How Minecraft Movie's chicken jockey was inspired by Bedrock Edition

Modified Apr 15, 2025 09:30 GMT

Chicken jockey in A Minecraft Movie was created using Bedrock Edition — The chicken jockey in A Minecraft Movie was created using Bedrock Edition's spawning method (Image via Warner Bros || Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

A Minecraft Movie was a massive success in the theaters after its release on April 4, 2025. Many of its funny scenes not only went viral in the game's community but also grabbed attention in the entertainment space in general. One of the most popular scenes from the film is when Steve (played by Jack Black) introduces a chicken jockey in a Woodland Mansion boxing arena.

Upon closely observing the chicken jockey scene, it becomes clear that the mob was created using the Bedrock Edition mechanics. Here's how.

Chicken jockey's portrayal in A Minecraft Movie resembles how it spawns in Bedrock Edition

How the chicken jockey is portrayed in A Minecraft Movie

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First, let's take a look at the chicken jockey scene from A Minecraft Movie. The scene was first featured in the film's final trailer released a few weeks before its official release.

The scene shows Steve (Jack Black's character) and Garrett (Jason Momoa's character) getting caught by Woodland Mansion's vindicators and being trapped in a boxing ring. Steve is tied to a corner, and Garrett is forced to fight a chicken jockey.

At first, only a chicken is brought into the ring. While Garrett is confused about whether he only needs to fight the chicken, a box is lowered from the ceiling, from which a baby zombie falls and lands directly on the chicken, creating the chicken jockey. Following this, the fight between the chicken jockey and Garrett commences.

How a chicken jockey spawns in Minecraft Bedrock Edition

A chicken jockey is created when a baby zombie mounts a chicken in Bedrock Edition. (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

Since A Minecraft Movie shows that a chicken jockey can be created by manually combining a chicken and a baby zombie, it is clear that the film took inspiration from the Bedrock Edition's spawning mechanics.

This is because, in Bedrock Edition, the only way a chicken jockey can occur is when an existing baby zombie mounts an existing chicken. Both mobs need to spawn naturally in the world separately and then combine with each other.

Chicken jockeys spawn naturally only in Java Edition. Hence, the filmmakers took inspiration from the Bedrock Edition's spawning mechanics when introducing the chicken jockey in A Minecraft Movie.

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Edited by Akshat Kabra