The age of clunky, amped up, zoned out, overly literal movies adapted from video games lasted a long time ­— from the very first one, “Super Mario Bros.,” in 1993, stretching on through such duds as ...

Jack Black just outdid himself at the box office, with a $157 million domestic opening for A Minecraft Movie The whopping financial haul beats that of his 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and cements ...

Jack Black is looking to replicate the success he found singing "Peaches" for The Super Mario Bros. Movie with his next video game adaptation, A Minecraft Movie, as the actor and musician has now ...

LOS ANGELES — When Jack Black got the call to star in the “Minecraft” movie, the perks were plenty. He got to work alongside Jason Momoa, reunite with “Nacho Libre” director Jared Hess and engulf ...

Jack Black broke a Billboard Hot 100 record this week when his song from “A Minecraft Movie,” called “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” reached No. 78 on the popular singles chart. The catchy tune, which clocks ...

Jack Black’s “Minecraft Movie” meme jam “Steve’s Lava Chicken” has become the shortest song to ever enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “Steve’s Lava Chicken,’ which clocks in at a mere 34 seconds, ...

In addition to his acting career, Jack Black also has serious vocal chops. Forming the comedy-rock duo Tenacious D in 1994 with Kyle Glass, Black has toured with the likes of Pearl Jam, Weezer, and ...

Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster sandbox video game. At first, we register how hard the actors are working to ...

Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster sandbox video game. Over the years, though, lessons have been learned.