The lengthy production process for “A Minecraft Movie” began in 2014. Filmmaker Shawn Levy (“Deadpool & Wolverine,” “The Adam Project”) was attached as director but then left the project at the end of that year. In July 2015, Rob McElhenney came on as a director with a reported $150 million budget. Jason Fuchs was hired as a screenwriter, while Steve Carell was hired to voice an unknown character.