Jared Hess didn’t know what to expect when his first feature film, a movie about a lanky, Tater Tot-loving teen, made its ...

As it turns out, quite a bit. With llamas, tater tots, and Idaho setting and a washed-up high school legend at its heart, “A ...

After living a mostly low key career after he and wife Jerusha launched with the Sundance sensation Napoleon Dynamite in 2004 ...

Hess, the film-maker behind the 2004 comedy Napoleon Dynamite, on his love of Minecraft, working with Jack Black and making a ...

Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster ...

First, “Minecraft” is the best-selling game in history with millions of fans that won’t be looking to pick apart the ...

Jared Hess' mega-budget video game adaptation works best whenever you can tell that it was made by the director of "Napoleon ...

Even a child is unlikely to be entertained by the film’s stream of Minecraft in-jokes—but fans of the director Jared Hess may ...

It’s weird when you’re having too much fun and the cops get called,” Hess said in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, referencing a few viral instances of the fuzz being brought in to ...

"It's weird when you're having too much fun and the cops get called," said director Jared Hess, adding, "I'm just glad people ...

“Napoleon Dynamite” and “A Minecraft Movie” seemingly exist in the same cinematic universe.

the video game Minecraft has allowed players to stretch the limits of their creativity and now Glendale-born Jared Hess (writer and director of the iconic movie "Napoleon Dynamite") has tested his ...