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 ...

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 quirky mind behind "Napoleon Dynamite" and a proud son of Utah’s indie film scene, is trading tots for ...

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

If Jon looks familiar there’s a reason, and viewers are wondering if the actor also played Uncle Rico in 2004’s Napoleon ...

The Minecraft movie’s Technoblade tribute wasn't originally planned—actor Sebastian Hansen personally requested it.

Utah filmmaker Jared Hess, who directed "Napoleon Dynamite," takes on his first big-budget special effects movie with "A ...

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

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

Glendale-born director Jared Hess is known for his debut film "Napoleon Dynamite." How he stretched his creative legs with "A ...

Director Jared Hess took on "A Minecraft Movie" and manages to create a visually great film, but too many characters keep it ...