Villagers (TV series) - Revision history

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	\| num_episodes = 4		\| num_episodes = 5
	\| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\|		\| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\|
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	The series was announced in July 2026 as one of three television productions included in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed". Voice recording began later that year, followed by principal animation. In November 2026, Mob Studios confirmed that the first season would consist of eight episodes and premiere on February 16, 2028. Principal animation was completed by December 2027, when the studio released the first full trailer and announced the complete writing and directing credits.		The series was announced in July 2026 as one of three television productions included in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed". Voice recording began later that year, followed by principal animation. In November 2026, Mob Studios confirmed that the first season would consist of eight episodes and premiere on February 16, 2028. Principal animation was completed by December 2027, when the studio released the first full trailer and announced the complete writing and directing credits.

	''Villagers'' premiered on Disney+ on February 16, 2028, with the episode "A Place to Build". It was followed by "The Bell Does Not Ring" on February 23, "Trades and Promises" on March 1, ~~and~~ "Under the Wheat" on March 8. The remaining ~~four~~ episodes are scheduled to be released weekly through April 5. The series has received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its worldbuilding, visual design, ensemble performances, and focus on the social and economic lives of the Overworld's inhabitants.		''Villagers'' premiered on Disney+ on February 16, 2028, with the episode "A Place to Build". It was followed by "The Bell Does Not Ring" on February 23, "Trades and Promises" on March 1, "Under the Wheat" on March 8, and "The Road Between" on March 15. The remaining three episodes are scheduled to be released weekly through April 5. The series has received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its worldbuilding, visual design, ensemble performances, and focus on the social and economic lives of the Overworld's inhabitants.

	== Premise ==		== Premise ==
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	\| WrittenBy = Owen Mercer		\| WrittenBy = Owen Mercer
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|15}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|15}}
	\| ShortSummary =		\| ShortSummary = After a supply convoy fails to arrive, Nia, Moss, and Oren travel along the northern road to locate it while Sola prepares the village for another week without iron or medicine. Nia discovers that sections of the route have been moved overnight, creating a loop that repeatedly returns travelers to the same abandoned bridge. Moss recognizes markings left by wandering traders and leads the group through the forest, where they find the convoy intact but its drivers unable to remember how long they have been missing. Mina activates the redstone network from the village and causes buried lamps beneath the road to illuminate its original path. The group follows the lights to a ruined waystation occupied by Illager scouts, who have been redirecting travelers and collecting information about each settlement. Nia destroys their altered route map, allowing the convoy to escape, but Oren recovers a list identifying Sola as the person preventing the villages from surrendering. When they return, Sola orders the settlements warned as an Illager horn sounds beyond the walls.
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	== Release ==		== Release ==

	''Villagers'' premiered on [[Disney+]] on February 16, 2028, with the release of "A Place to Build".<ref name="Premiere" /> The second episode, "The Bell Does Not Ring", was released on February 23, followed by "Trades and Promises" on March 1 ~~and~~ "Under the Wheat" on March 8.<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease" /><ref name="ThirdEpisodeRelease" /><ref name="FourthEpisodeRelease" /> The remaining ~~four~~ episodes are scheduled to be released weekly, with the season finale scheduled for April 5.		''Villagers'' premiered on [[Disney+]] on February 16, 2028, with the release of "A Place to Build".<ref name="Premiere" /> The second episode, "The Bell Does Not Ring", was released on February 23, followed by "Trades and Promises" on March 1, "Under the Wheat" on March 8, and "The Road Between" on March 15.<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease" /><ref name="ThirdEpisodeRelease" /><ref name="FourthEpisodeRelease" /><ref name="FifthEpisodeRelease" /> The remaining three episodes are scheduled to be released weekly, with the season finale scheduled for April 5.

	The series is the first released project in the Minecraft Universe, preceding the theatrical release of ''Minecraft: The First Night'' on June 9, 2028. Mob Studios considers the film the formal beginning of the theatrical continuity and has said that audiences are not required to watch ''Villagers'' to understand it.		The series is the first released project in the Minecraft Universe, preceding the theatrical release of ''Minecraft: The First Night'' on June 9, 2028. Mob Studios considers the film the formal beginning of the theatrical continuity and has said that audiences are not required to watch ''Villagers'' to understand it.
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	=== Critical response ===		=== Critical response ===

	The first ~~four~~ episodes of ''Villagers'' received generally positive reviews. Critics praised the series for expanding the Minecraft Universe through community-level conflicts rather than immediately focusing on large battles or dimensional mythology. The animation, environmental detail, voice performances, and treatment of construction, trade, farming, and resource management as dramatic subjects were frequently highlighted. Some reviewers considered its early pacing overly restrained and believed the redstone mystery occasionally required more exposition than the character-driven material.<ref name="InitialReception" />		The first five episodes of ''Villagers'' received generally positive reviews. Critics praised the series for expanding the Minecraft Universe through community-level conflicts rather than immediately focusing on large battles or dimensional mythology. The animation, environmental detail, voice performances, and treatment of construction, trade, farming, and resource management as dramatic subjects were frequently highlighted. Some reviewers considered its early pacing overly restrained and believed the redstone mystery occasionally required more exposition than the character-driven material.<ref name="InitialReception" />

	Reviewing the premiere, Marissa Vale of ''CraftWire'' praised Elridge's decision to introduce the franchise through housing shortages and disagreements over farmland, writing that the episode established the Overworld as "a place inhabited long before its heroes arrive". Vale particularly praised Yeoh's restrained performance and the episode's final activation of the buried network, though she considered several supporting villagers insufficiently distinguished from one another.<ref name="PlaceToBuildReview" />		Reviewing the premiere, Marissa Vale of ''CraftWire'' praised Elridge's decision to introduce the franchise through housing shortages and disagreements over farmland, writing that the episode established the Overworld as "a place inhabited long before its heroes arrive". Vale particularly praised Yeoh's restrained performance and the episode's final activation of the buried network, though she considered several supporting villagers insufficiently distinguished from one another.<ref name="PlaceToBuildReview" />
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	"Under the Wheat" became the best-reviewed episode of the season at the time of its release. Critics praised Voren's direction, the increasingly unsettling underground imagery, and the greater focus on Tamsin. Samir Cole of ''Blockframe'' described the buried collection of possessions from missing villages as the series' most effective connection between its domestic conflicts and wider mystery. The final scene involving the carved settlement map was praised for advancing the Illager storyline, although some reviewers considered the unseen observer's removal of the village marker an overly conventional cliffhanger.<ref name="WheatReview" />		"Under the Wheat" became the best-reviewed episode of the season at the time of its release. Critics praised Voren's direction, the increasingly unsettling underground imagery, and the greater focus on Tamsin. Samir Cole of ''Blockframe'' described the buried collection of possessions from missing villages as the series' most effective connection between its domestic conflicts and wider mystery. The final scene involving the carved settlement map was praised for advancing the Illager storyline, although some reviewers considered the unseen observer's removal of the village marker an overly conventional cliffhanger.<ref name="WheatReview" />

			"The Road Between" received praise for shifting the focus beyond the central settlement and giving Nia, Moss, and Oren a shared storyline. Critics highlighted the looping road and displaced landscape as effective uses of the game's generated geography, while the discovery that the Illagers were redirecting trade routes was viewed as a convincing expansion of their strategy. Devin Hale of ''ScreenGrid'' praised Edebiri and Ayoade's comedic exchanges and described the episode as the point at which the season's separate mysteries became a unified conflict. Some reviewers felt the convoy drivers' memory loss introduced another unexplained supernatural element, but the Illager list naming Sola was positively received as a personal escalation before the season's final episodes.<ref name="RoadReview" />

	== Future ==		== Future ==
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	<ref name="EpisodeTitles">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Reveals Episode Titles for ''Villagers'' \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=July 31, 2027}}</ref>		<ref name="EpisodeTitles">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Reveals Episode Titles for ''Villagers'' \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=July 31, 2027}}</ref>

			<ref name="FifthEpisodeRelease">{{Cite press release \|title="The Road Between" Now Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=March 15, 2028}}</ref>

	<ref name="FirstFootage">{{Cite news \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=July 31, 2027 \|title=Mob Studios Shows First Footage From ''Villagers'' \|work=Pixel & Picture \|page=4}}</ref>		<ref name="FirstFootage">{{Cite news \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=July 31, 2027 \|title=Mob Studios Shows First Footage From ''Villagers'' \|work=Pixel & Picture \|page=4}}</ref>
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	<ref name="Premiere">{{Cite press release \|title=''Villagers'' Begins Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 16, 2028}}</ref>		<ref name="Premiere">{{Cite press release \|title=''Villagers'' Begins Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 16, 2028}}</ref>

			<ref name="RoadReview">{{Cite news \|last=Hale \|first=Devin \|date=March 15, 2028 \|title="The Road Between" Brings the Illager Threat Into Focus \|work=ScreenGrid \|page=5}}</ref>

	<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease">{{Cite press release \|title="The Bell Does Not Ring" Now Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 23, 2028}}</ref>		<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease">{{Cite press release \|title="The Bell Does Not Ring" Now Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 23, 2028}}</ref>

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	\| num_seasons = 1		\| num_seasons = 1
	\| num_episodes = 3		\| num_episodes = 4
	\| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\|		\| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\|
	* Naomi Elridge		* Naomi Elridge
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	The series was announced in July 2026 as one of three television productions included in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed". Voice recording began later that year, followed by principal animation. In November 2026, Mob Studios confirmed that the first season would consist of eight episodes and premiere on February 16, 2028. Principal animation was completed by December 2027, when the studio released the first full trailer and announced the complete writing and directing credits.		The series was announced in July 2026 as one of three television productions included in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed". Voice recording began later that year, followed by principal animation. In November 2026, Mob Studios confirmed that the first season would consist of eight episodes and premiere on February 16, 2028. Principal animation was completed by December 2027, when the studio released the first full trailer and announced the complete writing and directing credits.

	''Villagers'' premiered on Disney+ on February 16, 2028, with the episode "A Place to Build". It was followed by "The Bell Does Not Ring" on February 23 ~~and~~ "Trades and Promises" on March 1. The remaining ~~five~~ episodes are scheduled to be released weekly through April 5. ~~Although it is the first released MIU project~~, ~~Mob Studios considers ''Minecraft: The First Night'' to be~~ the ~~formal beginning~~ of the ~~franchise~~'s ~~theatrical continuity~~.		''Villagers'' premiered on Disney+ on February 16, 2028, with the episode "A Place to Build". It was followed by "The Bell Does Not Ring" on February 23, "Trades and Promises" on March 1, and "Under the Wheat" on March 8. The remaining four episodes are scheduled to be released weekly through April 5. The series has received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its worldbuilding, visual design, ensemble performances, and focus on the social and economic lives of the Overworld's inhabitants.

	== Premise ==		== Premise ==
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	\| WrittenBy = Simon Voss		\| WrittenBy = Simon Voss
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|8}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|8}}
	\| ShortSummary =		\| ShortSummary = Tamsin discovers that several rows of wheat have collapsed into a perfectly square depression shortly before the village's first major harvest. Fearing another shortage, she refuses Sola's order to abandon the field and begins collecting the remaining crops with several farmers. Mina detects regular redstone pulses beneath the soil, while Nia determines that the damaged rows form part of a larger pattern extending beyond the farms. After another section collapses and traps a worker underground, Sola organizes a rescue through an older irrigation tunnel. Pell and Oren find records describing a sealed granary beneath the field, built by villagers from a settlement that later disappeared. Mina reaches the chamber and disables a mechanism that has been pulling blocks and crops into an underground storage system. The trapped farmer is rescued, but the chamber contains grain, tools, and bells taken from several abandoned villages. Nia finds a map carved into the wall marking every settlement connected to the redstone network, including Sola's village, while an Illager observer quietly removes its marker.
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	== Release ==		== Release ==

	''Villagers'' premiered on [[Disney+]] on February 16, 2028, with the release of "A Place to Build".<ref name="Premiere" /> The second episode, "The Bell Does Not Ring", was released on February 23, followed by "Trades and Promises" on March 1.<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease" /><ref name="ThirdEpisodeRelease" /> The remaining ~~five~~ episodes are scheduled to be released weekly, with the season finale scheduled for April 5.		''Villagers'' premiered on [[Disney+]] on February 16, 2028, with the release of "A Place to Build".<ref name="Premiere" /> The second episode, "The Bell Does Not Ring", was released on February 23, followed by "Trades and Promises" on March 1 and "Under the Wheat" on March 8.<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease" /><ref name="ThirdEpisodeRelease" /><ref name="FourthEpisodeRelease" /> The remaining four episodes are scheduled to be released weekly, with the season finale scheduled for April 5.

	The series is the first released project in the Minecraft Universe, preceding the theatrical release of ''Minecraft: The First Night'' on June 9, 2028. Mob Studios considers the film the formal beginning of the theatrical continuity and has said that audiences are not required to watch ''Villagers'' to understand it.		The series is the first released project in the Minecraft Universe, preceding the theatrical release of ''Minecraft: The First Night'' on June 9, 2028. Mob Studios considers the film the formal beginning of the theatrical continuity and has said that audiences are not required to watch ''Villagers'' to understand it.

			== Reception ==

			=== Critical response ===

			The first four episodes of ''Villagers'' received generally positive reviews. Critics praised the series for expanding the Minecraft Universe through community-level conflicts rather than immediately focusing on large battles or dimensional mythology. The animation, environmental detail, voice performances, and treatment of construction, trade, farming, and resource management as dramatic subjects were frequently highlighted. Some reviewers considered its early pacing overly restrained and believed the redstone mystery occasionally required more exposition than the character-driven material.<ref name="InitialReception" />

			Reviewing the premiere, Marissa Vale of ''CraftWire'' praised Elridge's decision to introduce the franchise through housing shortages and disagreements over farmland, writing that the episode established the Overworld as "a place inhabited long before its heroes arrive". Vale particularly praised Yeoh's restrained performance and the episode's final activation of the buried network, though she considered several supporting villagers insufficiently distinguished from one another.<ref name="PlaceToBuildReview" />

			"The Bell Does Not Ring" received stronger reviews for its mystery and atmosphere. Elise Grant of ''Pixel & Picture'' praised Quan's performance as Oren and the episode's use of the silent bell as a source of tension, while describing the discovery of the Illager watchpost as an effective escalation that did not abandon the series' comparatively small scale.<ref name="BellReview" />

			Responses to "Trades and Promises" highlighted its focus on economic negotiation and the consequences of resource shortages. Leah Moss of ''Redstone Report'' praised Coel's performance and the episode's refusal to portray Tamsin's opposition as unreasonable. Some critics found the redstone network's ability to repeat private conversations insufficiently explained, though the Illager banner reveal was positively received.<ref name="TradesReview" />

			"Under the Wheat" became the best-reviewed episode of the season at the time of its release. Critics praised Voren's direction, the increasingly unsettling underground imagery, and the greater focus on Tamsin. Samir Cole of ''Blockframe'' described the buried collection of possessions from missing villages as the series' most effective connection between its domestic conflicts and wider mystery. The final scene involving the carved settlement map was praised for advancing the Illager storyline, although some reviewers considered the unseen observer's removal of the village marker an overly conventional cliffhanger.<ref name="WheatReview" />

	== Future ==		== Future ==
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			<ref name="BellReview">{{Cite news \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=February 23, 2028 \|title=''Villagers'' Finds Its Mystery in "The Bell Does Not Ring" \|work=Pixel & Picture \|page=4}}</ref>

	<ref name="DecemberProductionUpdate">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Provides Final 2027 Production Update for ''Villagers'' \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=December 14, 2027}}</ref>		<ref name="DecemberProductionUpdate">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Provides Final 2027 Production Update for ''Villagers'' \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=December 14, 2027}}</ref>
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	<ref name="FirstFootage">{{Cite news \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=July 31, 2027 \|title=Mob Studios Shows First Footage From ''Villagers'' \|work=Pixel & Picture \|page=4}}</ref>		<ref name="FirstFootage">{{Cite news \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=July 31, 2027 \|title=Mob Studios Shows First Footage From ''Villagers'' \|work=Pixel & Picture \|page=4}}</ref>

			<ref name="FourthEpisodeRelease">{{Cite press release \|title="Under the Wheat" Now Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=March 8, 2028}}</ref>

	<ref name="FullTrailer">{{Cite news \|last=Moss \|first=Leah \|date=December 14, 2027 \|title=''Villagers'' Trailer Reveals the Overworld Before Steve \|work=Redstone Report \|page=2}}</ref>		<ref name="FullTrailer">{{Cite news \|last=Moss \|first=Leah \|date=December 14, 2027 \|title=''Villagers'' Trailer Reveals the Overworld Before Steve \|work=Redstone Report \|page=2}}</ref>
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	<ref name="InitialAnnouncement">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Unveils Minecraft Universe: Chapter One – The Broken Seed \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=July 31, 2026}}</ref>		<ref name="InitialAnnouncement">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Unveils Minecraft Universe: Chapter One – The Broken Seed \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=July 31, 2026}}</ref>

			<ref name="InitialReception">{{Cite news \|last=Voss \|first=Amelia \|date=March 8, 2028 \|title=''Villagers'' Builds a Different Kind of Minecraft Story \|work=CraftWire \|page=6}}</ref>

	<ref name="JulyProductionUpdate">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Marks One Year of the Minecraft Universe \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=July 31, 2027}}</ref>		<ref name="JulyProductionUpdate">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Marks One Year of the Minecraft Universe \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=July 31, 2027}}</ref>
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	<ref name="NovemberUpdate">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Expands Minecraft Universe Production and Release Schedule \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=November 19, 2026}}</ref>		<ref name="NovemberUpdate">{{Cite press release \|title=Mob Studios Expands Minecraft Universe Production and Release Schedule \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=November 19, 2026}}</ref>

			<ref name="PlaceToBuildReview">{{Cite news \|last=Vale \|first=Marissa \|date=February 16, 2028 \|title=''Villagers'' Begins With a Community, Not a Hero \|work=CraftWire \|page=3}}</ref>

	<ref name="Premiere">{{Cite press release \|title=''Villagers'' Begins Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 16, 2028}}</ref>		<ref name="Premiere">{{Cite press release \|title=''Villagers'' Begins Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 16, 2028}}</ref>
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	<ref name="ThirdEpisodeRelease">{{Cite press release \|title="Trades and Promises" Now Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=March 1, 2028}}</ref>		<ref name="ThirdEpisodeRelease">{{Cite press release \|title="Trades and Promises" Now Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=March 1, 2028}}</ref>

			<ref name="TradesReview">{{Cite news \|last=Moss \|first=Leah \|date=March 1, 2028 \|title="Trades and Promises" Makes Minecraft Economics Matter \|work=Redstone Report \|page=5}}</ref>

	<ref name="VillageEnsemble">{{Cite interview \|last=Cross \|first=Lena \|interviewer=Imogen Vale \|title=Building a Recurring Overworld Ensemble \|work=Framecraft \|date=August 3, 2026}}</ref>		<ref name="VillageEnsemble">{{Cite interview \|last=Cross \|first=Lena \|interviewer=Imogen Vale \|title=Building a Recurring Overworld Ensemble \|work=Framecraft \|date=August 3, 2026}}</ref>

	<ref name="VillagersDevelopment">{{Cite interview \|last=Elridge \|first=Naomi \|interviewer=Samir Cole \|title=Why the Minecraft Universe Begins With Villagers \|work=Blockframe \|date=August 2, 2026}}</ref>		<ref name="VillagersDevelopment">{{Cite interview \|last=Elridge \|first=Naomi \|interviewer=Samir Cole \|title=Why the Minecraft Universe Begins With Villagers \|work=Blockframe \|date=August 2, 2026}}</ref>

			<ref name="WheatReview">{{Cite news \|last=Cole \|first=Samir \|date=March 8, 2028 \|title=''Villagers'' Digs Into Its Darkest Mystery Yet \|work=Blockframe \|page=2}}</ref>

	<ref name="WritersRoom">{{Cite magazine \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=August 2026 \|title=Writing the Communities of the Overworld \|magazine=Pixel & Picture \|pages=44–51}}</ref>		<ref name="WritersRoom">{{Cite magazine \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=August 2026 \|title=Writing the Communities of the Overworld \|magazine=Pixel & Picture \|pages=44–51}}</ref>

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	\| language = English		\| language = English
	\| num_seasons = 1		\| num_seasons = 1
	\| num_episodes = 2		\| num_episodes = 3
	\| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\|		\| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\|
	* Naomi Elridge		* Naomi Elridge
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	The series was announced in July 2026 as one of three television productions included in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed". Voice recording began later that year, followed by principal animation. In November 2026, Mob Studios confirmed that the first season would consist of eight episodes and premiere on February 16, 2028. Principal animation was completed by December 2027, when the studio released the first full trailer and announced the complete writing and directing credits.		The series was announced in July 2026 as one of three television productions included in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed". Voice recording began later that year, followed by principal animation. In November 2026, Mob Studios confirmed that the first season would consist of eight episodes and premiere on February 16, 2028. Principal animation was completed by December 2027, when the studio released the first full trailer and announced the complete writing and directing credits.

	''Villagers'' premiered on Disney+ on February 16, 2028, with the episode "A Place to Build", followed by "The Bell Does Not Ring" on February 23. The remaining ~~six~~ episodes are scheduled to be released weekly through April 5. Although it is the first released MIU project, Mob Studios considers ''Minecraft: The First Night'' to be the formal beginning of the franchise's theatrical continuity.		''Villagers'' premiered on Disney+ on February 16, 2028, with the episode "A Place to Build". It was followed by "The Bell Does Not Ring" on February 23 and "Trades and Promises" on March 1. The remaining five episodes are scheduled to be released weekly through April 5. Although it is the first released MIU project, Mob Studios considers ''Minecraft: The First Night'' to be the formal beginning of the franchise's theatrical continuity.

	== Premise ==		== Premise ==
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	\| WrittenBy = Priya Desai		\| WrittenBy = Priya Desai
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|1}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|1}}
	\| ShortSummary =		\| ShortSummary = With the village's grain reserves continuing to decline, Sola hosts representatives from two neighboring settlements to negotiate an emergency trade agreement. Tamsin refuses to promise future crops in exchange for immediate supplies, fearing that a poor harvest would leave the village permanently indebted. Moss arrives with iron and information about several merchants who disappeared along the northern road, while Nia discovers that the route has shifted since her previous survey. Mina uses the underground redstone network to transmit a message to the neighboring settlements, but the signal reproduces private statements made during the negotiations, causing each delegation to accuse the others of spying. Pell determines that the network is repeating messages previously sent through an abandoned trading post. Sola restores the negotiations by openly revealing the village's shortages and offering labor instead of crops. The settlements accept the agreement and depart together under guard. Moss later finds an Illager banner concealed inside one of the delivered supply crates, suggesting that the trade route has already been compromised.
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	== Release ==		== Release ==

	''Villagers'' premiered on [[Disney+]] on February 16, 2028, with the release of "A Place to Build".<ref name="Premiere" /> The second episode, "The Bell Does Not Ring", was released on February 23.<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease" /> The remaining ~~six~~ episodes are scheduled to be released weekly, with the season finale scheduled for April 5.		''Villagers'' premiered on [[Disney+]] on February 16, 2028, with the release of "A Place to Build".<ref name="Premiere" /> The second episode, "The Bell Does Not Ring", was released on February 23, followed by "Trades and Promises" on March 1.<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease" /><ref name="ThirdEpisodeRelease" /> The remaining five episodes are scheduled to be released weekly, with the season finale scheduled for April 5.

	The series is the first released project in the Minecraft Universe, preceding the theatrical release of ''Minecraft: The First Night'' on June 9, 2028. Mob Studios considers the film the formal beginning of the theatrical continuity and has said that audiences are not required to watch ''Villagers'' to understand it.		The series is the first released project in the Minecraft Universe, preceding the theatrical release of ''Minecraft: The First Night'' on June 9, 2028. Mob Studios considers the film the formal beginning of the theatrical continuity and has said that audiences are not required to watch ''Villagers'' to understand it.
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	<ref name="SupportingCast">{{Cite news \|last=Moss \|first=Leah \|date=November 20, 2026 \|title=Ke Huy Quan, Michaela Coel, Nick Mohammed and Richard Ayoade Join ''Villagers'' \|work=Redstone Report \|page=3}}</ref>		<ref name="SupportingCast">{{Cite news \|last=Moss \|first=Leah \|date=November 20, 2026 \|title=Ke Huy Quan, Michaela Coel, Nick Mohammed and Richard Ayoade Join ''Villagers'' \|work=Redstone Report \|page=3}}</ref>

			<ref name="ThirdEpisodeRelease">{{Cite press release \|title="Trades and Promises" Now Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=March 1, 2028}}</ref>

	<ref name="VillageEnsemble">{{Cite interview \|last=Cross \|first=Lena \|interviewer=Imogen Vale \|title=Building a Recurring Overworld Ensemble \|work=Framecraft \|date=August 3, 2026}}</ref>		<ref name="VillageEnsemble">{{Cite interview \|last=Cross \|first=Lena \|interviewer=Imogen Vale \|title=Building a Recurring Overworld Ensemble \|work=Framecraft \|date=August 3, 2026}}</ref>

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	\| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\|		\| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\|
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	The series was announced in July 2026 as one of three television productions included in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed". Voice recording began later that year, followed by principal animation. In November 2026, Mob Studios confirmed that the first season would consist of eight episodes and premiere on February 16, 2028. Principal animation was completed by December 2027, when the studio released the first full trailer and announced the complete writing and directing credits.		The series was announced in July 2026 as one of three television productions included in "Chapter One: The Broken Seed". Voice recording began later that year, followed by principal animation. In November 2026, Mob Studios confirmed that the first season would consist of eight episodes and premiere on February 16, 2028. Principal animation was completed by December 2027, when the studio released the first full trailer and announced the complete writing and directing credits.

	''Villagers'' premiered on Disney+ on February 16, 2028, with the episode "A Place to Build". The remaining episodes are scheduled to be released weekly through April 5. Although it is the first released MIU project, Mob Studios considers ''Minecraft: The First Night'' to be the formal beginning of the franchise's theatrical continuity.		''Villagers'' premiered on Disney+ on February 16, 2028, with the episode "A Place to Build", followed by "The Bell Does Not Ring" on February 23. The remaining six episodes are scheduled to be released weekly through April 5. Although it is the first released MIU project, Mob Studios considers ''Minecraft: The First Night'' to be the formal beginning of the franchise's theatrical continuity.

	== Premise ==		== Premise ==
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	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|2\|16}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|2\|16}}
	\| ShortSummary = Sola oversees the expansion of the village as its growing population places pressure on food supplies, housing, and building materials. When several families arrive from a nearby settlement damaged by flooding, she proposes constructing a new residential quarter, but farmer Tamsin argues that the project would consume land needed for crops. Mina Quill attempts to reactivate an abandoned redstone line beneath the proposed site, believing it could provide power and improve the movement of supplies. Cartographer Nia Vale returns from surveying the surrounding region and reports that a familiar road has disappeared from her maps despite remaining physically present. Meanwhile, bell keeper Oren discovers that one of the ~~settlement’s~~ oldest records refers to a building that no villager remembers. Sola negotiates a compromise that allows construction to begin while preserving part of the farmland. During the foundation work, Mina uncovers a buried redstone mechanism extending far beyond the village. That night, the completed houses are illuminated as the mechanism unexpectedly activates beneath them, sending a signal toward an unknown settlement.		\| ShortSummary = Sola oversees the expansion of the village as its growing population places pressure on food supplies, housing, and building materials. When several families arrive from a nearby settlement damaged by flooding, she proposes constructing a new residential quarter, but farmer Tamsin argues that the project would consume land needed for crops. Mina Quill attempts to reactivate an abandoned redstone line beneath the proposed site, believing it could provide power and improve the movement of supplies. Cartographer Nia Vale returns from surveying the surrounding region and reports that a familiar road has disappeared from her maps despite remaining physically present. Meanwhile, bell keeper Oren discovers that one of the settlement's oldest records refers to a building that no villager remembers. Sola negotiates a compromise that allows construction to begin while preserving part of the farmland. During the foundation work, Mina uncovers a buried redstone mechanism extending far beyond the village. That night, the completed houses are illuminated as the mechanism unexpectedly activates beneath them, sending a signal toward an unknown settlement.
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	\| WrittenBy = Talia Grant		\| WrittenBy = Talia Grant
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|2\|23}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|2\|23}}
	\| ShortSummary =		\| ShortSummary = When the village bell fails to sound during the morning gathering, Oren discovers that its internal mechanism has been deliberately disconnected. Sola orders the gates closed while Mina examines the bell tower and finds redstone dust matching the newly activated network beneath the settlement. Nia follows a series of unfamiliar footprints beyond the farms, but the trail ends beside a road that does not appear on any of her maps. Tamsin accuses the recently arrived families of damaging the bell, worsening tensions over the village's limited food and housing. Pell searches the archive and uncovers a damaged account describing an earlier occasion when the bell remained silent shortly before a settlement disappeared. Mina restores the mechanism, but it rings by itself before she can reconnect its power. The sound leads the villagers to an abandoned watchpost outside the walls, where they find evidence that Illager scouts have been observing the settlement. Sola conceals the discovery from the wider village while ordering Garrick's former defenses rebuilt.
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	== Release ==		== Release ==

	''Villagers'' premiered on [[Disney+]] on February 16, 2028, with the release of "A Place to Build".<ref name="Premiere" /> The remaining ~~seven~~ episodes are scheduled to be released weekly, with the season finale scheduled for April 5.		''Villagers'' premiered on [[Disney+]] on February 16, 2028, with the release of "A Place to Build".<ref name="Premiere" /> The second episode, "The Bell Does Not Ring", was released on February 23.<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease" /> The remaining six episodes are scheduled to be released weekly, with the season finale scheduled for April 5.

	The series is the first released project in the Minecraft Universe, preceding the theatrical release of ''Minecraft: The First Night'' on June 9, 2028. Mob Studios considers the film the formal beginning of the theatrical continuity and has said that audiences are not required to watch ''Villagers'' to understand it.		The series is the first released project in the Minecraft Universe, preceding the theatrical release of ''Minecraft: The First Night'' on June 9, 2028. Mob Studios considers the film the formal beginning of the theatrical continuity and has said that audiences are not required to watch ''Villagers'' to understand it.
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	<ref name="Premiere">{{Cite press release \|title=''Villagers'' Begins Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 16, 2028}}</ref>		<ref name="Premiere">{{Cite press release \|title=''Villagers'' Begins Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 16, 2028}}</ref>

			<ref name="SecondEpisodeRelease">{{Cite press release \|title="The Bell Does Not Ring" Now Streaming on Disney+ \|publisher=Mob Studios \|date=February 23, 2028}}</ref>

	<ref name="SeriesMusic">{{Cite news \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=December 14, 2027 \|title=Weston Doyle and Mara Ellison Score the Minecraft Universe's ''Villagers'' \|work=Pixel & Picture \|page=7}}</ref>		<ref name="SeriesMusic">{{Cite news \|last=Grant \|first=Elise \|date=December 14, 2027 \|title=Weston Doyle and Mara Ellison Score the Minecraft Universe's ''Villagers'' \|work=Pixel & Picture \|page=7}}</ref>

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	\| Title = The Bell Does Not Ring		\| Title = The Bell Does Not Ring
	\| WrittenBy = ~~{{TBA}}~~		\| WrittenBy =
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|2\|23}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|2\|23}}
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	\| EpisodeNumber = 3		\| EpisodeNumber = 3
	\| Title = Trades and Promises		\| Title = Trades and Promises
	\| WrittenBy = ~~{{TBA}}~~		\| WrittenBy =
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|1}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|1}}
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	\| EpisodeNumber = 4		\| EpisodeNumber = 4
	\| Title = Under the Wheat		\| Title = Under the Wheat
	\| WrittenBy = ~~{{TBA}}~~		\| WrittenBy =
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|8}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|8}}
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	\| EpisodeNumber = 5		\| EpisodeNumber = 5
	\| Title = The Road Between		\| Title = The Road Between
	\| WrittenBy = ~~{{TBA}}~~		\| WrittenBy =
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|15}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|15}}
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	\| EpisodeNumber = 6		\| EpisodeNumber = 6
	\| Title = The Empty House		\| Title = The Empty House
	\| WrittenBy = ~~{{TBA}}~~		\| WrittenBy =
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|22}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|22}}
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	\| EpisodeNumber = 7		\| EpisodeNumber = 7
	\| Title = What the Illagers Want		\| Title = What the Illagers Want
	\| WrittenBy = ~~{{TBA}}~~		\| WrittenBy =
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|29}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|3\|29}}
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	\| EpisodeNumber = 8		\| EpisodeNumber = 8
	\| Title = Before the First Night		\| Title = Before the First Night
	\| WrittenBy = ~~{{TBA}}~~		\| WrittenBy =
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|4\|5}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2028\|4\|5}}
	\| ShortSummary =		\| ShortSummary =