The Brett Cooper Show
What Hollywood Can Learn From the Minecraft Movie | Episode 22
Mon, 14 Apr 2025
The huge response to Jack Black’s Minecraft Movie and ‘The White Lotus’ is sending a loud message to Hollywood that they shouldn’t ignore.The Brett Cooper Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bbrettcooperBy joining Cooper Confidential you are directly supporting me and my team. You’ll get ad-free episodes, exclusive ‘Dear Brett” videos, and a private newsletter Sign up now: https://cooperconfidential.supercast.com/Peterson Academy: Join today for $59 a month! https://petersonacademy.com/brettGood Ranchers: Get a year of FREE MEAT and $40 off with code BRETT: https://www.goodranchers.comPlease check out Tim Dillon’s Upcoming Netflix Comedy Special Releasing April 15thAn Evening With Brett Cooper Tickets Now on Sale!Austin: https://www.capcitycomedy.com/events/111681Atlanta: https://atlanta.heliumcomedy.com/events/111709Irvine: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/brett-cooper-irvine-improv-tickets/14302563?pl=irvineimprovHuntsville: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/brett-cooper-huntsville-levity-live-tickets/14302583?pl=sul-huntsvilleAddison: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/brett-cooper-addison-improv-tickets/14305563?pl=addisonimprovHouston: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/brett-cooper-houston-improv-tickets/14305603?pl=houstonimprovPhoenix: https://phoenix.standuplive.com/shows/309839Miami: https://www.miamiimprov.com/shows/309840FTL: https://www.daniaimprov.com/shows/309841#BrettCooper #TheBrettCooperShow #BrettCooperShow
Chapter 1: What recent Hollywood releases are shaping the industry in 2025?
So in a shocking turn of events, apparently no one wanted to see angry Lord Farquaad Snow White, but everyone wanted to see Jack Black scream about Chicken Jockey and Minecraft. And that, plus the success of Mike White's White Lotus, tells us everything we need to know about the state of modern Hollywood. So it has been a big few weeks in Hollywood. I feel like we are finally ramped up into 2025.
Everything is coming out. The movies are hitting the theaters. We had the much anticipated or feared, I don't even know the right word to use for that, but Snow White came out. We had been talking about it for years at this point. People didn't really want it, but they wanted to know what would happen with it.
Warner Brothers released their new Minecraft movie and we all watched the season three finale of White Lotus. And basically, the point that I'm trying to make is that my entire world, I feel like our worlds, have just revolved around film and TV for the last couple of weeks, and honestly, it's revolved around Hollywood more than it has in years.
And we are clearly seeing what works in modern Hollywood and what is doomed to fail. And one of my favorite comedians, Tim Dillon, even calls into the show today to give you his take. And basically, what you and what Hollywood needs to know is that the equation for success in 2025 is actually Very simple.
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So apparently guys, I have been living under a rock because I had no idea that the most anticipated movie of 2025 was coming out last week, and that was not Snow White. Even though Snow White was anticipated for all the wrong reasons, a Minecraft movie. was the most anticipated film for all of the right reasons.
And as the name suggests, this film is about the game Minecraft, and it follows four misfits as they accidentally get pulled into the Minecraft world, and then they have to go through a series of challenges and hurdles, learn how to adapt to the Minecraft world if they want to get home. I mean, like, what are we watching? This is insane. This is Jack Black. We have Jason Momoa.
We have very, very weird costumes, kind of mediocre lighting. You have Minecraft things flying all over the entire world. and people are obsessed. Like literally this might be the greatest movie of 2025. Like little did we know that a Minecraft movie was going to absolutely turn the film industry upside down.
It opened at number one, but not only that, it brought in over $300 million worldwide in its first weekend and it basically broke every single box office record that it could as this Deadline article reported, and I just want you to stick with me here because I need you to see the magnitude of the impact of this film.
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Chapter 2: Why did the Minecraft movie outperform Snow White and Barbie at the box office?
And just like any of the characters on the show could have voted for whoever candidate and had whatever kind of background, viewers could have voted for anyone and still enjoyed it and still had meaningful takeaways. I mean, just look at the way that the internet exploded after the finale.
People were so divided on what it meant and how people were supposed to respond to it and whether it was good or not and what Mike White ended up editing out of it, because apparently the finale was originally two and a half hours long and he had to cut an hour out of it. Like, people were so passionate about it.
Everyone from conservatives on X to the mainstream critics at New York Magazine, everybody was fired up about this because they were so invested in the show. That is the mark of a good piece of art, and it's because everyone was able to take something from it. Everyone, in some way, was able to relate or understand to the truths that it was espousing.
Which, hello, to bring it all together, the point of this episode is exactly what people have also said about a Minecraft movie. Now, one of my best friends, Rose, was texting me about the movie. You all have probably seen her on my social media. She is an incredibly talented writer and actress. She's just beautiful. But what you probably don't know about her is that she is also a huge gamer.
So she obviously went and saw the movie because she loves Minecraft. And this is what she texted me. She said, I loved it, all capital letters. It was absurd and definitely a meme movie, but as somebody who loves Minecraft and loves playing it, it checked all the boxes for me. The message is wonderful. She's talking about the message of a Minecraft movie.
The message is basically, yes, it is amazing to create in a world where creating is the whole point, but it's even more special and important to reenter the real world. It actually encouraged people to get off of video games. Again, a universal truth, a universal healthy message. Anyone can learn from that, especially people of all ages. You can take your kids and they can hear that message.
You as an adult, that is a good message for you to hear. So Hollywood, what I hope that you take from the last couple of weeks is that if you want your industry to survive, if you want people to show up to the movie theaters, if you want people to watch your TV shows, you have to think about your audiences standing around the water cooler and talking about the art that you're creating.
You need this to be an experience that they want to be a part of. You need to create a cultural conversation and something that people want to be a part of, something that they can't escape online. And I'm sorry, but the way that you do that is by making art that is universal.
Making art that everyone can be invested in, that everyone can take something from, so that everyone can then have their say. It's focusing on your audiences, focusing on your consumer, which, hello, is like the longest standing business principle.
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