, in short, have been improved), seemed difficult for things to go wrong at the box office.
The Swedish study MOJANGally with Warner Bros. and Legendaryaspired to bring to the cinema to the immense community of players throughout the world, and that is what has happened even exceeding expectations. With 434 million dollars so far, A Minecraft movie It is the film that has raised the most in what we have of 2025.
Remember what happened with the adaptation of Super Mario Bros. But there is a particularity, and that is that the movie of Illumination It did not cause crazy people in the cinemas that projected it. A key moment of Minecraft It is one in which a “Chickn Jockey”: A character uploaded in a chicken who was already famous for his unlikely appearance in the video game, and that as he passes through the cinema has caused a kind of ritual that is importing the owners of the rooms.
Because? Because at the time Jack Black “Chickn Jockey” shouts, the public enters ecstasy: throws popcorn and sodas to the screen, and they climb on top of each other in the similarity of the rider.
Several videos have been viralized showing this outbreak of joy along the Internet, with cinemas looking for ways to convince the clientele that he does not lose his head and even considering calling the police. A very picturesque jaleo that has already motivated the response of the director of A Minecraft movie, Jared HESS.
Who once will emerge with the indie comedy between Napoleon Dynamite and Super Nacho has been interviewed by Entertainment Weeklyand has fully supported these celebrations of A Minecraft movie. In fact, he believes that cinemas should not try to stop them: “It is rare that when you are having a lot of fun calling the police. I think they are only encouraging and TIRING PALOMITASand that it is very funny that they are calling the police. ”
“It’s a lot of fun, I have seen many funny videos. It’s great, especially when people get on their friends’ shoulders and get up and encourage at that time,” he continues. It is like a crazy anticipation“
“I’m glad people are creating memories with their friends and families.” HESS adds that they send you personal messages thanking you to have included the happy Chickn Jockey: “It has been crazy. People send me hilarious speeches that many teenagers pronounce just before the movie. It is to die of laughter”
The funny thing is that, before directing Minecraft, HESS was not the biggest fan of Chickn Jockey. Well, it turns out that Elliot, his son, is a regular player of Mojang’s work and before growing and going to college he used to shout at home “Chickn Jockey”as well as the enraged spectators.
“My wife and my daughters said ‘Shut up, Elliot, we’re fed up!’ Because he didn’t stop screaming ‘Chickn Jockey’… But we had no idea that it would later become what has been happening in theaters. ”
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