Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary’s sequel to A Minecraft Movie has found the Alex for its Steve. Kirsten Dunst has joined the sequel, Deadline reported Thursday, a realization of the actor’s months-long dream of making some money, preferably through Minecraft 2.
Last summer, Dunst opined in a Roofman-timed profile in Town and Country that perhaps she could be in a money-making movie, like, say, a Minecraft sequel. Reportedly, her kids enjoyed the first, and maybe she could parlay that into a starring role and hefty paycheck. Dunst is no stranger to blockbusters, of course, having starred in three Spider-Man movies, the original Jumanji, and 2024’s Civil War. Now she’ll be Alex in a sequel that’s all-but guaranteed to clean up: The original A Minecraft Movie made more than $960 million at the box office last year, according to BoxOfficeMojo.
Director Jared Hess will return for the sequel, and is set to co-write the screenplay with Chris Galletta, who worked on the original film’s screenplay. It’s unclear what the title will be. (Minecraft 2? A Minecraft Movie 2? Another Minecraft Movie?) Jack Black is expected to return as protagonist Steve alongside Jason Momoa, who played Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison. (Momoa says he had a blast on the set, calling it an “unbelievable movie experience.”) Presumably, co-stars Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Hansen, and Emma Myers will also be back.
A Minecraft Movie teased Alex’s addition to the Minecraft Cinematic Universe in a post-credits scene, but the original did not show her face.
