Warner Bros.A Minecraft Movie star Jack Black has urged fans to stop throwing popcorn during the movie, but we’re not sure he was serious.
A Minecraft Movie has quickly become a box office phenomenon, grossing more than $500 million worldwide in just a few days.
That success has come at a cost, however, and that cost is audiences throwing popcorn throughout the movie, and even bringing a live chicken into one screening.
The wild fan reaction has resulted in cops being called, cinemas warning patrons to behave or be thrown out, and director Jared Hess issuing a response to the controversy. And one theater invited a special guest along to make an unusual pre-screening announcement.
Jack Black asks audience to refrain from “popped corn” throwing
Warner Bros.Jack Black stars as Steve in A Minecraft Movie, the film’s breakout character, as well as the person who shouts the “chicken jockey” line that’s causing much of the bother.
At a recent screening of the movie, before the film started, an official-sounding voice could be heard over the theater’s speakers, saying: “For today’s presentation of A Minecraft Movie, please, no throwing popped corn, and also no Lapis Lazuli, and also absolutely no chicken jockey!”
The man speaking then appears at the front of the auditorium, and it’s Jack Black holding an axe, which causes the place to go wild.
“I am Steve!” Black continues. “Look what I brought, my actual pickaxe! Are you ready to rock? Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy, A Minecraft Movie. Roll the projector.”
Black then runs back-and-forth at the front of the room – to more clapping and cheering – before he disappears out of a side door.
Black is the second Minecraft Movie maker to address the chaos unfolding in cinemas, with director Jared Hess recently telling Entertainment Weekly: “It’s weird when you’re having too much fun and the cops get called.
“It’s funny because I think it’s just literally cheering and throwing popcorn, which is so funny to me that cops are getting called for popcorn. It’s hilarious.”
Hess added: “I’ve seen so many funny videos. It’s great, especially when people are climbing on their friends’ shoulders and standing up and cheering for those moments. I’m just glad people are making memories with their friends and families.”
A Minecraft Movie is in cinemas now, while for more gaming/movie/tv action, here’s our spoiler-free The Last of Us Season 2 review, plus Dexerto’s list of the best video game movies of all-time.
