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EXCLUSIVE: Barbie actor and longtime SNL vet Kate McKinnon and Flight of the Conchords maestro Jemaine Clement are becoming a member of the mushrooming ensemble of Jared Hess’ Minecraft at Warner Bros.
Area is co-financing the characteristic take of the Mojang videogame with Legendary.
McKinnon and Clement be part of Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastian Eugene Hansen in addition to Jennifer Coolidge — most of whom Deadline informed you about first.
The film is taking pictures in New Zealand with screenplay credit to be decided on a storyline that’s buried deep within the earth. Producers are Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Dad or mum, Cale Boyter, Jason Momoa, Torfi Frans Olafsson, Vu Bui and Jill Messick (posthumously). EPs are Todd Hallowell, Kayleen Walters, Brian Mendoza and Jonathan Spaihts.
Additionally producing with Warners and Legendary are Vertigo, Mojang/Microsoft and Momoa’s On the Roam.
McKinnon received the Emmy Award for Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Collection in 2016 and 2017 and was nominated yearly from 2014 till she left present in 2022. She returned to host SNL in December. Her characteristic credit embody Bombshell, Yesterday, The Spy Who Dumped Me, 2016’s Ghostbusters and Workplace Christmas Social gathering. McKinnon performed Bizarre Barbie in Warner Bros.’ highest-grossing film ever, Barbie ($1.44 billion). McKinnon is repped by CAA, Artists First and legal professional Melissa Fox.
New Zealand native Clement counts such characteristic credit as Avatar: The Method of Water and Sony’s upcoming Harold & The Purple Crayon. He created and government produces the comedy collection Wellington Paranormal in addition to What We Do within the Shadows. He’s writing and government producing the upcoming AppleTV+ collection Time Bandits, based mostly on Terry Gilliam’s 1981 movie. He starred in An Night with Beverly Luff Linn and appeared reverse Ben Stiller in Brad’s Standing, which premiered on the 2017 Toronto Movie Competition. In tv, Clement starred as Oliver Fowl in FX’s drama collection Legion, created by Noah Hawley. He’s one-half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. Clement is repped by UTA, Jeff Endlich and Yorn Levine.
