When we came up with the idea for the Minecraft Movie Build Challenge, we wanted to give our community a chance to be part of an exciting moment in Minecraft’s journey. We have so much appreciation for your creativity and dedication to Minecraft, whether your challenge entry was your first attempt at building or the result of many years of practice.

More than 21,000 builders answered the call, making this the biggest community build challenge in Minecraft history. Thank you to everyone who shared their creativity with us and helped make this such a memorable event. We’re very excited to announce that we have our winner – but we also have some surprises up our sleeves. Read on as we reveal all!

The Grand Prize winner

 

We’re thrilled to announce that the official Grand Prize winner is the Lightning Rod Lighthouse by Francisco C.M.! This stunning tundra-inspired house, towering over a foundation of ice, impressed not only the judges but the community as well. We really admired its creative use of the tundra blocks and remarkable attention to detail.

The twist

While going over the submissions, we were blown away by the talent and creativity of every participant. Narrowing it down to three Finalists wasn’t an easy task – and both Mojang Studios and the filmmakers were huge fans of the entire final roster. Because of this, we’re very excited to announce that we will be including all the Finalists’ Builds in A Minecraft Movie Squared or its end credits. All the Builds have unique styles and fit so well in their respective biomes, so we’re very eager to showcase them on the big screen.

Here is the final roster of Builds that we will include in the movie or end credits:

• Lightning Rod Lighthouse by Francisco C.M – Grand Prize winner 
• Copper Badlands Castle by Rosanna C. – Finalist 
• Tranquil Taiga Tower by Iola Y. – Finalist

In addition, the Tree Village Build by Ben V. will be included as an Honorable Mention!

Huge congratulations to the winners, Finalists, Semifinalists, and everyone who participated. Well built!

A note on the admission process

There was an oversight during our admission process that the community brought to our attention last week, after the Finalists had been announced and voting had already begun. Our team was caught up in the excitement of reviewing the community submissions and overlooked that the Tree Village Build contained blocks from multiple biomes.

While we appreciate that the Build was created with good intentions, we ultimately had to remove the Tree Village Build from Grand Prize consideration for this reason. However, due to the strong support it received from both the community and our judging panel – including the filmmakers – we've decided to recognize it as an honorable mention and have it appear in the movie alongside the Finalists and overall winner. We also decided to bring another Build from the semifinals (Tranquil Taiga Tower) into the final and include it in the movie as well. This is the Build that would’ve advanced to the finals if we’d noticed the extra biome blocks in the Tree Village Build in time.

This felt like the most equitable approach to the situation, while also creating an opportunity to highlight more of the community’s creativity in the final movie.

 

Questions You May Have

 

When is A Minecraft Movie Squared releasing?

A Minecraft Movie Squared arrives in theaters on July 23, 2027! We can't wait for you to experience the next chapter of the adventure on the big screen.

 

How will the Builds show up in the movie?

Exactly where they'll appear is something we're keeping under wraps for now, so you'll have to keep an eye out when the movie hits theaters! While we can't guarantee specific placement, every included Build will appear either in the movie itself or the end credits.

 

Will the Builds look exactly the same in the movie?

Every Finalist Build is making the jump from Minecraft into the world of A Minecraft Movie Squared. While a few small adjustments may be made for the film, the filmmakers are preserving the creativity and spirit that made each build special.

 

Why didn't you restart the vote once you discovered the issue?

Swapping out the Tree Village Build with another semifinalist and restarting the vote would have meant that the other Finalists would lose all the votes they had already earned. We’d much rather have more builds in the movie than have them start from square one and go through the voting process again.

 

Why are you still including the Tree Village build in the movie if it’s not a finalist?

The Tree Village is an exceptional Build and very popular within the community. We don’t want to take away the recognition and momentum it’s already been given due to the error in evaluating the Build. We try to put our community first in everything we do, and we think that including Tree Village follows that principle.

 

*Warner Bros. shall determine the placement of the Build within the Movie (which placement may be in the end credits). For details, see Official Rules at aka.ms/moviebuild