Minecraft’s long-in-the-works movie adaptation continues to pick up steam, with the news White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge has now joined its cast.
Word of Coolidge’s arrival on the project comes via Deadline, but the publication offers no word on the role she’ll be playing. That’s to be expected, given story details are being kept under wraps – although a report last year suggested it would focus on a “malevolent Ender Dragon who sets out on a path of destruction”.
Coolidge – who strode back into the spotlight with her widely acclaimed two-season portrayal of Tanya McQuoid in HBO’s stellar 2021 series White Lotus following an already impressive decades-long acting career – joins a cast including Game of Thrones’ Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, and Jack Black.
While roles for the cast have yet to be announced, it’s been suggested Black will star as Minecraft’s iconic Steve. Matt Berry (of What We Do in the Shadows and Toast of London fame) was also said to be in negotiations to join the line-up last year, but there’s been no confirmation of his involvement since.