Wednesday star joins Jason Momoa in Minecraft movie

Emma Myers in Wednesday
(Image credit: Netflix)

Wednesday actor Emma Myers is all set to join Jason Momoa in the upcoming live-action Minecraft movie but, with filming just weeks away, everything else surrounding the production is surprisingly hush-hush.

Deadline reports that Myers, who plays the ultra-peppy roommate of Wednesday Addams in the Netflix mega-hit, will appear alongside Momoa and other confirmed castmates Danielle Brooks (Peacemaker) and Sebastian Eugene Hansen (Just Mercy). Matt Berry is also part of the Minecraft movie cast, if you believe earlier reports.

Curiously, very little else has been revealed. Deadline confirms that a late December filming date is being eyed, but there are currently no plot details – or even who is getting writing credits on the video game adaptation’s script.

Minecraft was originally described by developers Mojang as "the story of a teenage girl and her unlikely group of adventurers" as they take on the Ender Dragon. The movie has taken several years to reach this point, with Rob McElhenney once attached to direct the project as far back as 2015.

Wednesday season 2, meanwhile, has been earmarked as one of priorities for the streaming service in the coming year. According to Variety, the Addams Family re-imagining – which became one of Netflix's most viewed shows of all time – will be of utmost importance alongside Stranger Things season 5.

Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess is set to direct Minecraft, which is hitting theaters on April 4, 2025. 

For more, check out the full list of upcoming video game movies that have either been announced or are currently in the works. Then build up your knowledge of the next 12 months of cinema with our guide to upcoming movies.

Bradley Russell

I'm the Senior Entertainment Writer here at 12DOVE, focusing on news, features, and interviews with some of the biggest names in film and TV. On-site, you'll find me marveling at Marvel and providing analysis and room temperature takes on the newest films, Star Wars and, of course, anime. Outside of GR, I love getting lost in a good 100-hour JRPG, Warzone, and kicking back on the (virtual) field with Football Manager. My work has also been featured in OPM, FourFourTwo, and Game Revolution.

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