India, Oct. 10 -- Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures announced the highly anticipated sequel to A Minecraft Movie, which was released in April 2025. The film raked in more than $950 million worldwide and currently ranks as the second-highest-grossing video game-based movie ever made.

The official social media handle of the movie shared a teaser poster confirming Minecraft 2 and also revealed the release date. Minecraft 2 is all set to hit the theaters on July 23, 2027, which is just a few months after the live-action Legend of Zelda movie.

Renowned for his work on Napoleon Dynamite, Jared Hess directed the first Minecraft movie. In an April 2025 interview with Deadline, he stated that it would be a lot of "fun" to return for the sequel...