Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite,” “Nacho Libre”) speaks to how his oddball sensibilities helped make “A Minecraft Movie” such ...

Minutes executive producer Bill Owens has resigned amid mounting pressure on Paramount Global to settle a $20 billion lawsuit ...

Utah-based director Jared Hess is celebrating the global success of "A Minecraft Movie," but he’s also lamenting the end of a ...

The "Napoleon Dynamite" director unpacks his career and the video game box-office juggernaut for IndieWire. When asked if Hollywood is finally facing its video game renaissance, Jared Hess ...

Hess said he received videos from different screenings, and he found the reactions funny and harmless. The A Minecraft Movie director is aware of the fans' reaction to his film. He even ...

The offbeat humor and overall character of “Napoleon Dynamite” that won Sundance over, Hess says, is alive and well in “A Minecraft Movie.” Early reactions to “A Minecraft Movie” all say the same ...

It’s weird when you’re having too much fun and the cops get called,” Hess said in a recent interview with Entertainment ...

Glendale-born writer and director Jared Hess came out swinging with his first ... the live-action adaptation of the popular video game Minecraft. For over a decade, gamers of all ages have ...

Minecraft is a game with no storyline and ... It was just such a fun time. Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess Q: Were there any ideas that you had, that you really loved that didn't make it into the ...

Minecraft is one of the most popular and influential ... inevitably, there’s a movie. Jared Hess, the American film-maker behind the 2004 comedy Napoleon Dynamite, was a miner, as the game ...