Minecraft: The First Night - Revision history

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 == Plot ==
-Steve awakens beneath an oak tree in an unfamiliar forest with no memories of his identity or how he arrived. Although he does not understand the world, he instinctively recognizes that wood can be collected and transformed into tools. He accidentally damages several trees, constructs an unstable workbench, and creates a poorly designed shelter that collapses around him. While attempting to rebuild it, Steve unknowingly activates a glowing crafting pattern beneath the ground, sending a redstone pulse through the forest.
+Steve awakens beneath an oak tree in an unfamiliar forest with no memories of his identity or arrival. Although he knows nothing about the world, he instinctively understands how to gather materials and craft tools. While attempting to build a shelter, Steve activates a buried crafting pattern that sends a redstone pulse through the forest. He is found by Alex, an experienced traveler and mapmaker who identifies him as a player. When zombies attack them at sunset, Alex leads Steve to a nearby fortified village governed by Sola. The village recently survived an Illager attempt to seize an ancient redstone network beneath the settlement. Engineer Mina Quill discovers that Steve's crafting reactivated the network, leading former defender Garrick to demand his removal. Cartographer Nia Vale instead believes Steve's arrival is connected to unexplained changes appearing across her maps. Sola allows Steve to remain under Alex's supervision.
-As sunset approaches, Steve encounters Alex, an experienced traveler and mapmaker who recognizes him as a player. Alex warns that hostile creatures will emerge after dark and attempts to lead him away from the area, but they are attacked by zombies drawn toward the pulse. They escape to a fortified village led by Sola, whose residents recently survived an Illager attempt to seize an ancient redstone network beneath the settlement.
+Despite causing several accidents while helping repair the village, Steve uses his crafting abilities to improve its damaged defenses. Alex explains that players awaken without their memories but retain an instinctive connection to crafting. They can sometimes return after death by attuning themselves to beds, though respawning can erase further memories. Because Steve has not done so, his death would likely be permanent. Mina traces the pulse to a fracture beneath the village and determines that the network mistook Steve for a power source, attracting hostile creatures from across the region.
-The villagers distrust Steve after Mina Quill discovers that his crafting caused the network to reactivate. Former defender Garrick argues that Steve should be removed before nightfall, while cartographer Nia Vale believes his arrival is connected to recent changes appearing across her maps. Sola allows Steve to remain under Alex's supervision but orders Mina to determine what he activated.
+After nightfall, zombies, spiders, skeletons, and Creepers attack the settlement. Steve constructs temporary barriers while Mina activates buried redstone lamps, allowing the villagers to repel the first assault. However, the moon remains fixed in the sky and sunrise does not occur. Steve begins seeing a shadowy figure called the Hollow King, who claims that worlds are repeatedly destroyed and recreated, erasing their inhabitants and memories. He offers to preserve the village permanently if Steve reconnects the network to the fracture. Alex warns Steve against trusting the Hollow King but admits that she has also heard his voice. Nia's maps begin losing roads and terrain, while Mina concludes that the fracture is compressing the surrounding Overworld and preventing time from advancing. During another attack, Garrick is seriously injured defending a watchtower. As Steve considers accepting the Hollow King's offer, Alex reveals that she once repeatedly respawned to recover her forgotten past but instead erased several years of her new life. She convinces Steve that preventing change would not truly preserve the village.
-Steve attempts to help prepare the village, but his unfamiliarity with the Overworld causes several accidents. He releases stored water into a workshop, constructs a wall without an entrance, and nearly detonates a Creeper that has concealed itself near the farms. Despite these failures, he devises faster methods of crafting tools and helps the villagers strengthen the settlement's damaged defenses.
+Mina devises a plan to redirect the network's energy and restart the natural day cycle. Because the required crafting pattern continually changes, Steve must enter the fracture and complete it manually. Sola organizes the villagers' defenses while Alex accompanies Steve and Mina beneath the settlement. The Hollow King extinguishes the village's torches and launches a final assault, forcing the villagers to retreat into streets prepared with traps. Inside the fracture, Steve finds fragments of destroyed settlements and incomplete worlds. The Hollow King asks him to help create a permanent world in which nothing can be lost, but Steve realizes that the preserved settlements contain no living inhabitants. He rejects the offer, prompting the Hollow King to trap him. Alex enters the fracture and reconnects Steve to the redstone network, allowing them to complete the pattern together. Mina activates the system, producing a burst of energy that severs the mobs' connection to the fracture and restores the movement of the sky. Alex pulls Steve free before the fracture closes.
-Alex explains that players awaken without memories and possess an instinctive connection to crafting. She has lived in the Overworld for several years but remembers almost nothing before her arrival. She also reveals that players can sometimes return after death through an attuned bed, although respawning may remove additional memories and can fail when the world is unstable. Because Steve has not attuned himself to a bed, his death would likely be permanent.
+At sunrise, the surviving villagers begin rebuilding. Mina detects signals from beyond the mapped Overworld, while Nia discovers new fractures near distant settlements. Sola allows Steve to remain, and Alex agrees to help him investigate the players' origins and the Hollow King's plans. As Steve begins building a house, one of its walls collapses. When Alex asks whether he will rebuild it, Steve replies that rebuilding is the only thing he understands. In a mid-credits scene, Mina detects a Piglin fortress through an activated portal route to the Nether. In a post-credits scene, the Hollow King watches another world collapse and declares that Steve has survived only his first night.
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	<ref name="WritingSteve">{{Cite interview \|last=Goodwin \|first=Freddie \|interviewer=Imogen Vale \|title=Writing a Steve Who Has Never Built Before \|work=Framecraft \|date=August 2, 2026}}</ref>		<ref name="WritingSteve">{{Cite interview \|last=Goodwin \|first=Freddie \|interviewer=Imogen Vale \|title=Writing a Steve Who Has Never Built Before \|work=Framecraft \|date=August 2, 2026}}</ref>

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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
			\| image = [[File:Minecraft The First Night teaser poster.png\|250px]]
			\| caption = Teaser poster
	\| director = [[Jackson Miller]]		\| director = [[Jackson Miller]]
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	Goodwin began writing the screenplay in February 2026. Mob Studios was formed shortly afterward to oversee the new film and television continuity, and Mojang Studios approved the rebooted direction. The film was formally announced in July 2026 as the first theatrical project in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed", the opening storyline of the MIU. Egerton and Pugh were announced as Steve and Alex alongside Hsu, Henry, Yeoh, and Edebiri, while Bardem was later reported to voice the Hollow King.		Goodwin began writing the screenplay in February 2026. Mob Studios was formed shortly afterward to oversee the new film and television continuity, and Mojang Studios approved the rebooted direction. The film was formally announced in July 2026 as the first theatrical project in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed", the opening storyline of the MIU. Egerton and Pugh were announced as Steve and Alex alongside Hsu, Henry, Yeoh, and Edebiri, while Bardem was later reported to voice the Hollow King.

	Voice recording began in November 2026 after Goodwin completed the film's final production draft. Principal production, consisting of animation, performance-reference filming, facial-reference sessions, and continued voice recording, began on January 11, 2027. ''Minecraft: The First Night'' is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 9, 2028.		Voice recording began in November 2026 after Goodwin completed the film's final production draft. Principal production, consisting of animation, performance-reference filming, facial-reference sessions, and continued voice recording, began on January 11, 2027. A teaser poster was released the following month. ''Minecraft: The First Night'' is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 9, 2028.

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	The image provided the first public look at the film's animation style. Steve retained a cubic head and block-shaped body while displaying more detailed clothing, expressive eyes, and a broader range of movement than the game's player model. Mob Studios emphasized that the image did not represent final lighting, textures, or character animation.		The image provided the first public look at the film's animation style. Steve retained a cubic head and block-shaped body while displaying more detailed clothing, expressive eyes, and a broader range of movement than the game's player model. Mob Studios emphasized that the image did not represent final lighting, textures, or character animation.

	The ~~studio~~ said the ~~wider marketing campaign would begin closer~~ to the ~~completion~~ of ~~principal animation~~. ~~Miller opposed revealing extensive story information or~~ unfinished ~~sequences several years before release~~ and said early promotion would focus on ~~concept art, production materials, and~~ the film's interpretation of the Overworld.		Mob Studios released the film's first teaser poster in February 2027.<ref name="TeaserPoster" /> The poster depicts Steve standing in front of an incomplete wooden shelter as the square sun approaches the horizon. The surrounding forest becomes progressively darker toward the bottom of the image, where the silhouettes of several hostile mobs can be seen between the trees. A distant village is illuminated by a small number of torches.

			The poster uses the tagline "THE SUN IS GOING DOWN" and displays the film's June 9, 2028 release date. It does not feature the wider ensemble or reveal the Hollow King. Miller said the image was designed to communicate the simplicity of the film's initial threat rather than advertise the larger mythology of "The Broken Seed".<ref name="PosterInterview" />

			Commentators noted that the poster closely reflected the central survival premise of the game, with its unfinished shelter, limited daylight, and approaching creatures. Its restrained design was also contrasted with the ensemble-focused promotional material used for the later MCCU films.<ref name="PosterResponse" />

			Mob Studios said the teaser poster did not mark the beginning of the film's full marketing campaign. No teaser trailer or completed footage had been released as of February 2027. Miller said early promotion would continue to focus on the film's production, atmosphere, and interpretation of the Overworld rather than detailed plot revelations.

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	<ref name="PartTwoScrapped">{{Cite news \|last=Chen \|first=Harper \|date=November 14, 2025 \|title=Mob Productions Scraps ''World of X – Part Two'' During Development \|work=CraftWire \|pages=1–2}}</ref>		<ref name="PartTwoScrapped">{{Cite news \|last=Chen \|first=Harper \|date=November 14, 2025 \|title=Mob Productions Scraps ''World of X – Part Two'' During Development \|work=CraftWire \|pages=1–2}}</ref>

			<ref name="PosterInterview">{{Cite interview \|last=Miller \|first=Jackson \|interviewer=Marissa Vale \|title=Why the First Poster Is About Sunset, Not the Seed \|work=CraftWire \|date=February 15, 2027}}</ref>

			<ref name="PosterResponse">{{Cite news \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=February 15, 2027 \|title=''Minecraft: The First Night'' Teaser Poster Returns the Franchise to Survival \|work=Pixel & Picture \|page=2}}</ref>

	<ref name="ProductionBegins">{{Cite press release \|title=Production Begins on ''Minecraft: The First Night'' \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=January 11, 2027}}</ref>		<ref name="ProductionBegins">{{Cite press release \|title=Production Begins on ''Minecraft: The First Night'' \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=January 11, 2027}}</ref>
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	<ref name="SteveAlexCast">{{Cite news \|last=Hale \|first=Devin \|date=July 31, 2026 \|title=Taron Egerton and Florence Pugh Will Lead Minecraft Reboot \|work=ScreenGrid \|page=2}}</ref>		<ref name="SteveAlexCast">{{Cite news \|last=Hale \|first=Devin \|date=July 31, 2026 \|title=Taron Egerton and Florence Pugh Will Lead Minecraft Reboot \|work=ScreenGrid \|page=2}}</ref>

			<ref name="TeaserPoster">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Releases First Teaser Poster for ''Minecraft: The First Night'' \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 14, 2027}}</ref>

	<ref name="UnmadeMCCU">{{Cite news \|last=Chen \|first=Harper \|date=June 14, 2026 \|title=The Lost Slate That Would Have Continued the MCCU \|work=CraftWire \|pages=4–6}}</ref>		<ref name="UnmadeMCCU">{{Cite news \|last=Chen \|first=Harper \|date=June 14, 2026 \|title=The Lost Slate That Would Have Continued the MCCU \|work=CraftWire \|pages=4–6}}</ref>

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