10 Awful Looking Upcoming Movies That Will Make Serious $$$

Who doesn't want to see Jack Black and his hench buddy get sucked into a video game? Anyone who has already sat through two Jumanji reboot movies, that's who.

Directed by Jared Hess, whose Napoleon Dynamite days are a distant and hazy memory at this point, the upcoming Minecraft movie is a bare-faced re-tread of Jumanji, dumping a mop-topped Jason Momoa, Jack Black and a bunch of kids out in the world of blocks. 

Continuing the trend of adapting non-narrative video games into feature films (Gran Turismo, Pixels, etc.), Hollywood brings us another movie that surely could have charted a better path forward. The trailers look very much like they've just green-screened the actors in and let them rattle off the same old stock dialogue, in front of a series of terrifying visuals that represent the graphic artists' attempts to make a game based on pixelated blocks look anywhere near big-screen ready.

But have no fear, Hollywood, for this stinker will make more than enough money to justify its existence. After all, it is kid-friendly, engages that invested gamer audience, and offers many unexplored avenues of branding possibilities. Look out for Minecraft movie popcorn buckets, toy lines, drinks, promotions and fast food tie-ins aplenty.