That protective stance around the Minecraft IP also applies to any potential movie or TVadaptation, which is something the Manneh indicated the company has ongoing conversations around.
Made as a series last year for British television and available now either as a single, mammoth five-hour movie or three features, the trilogy is based on a quartet of books (one was dropped for the TVadaptation) written by the British noir specialist David Peace.
Ms. Hammerstein, whose acting career included appearances in the BBC TVadaptation of "The Forsyte Saga, " and who worked with '60s star directors Ken Loach and Ken Russell, said that in some ways performing in front of children can be more exciting than doing so for adults.