Hollywood Thinks 'Grow a Garden' Is the Next Minecraft. Yeah, Sure.

So apparently, we're getting a Grow a Garden movie.

According to Deadline, Story Kitchen (the same production company adapting Life Is Strange) has secured the rights to turn the Roblox farming hit into a feature film. The game launched earlier this year and exploded with over 20 million concurrent players, briefly overtaking Fortnite and PUBG in activity, which is impressive, even if you've never touched a watering can in Roblox.

But let's be real here. Popularity inside Roblox doesn't always translate to life outside it. Grow a Garden isn't exactly Minecraft. It's cute, it's cozy, it's a dopamine loop of planting, harvesting, and upgrading your garden plot. There's no real story, no lore, no endgame beyond expansion and vibes. Which makes you wonder: what exactly are they adapting here?

Now, I get it. Hollywood is hungry for built-in audiences, and Roblox is the new frontier for IP scouting. But I can't help rolling my eyes a little when people call this "the next Minecraft movie." Yeah, right. My kids stopped playing Grow a Garden months ago and moved on to developing their own games. That's the thing about viral platforms - what's "the next big thing" rarely stays big for long.

If the filmmakers can evolve the story, give it heart, stakes, maybe a little LEGO Movie-style self-awareness, then there's big potential here. But right now, this feels like another case of Hollywood hears buzzword, buys rights.

Then again, who knows? Maybe we'll all be lining up for Grow a Garden: The Movie in 2026, holding popcorn instead of watering cans. 

Stranger things have happened.