From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

A Minecraft movie is barreling towards a billion dollars at the box office,

which didn't seem likely while the project languished for years at Warner's.

Director Jared Hess says it still seemed unlikely when the studio's marketing team ditched a teaser that he liked,

only to release one that fell flat with fans of the video game.

It was like, okay, you know, I guess we'll go with this.

And then that one did not go over well.

And it was kind of our ugly sonic moment where it's like, oh, man, how do we like win the trust back?

And then it was just like, well, we have to actually put stuff out that reflects what the tone of the movie is. Jared Hess joins me to discuss his meme-worthy filmography, which includes

cult classics Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. Hess also talks about the unpredictable nature

of successive filmmaking and says he's especially grateful to producer Mary Parent for understanding his

oddball comedic sensibilities and inviting him into the world of Minecraft.

But first we banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt.

Hi there. So we sort of saw this coming and now it is happening. A very emotional Bill Owens,

the executive producer of 60 Minutes, has resigned. This is clearly a response to the ongoing

conversation between Sherry Redstone and Paramount Global and Donald Trump and the Trump

administration. Trump, as you may remember, has sued 60 minutes in CBS News, claiming that they

did something nefarious with the Kamala Harris interview that ran in October before the election.

This is a completely specious claim by every account, but Sherry Redstone seems to be desperate to close the Skydance deal that she made to get paramount into the hands of David Ellison.

And she clearly is in a position and has signaled that she's ready to settle.

And a settlement means paying Donald Trump, some ridiculous sum. He sued for $20 billion.

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