Netflix and Mojang are making a Minecraft animated TV show

Netflix and Mojang Studios are bringing Minecraft to streaming as a new CG-animated series, the companies announced Thursday. The Minecraft series will feature an original story with new characters, Netflix said in a news release, “showing the world of Minecraft in a new light.”

In a brief announcement that coincides with Minecraft’s 15th anniversary, Netflix pitched the animated series as a pairing of the “best selling game of all time [and] the biggest streamer in the world.” Minecraft has sold more than 300 million copies, and spawned multiple spinoff games, since officially launching in 2011. Netflix recently announced it had reached nearly 270 million subscribers worldwide.

Animation studio WildBrain, who have developed Sonic Prime, Ninjago: Dragons Rising, and Carmen Sandiego for Netflix, is behind the new Minecraft animated series. Beyond that, Netflix and Mojang didn’t provide much in the way of detail.

Netflix previously featured Minecraft as part of its offerings, with the 2018 release of Minecraft: Story Mode. That narrative game, developed by the original Telltale Games, was first released in 2015, and brought to Netflix a few years later. Minecraft: Story Mode was removed from Netflix in late 2022.

Minecraft is also being adapted into a live-action movie. The Minecraft movie will star Jack Black (The Super Mario Bros. Movie), as Steve, alongside actors Jason Momoa (Aquaman), Danielle Brooks (Peacemaker), and Emma Myers (Wednesday). The Minecraft movie is set for an April 4, 2025 release date.