Actor Jack Black found the world of the Warner Bros film “A Minecraft Movie” easy to navigate because he had played the 2011 Swedish video game “Minecraft,” on which the movie is based.

A Minecraft Movie” offers a great surprise in Jason Momoa’s Garrett Garrison, the aging gamer for whom time has stood still. More than a hair-metal Gen X boomer stereotype, Momoa’s “1989 gamer of the year” delights as a soft reboot of Uncle Rico,

The getup, including a pink leather jacket with fringe on the sleeves and what he calls a "power mullet," came from a combination of costume designer Amanda Neale, director Jared

He's a little bit heavy metal, a little bit Tasmanian devil, and the style of high-energy comedy he's perfected over the last 30-plus years has made Jack Black one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Gen-Xers and Millennials love him for his roles in "High Fidelity" and "School of Rock" and as the front man for comic rock band Tenacious D,

Jack Black leads the merry way in “A Minecraft Movie,” the first film adapted from the world’s bestselling video game which opens globally Friday.

Norwalk High School alum Jason Momoa is staring in the new "A Minecraft Movie" alongside Jack Black. It premieres April 4.