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A Minecraft Movie<\/a> might be a total trainwreck, but you can\u2019t deny the cultural impact it\u2019s had. Critics absolutely trashed it, yet it\u2019s pulling in so much money that it\u2019s already beaten the Mario movie\u2019s opening weekend box office numbers for a video game adaptation. The ridiculous \u2018chicken jockey\u2019 bit from the film has exploded in cinemas to the point where it\u2019s gotten completely out of control. The director Jared Hess commented on the phenomenon, and now Jack Black has spoke out on the chicken jockey trend saga in the Minecraft movie. Which is apt, considering it’s his line that causes it!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re out of the loop, the chicken jockey thing comes straight from the Minecraft game the movie\u2019s based on. In the game, there\u2019s this insanely rare event where a baby zombie spawns riding a chicken. It\u2019s got just a 0.25% chance of happening in a zombie group, which makes it one of those blink-and-you-miss-it moments that the movie decided to run wild with. Jack Black’s character says chicken jockey in the movie, which causes a frenzy. He’s the instigator – albeit, an unintentional one.<\/p>\n

What’s Jack Black said about the Minecraft ‘chicken jockey’ chaos?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Jack Black has personally entered a cinema in the states before the cinema aired a screening of A Minecraft Movie and said \u201cFor today\u2019s presentation of A Minecraft Movie, please no throwing popped corn, no lapis lazuli and also absolutely no chicken jockey!\u201d He posted the video himself to his social media. His words were well and truly NOT heeded, however.<\/p>\n

Last week, A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess commented on it too. \u201cIt\u2019s been so bananas,\u201d he said<\/a> in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. \u201cIt\u2019s been way too fun. People are sending me these really hilarious speeches that a lot of teenagers are giving right before the movie. It\u2019s so hysterical, man. I\u2019m staying up way too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then spoke out about how in an instance the police had to get called after people doing the trend caused so much chaos that they vandalised the cinema.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s weird when you\u2019re having too much fun and the cops get called,\u201d Hess continued. \u201cIt\u2019s funny because I think it\u2019s just literally cheering and throwing popcorn, which is so funny to me that cops are getting called for popcorn. Yeah, it\u2019s hilarious.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen so many funny videos. It\u2019s great, especially when people are climbing on their friends\u2019 shoulders and standing up and cheering for those moments. It\u2019s like this crazy anticipation. But, man, I\u2019m just glad people are making memories with their friends and families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some cinemas have reported that the trend has caused them to ban unaccompanied kids and teens from screenings of the film. One person posted online \u201cTheatre employee here. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE just don\u2019t be obnoxious I worked both opening days and it has been a living nightmare. Nothing wrong with cheering during big moments but don\u2019t be swearing.”<\/p>\n

For more like this and for the latest memes, quizzes, updates \u2013 like The Tab on Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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