Herobrine might hang-out Minecraft avid gamers, however his shock look in A Minecraft Movie wasn’t deliberate.

A Minecraft Movie has defied early expectations, incomes loud cheers and even standing ovations from audiences, particularly for moments that had already gone viral on-line. 

Regardless of fears of a essential flop, the movie’s theatrical debut has been met with enthusiasm, drawing the most important crowd to theaters so far in 2025.

Viral catchphrases like “I… am Steve” and the chaotic “Hen jockey” scene have turned Minecraft Movie screenings into unexpectedly raucous experiences.

Minecraft Confirms Unintended Herobrine Easter Egg

Regardless of sparking pleasure amongst longtime followers, the eerie white-eyed determine in A Minecraft Movie wasn’t meant to be a nod to the notorious Herobrine legend. 

In keeping with Mojang Studios’ artistic director Torfi Frans Olafsson, what gave the impression to be a intelligent Easter egg resulted from a last-minute VFX problem. Reflecting on the scene the place Steve’s glowing white eyes sparked comparisons to the notorious fan-made character, Olafsson defined (through X), “All of their eyes have been imagined to be purple:” 

“It’s tremendous unusual that each one of their eyes have been imagined to be purple however when it was rendered one of many characters eyes stored popping out white within the last rendered frames so we wound up conserving it like that, as a result of the VFX studio ran out of time.”

This was additionally a part of the reason for why some followers have been shocked by how dangerous the CGI was in A Minecraft Movie.

Herobrine, a creepy city legend inside the Minecraft group, originated from a 2010 horror story a couple of mysterious model of Steve who haunted gamers’ worlds with supernatural conduct and glowing white eyes. 

Although Mojang has repeatedly denied Herobrine’s existence within the precise sport, the parable stays a well-liked fixture in Minecraft folklore. Whereas this visible glitch wasn’t intentional, followers should not rule out the opportunity of Herobrine making an actual look sooner or later. 

Might Herobrine Be Included In Minecraft Movie 2?

With A Minecraft Movie smashing field workplace expectations and resonating deeply with followers of the long-lasting sport, discuss of a sequel is already gaining momentum. 

Director Jared Hess hinted to Deadline {that a} follow-up movie is much extra believable than a Napoleon Dynamite 2, pointing to Minecraft’s boundless world-building potential and enduring fanbase:

“We had a lot enjoyable making this film, and it’s such an expansive world within the sport, and there have been so many issues that we did not faucet into that we needed to. I’d have a blast doing the sequel, and it looks as if there’s already speak about it occurring, so I’m tremendous excited. It’ll be a lot enjoyable to return into the world. The followers are simply having such an excellent time. We  teased it ultimately credit, and the followers appear to be going wild for it.”

Given the sport’s open-ended nature, a second film may dive into recent territories, each actually and narratively. 

One intriguing chance is the long-rumored and fan-favorite character Herobrine. Although not canon within the official sport, Herobrine has develop into a Minecraft mythos staple, and Hess may lean into that eerie, legendary determine to provide a sequel a darker, extra mysterious edge. 

With so many Minecraft tales nonetheless left to inform and followers longing for extra, a second movie (maybe one that includes Herobrine) is not simply doable; it feels inevitable. Earlier than A Minecraft Movie finally leaves theaters, followers have extra time to catch all of the pixel-perfect particulars and perhaps even spot that unintentional Herobrine second for themselves.