Jason Momoa, Minecraft and Movie Review
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“I’m like, that’s amazing. Of course, I’m going to protect imagination. My whole job is built on that.”
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The film is based on the 2011 Swedish video game 'Minecraft', which is the best selling game of all time and despite its age, has around 200 million active players every month.
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ABC7 KABC on MSNPopular video game 'Minecraft' gets reimagined for the big screen with Jack Black, Jason MomoaWith 300-million copies sold, "Minecraft" is among the biggest video games of all time - and now, it's coming to the big screen in the form of a wacky action comedy starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black and Danielle Brooks.
Jason Momoa has said working on A Minecraft Movie was "almost life-changing" for him, as he credited his co-stars Jennifer Coolidge and Jack Black with giving him the comedy bug.
Jason Momoa’s parents are Coni (née Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter. Jason revealed to the Star-Advertiser that his mother met Joseph in Hawaii after moving there in the 1970s and eventually gave birth to Jason. The actor is from Honolulu, Hawaii.
In June 2014, Jason shared this on Instagram and thanked his tattoo artist, Mahalo Tobias, for the mysterious line tattoo on his left hand. It’s still unclear what it means, though. The compass-like tattoo on Jason’s right arm is the logo for one of his production companies, On the Roam.
Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster sandbox video game.
Sebastian Hansen, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Jennifer Coolidge also star in the story of four strangers who must find their way back home after being pulled into a cubic wonderland created by a doorknob salesman.
A Minecraft Movie” offers a great surprise in Jason Momoa’s Garrett Garrison, the aging gamer for whom time has stood still. More than a hair-metal Gen X boomer stereotype, Momoa’s “1989 gamer of the year” delights as a soft reboot of Uncle Rico,
"I had (my) kids that were obsessed with 'Minecraft' years before I heard about this movie. So I learned how to play the game because I love games,” the “School of Rock” actor told Reuters. “Minecraft” is a globally popular game,