One of the Funniest Moments From A Minecraft Movie Was Inspired by The NeverEnding Story

Minor spoilers up for A Minecraft Movie.

The squad down A Minecraft Movie revealed to IGN that 1 of the funniest moments successful the video crippled adaptation was really inspired by The NeverEnding Story.

There is simply a definite country successful A Minecraft Movie wherever Jack Black's Steve has to alert connected Jason Momoa's Garrett due to the fact that helium lone had capable Elytra wings for Garrett and Sebastian Hansen's Henry. It's a large infinitesimal of carnal drama wherever Steve has to ascent each astir him to prevention himself from falling hundreds of feet to the ground. And arsenic it turns out, this was overmuch much than an effort astatine laughs.

"We decidedly wanted a Falkor infinitesimal from The Neverending Story that was some majestic and beautiful, but besides 1 that goes southbound beauteous quickly," A Minecraft Movie manager Jared Hess said.

"It was truthful comic successful betwixt takes erstwhile they cut," shaper Torfi Frans Ólafsson added. "Jack is sitting connected apical of Jason and they're successful this analyzable rig... and Jack starts singing, due to the fact that helium does that successful betwixt scenes, but helium starts singing the words to The NeverEnding Story and riding him similar he's riding Falkor."

It's a comic call-back due to the fact that Jack Black really played Slip successful The NeverEnding Story 3. And for Momoa, it was large due to the fact that helium was integral successful bringing this country to life.

"I got to enactment successful penning that, and this large feline [Jack Black] wanted to bash it too," Momoa shared with a laugh. "This was aft Top Gun: Maverick came out, truthful I besides wanted to beryllium capable to spell into into it and past deed the brakes and past person them descent down and I switcheroo connected them. We were sitting determination astatine the edifice dying astir this thought of Jack and I doing this stunt and it made it [into the movie] and it's phenomenal."

"I don't cognize if it made it successful the last chopped due to the fact that determination were antithetic versions of that scene, but it could person gone hard rated R," Jack Black noted. "In the end, I deliberation we made it family-friendly!"

Momoa besides hilariously went into a recreation of the 2 of them connected acceptable (watch the video to spot this firsthand!).

"Let my hips usher you! You can't conscionable thrust maine similar I'm majestic," Momoa said. "I was dying, man. I was dying."

For more, cheque retired our A Minecraft Movie review, however the squad had a backstage server they played connected portion making the movie, and our explainer of the film's ending and post-credits scene.

Adam Bankhurst is simply a writer for IGN. You tin travel him connected X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst and connected TikTok.