Minecraft Movie trailer depicts how Steve mysteriously entered the game's world

Warner Brothers has finally released the official trailer for A Minecraft Movie. In the trailer, they further showcased how the film about the sandbox game would look like and also gave brief hints into the title's story. One of the most interesting details the filmmakers showed in the trailer was how Steve, the iconic character from the game, got into the game's world.

While Steve has always been a default skin for players who enter Minecraft for the first time, the film has created a unique backstory for the character and how he entered the game in the first place.

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Steve's backstory and entry into the game's world depicted in A Minecraft Movie trailer

In the official trailer for A Minecraft Movie, Steve is first shown as a kid. He is dressed in a blue sweater, dark blue jeans, mining gear, and holding a pickaxe. This entire scene is shot in the film's real-world scenario at a construction site.

Young Steve can then be seen walking toward a mineshaft entrance, beside which there is a board that read "absolutely no children allowed". Steve's narration can be heard as he explains that as a kid, he was not allowed in the mineshaft. Later, however, another shot of an adult Steve played by Jack Black, shows him entering the mines and mining rock with his pickaxe.

While mining in a real-world mineshaft, Steve finds a mysterious cube-shaped box in which he inserts a glowing blue cube. The moment he does this, a unique blue portal opens up, and he enters the world of Minecraft for the first time.

This backstory of Steve is briefly depicted in the trailer, with several fast-paced cuts between shots. That said, there could be more to the story that will be revealed when the film releases on April 4, 2025.

Steve's in-game lore is quite different compared to that of in A Minecraft Movie (Image via Minecraft Wiki || YouTube/Minecraft)

Of course, most players in the community have discussed Steve's story within the game. However, this lore explored by the filmmakers also depicts Steve's life before he even entered the game for the first time.

While Steve only exists when players download the game and enter a newly created world, the film shows him as a complete character with unique personality traits, lore, and a backstory of his own.

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