Filmmaker Jared Hess can’t stop watching audience reaction videos.
“It’s been so bananas,” Hess tellsEntertainment Weeklytwo days afterMinecraft’simpressive box office haulover its opening weekend.
“It’s been way too fun.
An image from the ‘chicken jockey’ scene in ‘A Minecraft Movie’.Credit:Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
People are sending me these really hilarious speeches that a lot of teenagers are giving right before the movie.
It’s so hysterical, man.
I’m staying up way too late.”
Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Sebastian Hansen in ‘A Minecraft Movie’.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
What is this “chicken jockey” trend, you ask?
At this moment in the film,Jack Black’s Steve screams, “Chicken jockey!”
But that’s not the only response.
and “This is a crafting table!”
The reaction videos, shot by fans inside theaters, have dominated social media platforms.
Yeah, it’s hilarious.
Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Sebastian Hansen in ‘A Minecraft Movie’.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
I’ve seen so many funny videos.
It’s like this crazy anticipation.
But, man, I’m just glad people are making memories with their friends and families."
Garrett (Jason Momoa) and the gang enter the Overworld in ‘A Minecraft Movie’.Warner Bros. Pictures
Together they must defend this world from evil creatures like the Piglins and zombies.
Hess had an early inkling they had something on their hands with the chicken jockey moment.
“My wife and daughters were like, ‘Elliot!
“It’s just a bonanza.”
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Some theaters have started posted warnings about potential audience reactions toMinecraftscreenings.
I think people are starved for that experience.
So it’s fun that they’ve found it in this goofy movie that we’ve made.”
Want more movie news?
People are talking about it, he says.
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“It didn’t work out due to so many things,” Hess says.
“This happens in movies all the time, scheduling.
Movies just evolve in so many crazy, unexpected ways.
But it was like, man, we wanted him to be a part of it no matter what.
So bringing him in as the Nitwit was hilarious.”
“The sky’s the limit,” Hess says.
“We’re just kind of basking in the this one right now.
So, yeah, we’ll just have to figure out what the next chapter is.”
A Minecraft Movieis in theaters now.
