‘Ready Player One’ is a film I’ve been looking forward to ever since reading Ernest Cline’s original novel. As you’d expect in the hands of a master like Steven Spielberg, it looks like it’s going to be awesome!
For those of you who haven’t read the book, the story is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.
Joining Tye Sheridan (‘X-Men: Apocalypse’, ‘Mud’), is Olivia Cooke (‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’, ‘Bates Motel’), Ben Mendelsohn (‘Rogue One – A Star Wars Story’, ‘Bloodline’) and T.J. Miller (‘Deadpool’, ‘Silicon Valley’), with Simon Pegg (the ‘Star Trek’ movies, the ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies) and Oscar winner Mark Rylance (‘Bridge of Spies’, ‘Dunkirk’) round out the cast.
Directed by Spielberg from a screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline, ‘Ready Player One’ was produced by Spielberg, Donald De Line, Kristie Macosko Krieger and Dan Farah; with Adam Somner, Daniel Lupi, Chris DeFaria and Bruce Berman as executive producers. The film is slated for release worldwide beginning 30th March 2018 and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
‘Ready Player One’ is released in cinemas worldwide on 30th March 2018.
