It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob McElhenny recently opened up about why the Minecraft animated film he was slated to direct was spiked.

"At this point, I can comfortably talk about it because it's a piece of shit," McElhenny said on his podcast Happy Sad Confused. He went on to say that what attracted him to the potential of the "Minecraft" film was the fact that it was not tied to a fixed narrative.

"I thought, 'What a great tool to give to kids, not just kids, but to everyone who feels helpless,'" McElhenney said, "except that it's similar to Legos and it's digital, so the possibilities are endless. Children usually feel helpless. All day long they are being told what to do, how to dress, do their homework, or go to bed. I felt like that extended to others as well." [They are told what to do by their bosses all day long, or by their spouses. I feel like I have no agency in my life. The game gave me that. [After pitching the idea to Warner Bros. McElhenney's "Minecraft" film was allocated a healthy budget of $150 million. But personnel changes at the top of the company in 2016 brought a more peculiar trend. Despite having a script and Steve Carell on board, McElhenney was replaced by Peter Sollett.

Since then, McElhenny has released Mythic Quest, a faux-documentary about the day-to-day happenings of the team behind the world's most popular MMO, which can be seen on Apple TV,

and is available on the Apple TV website.

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