Kirsten Dunst cast as Alex in Minecraft movie sequel

Kirsten Dunst has been cast in the untitled Minecraft movie sequel as the player avatar Alex. Alex is one of the game's default avatars — female, with red hair — so Mary Jane feels like a pretty good fit. Dunst is known for many roles beyond her turn in Raimi's Spider-Man films, including The Virgin Suicides, Bring It On, and Marie Antoinette.

She has parlayed early fame into starring parts in a series of cult classics over the last decade and only appears on the big screen intermittently these days. Town and Country reported last August that Dunst would "also really like to be in Minecraft 2" because her kids loved the first film and because she "’d like to make a pile of cash." She added, "Maybe I can just make a movie where I don’t lose money?" Jared Hess returns to direct the sequel from a script by Chris Galletta, with the movie currently scheduled for July 23, 2027.

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