A Minecraft Movie (2025)

In the scene where the actor pulls up to a house and sees a car where there’s an alpaca in the backseat and baby goats in a cage on the top of the car, all animals were kept in their cages and temporary fencing until required on set. Before filming, the car was driven to base to allow trainers to place the animals into their cages. They first placed the goats into the large cage on the car’s roof. The car was then driven to set.
Once on set, the vehicle was driven onto the driveway and stopped. Prior to filming, the wrangler led the alpaca to the back of the car. The back seat had been removed and a thick carpet laid on the floor of the car. A tethering hook had been placed onto the back of the center console. As the alpaca was led into the car, the trainer stood at the open back window on the other side of the car, holding a carrot. They easily loaded her into the car and the lead was tied to the tethering hook. This allowed enough movement for her to have her head out of the back window (the window was only half down). After filming the scene, they brought the animals back to their holding areas and gave them water and food.

In the scene where we see the car drive down the road with cows in the background, before filming the cows were herded in from their overnight paddocks away from the roadside, and into their roadside paddocks. During this set up, the wrangler monitored the cows reaction to all passing cars. They all settled into their new paddock and appeared calm and willing to move around. After they got the shot, they moved the cows back to the barn.

In the scene where there’s a petting zoo in a park at a children’s party, the sheep, goats, ponies and alpacas were brought to set. The guinea-pigs and rabbits and cockatoo were brought to set in plastic small animal carriers. A pig was placed in his pen immediately prior to filming. He was held in a larger penned area adjacent to set prior to this. A walkthrough of the action was conducted immediately prior to filming with all animals, extras and cast in position. On action, they filmed the actors deliver their lines with the animals in the background. All animals appeared to be calm throughout filming. After they wrapped, the animals were evaluated and placed back into their carriers/trailers.