"Jack Black Takes on New Role in 'Minecraft' at Warner Bros – The Dish"

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Production is about to get underway on Warner Bros/Vertigo/Legendary’s feature take on Mojang/Microsoft’s Minecraft, and sources are telling us that Jack Black is joining the cast of the Jason Momoa-led movie.

Black is also starring in Lionsgate’s feature take of video game Borderlands, hitting cinemas on August 9. Black and Kyle Gass’ Tenacious D are on tour this spring in Europe in Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour.

Black also starred in Sony’s $1.796B-grossing Jumanji franchise as well as Peter Jackson’s $556M-global grossing King Kong.