Ready Player One (film)

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Ready Player One
Teaser poster
Directed bySteven Spielberg
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJanusz Kamiński
Edited byMichael Kahn
Music byAlan Silvestri[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ready Player One is an upcoming American film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline, and based on Cline's 2011 novel of the same name. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, T. J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance. The film is set in a near-future dystopian Earth, where the population spends most of its time in an interconnected virtual space called the OASIS. When the founder of OASIS dies and bequeaths ownership of OASIS to the first person to find a hidden treasure within OASIS by playing games and solving puzzles, a race ensues between a young man and his friends, and a large corporate entity that wants to control OASIS for themselves.

The film is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. on March 30, 2018.

Premise

In the year 2045, much of Earth's population centers have become slum-like cities due to overpopulation, pollution, corruption, and climate change. To escape their desolation, people engage in the virtual reality world of the OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation), where they can engage in numerous activities for work, education, and entertainment.

Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) is a teenager from Columbus, Ohio who frequents the OASIS and attempts to win "Anorak’s Game", a game created by the recently-deceased creator of the OASIS, James Halliday (Mark Rylance), in search of its Easter Egg. The winner is to be granted full ownership of the OASIS and Halliday's $240 billion fortune. While Wade works with several friends from the OASIS to discover Anorak's treasure, the corporate giant Innovative Online Industries (IOI) employs a number of players to try to discover the treasure first and seize control of OASIS for themselves.

Cast

Production

Warner Bros. and De Line Pictures won an auction for the rights to Ernest Cline's book Ready Player One in 2010, before it had been published.[14] Cline was set to write the script for the film, which Donald De Line and Dan Farah would produce.[14] Eric Eason rewrote Cline's script,[15] and Zak Penn was hired to rewrite the previous drafts by Cline and Eason. Village Roadshow Pictures came aboard to co-finance and co-produce the film with WB.[16] Steven Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, which Kristie Macosko Krieger would also produce along with Line and Farah.[17]

Casting

Director Steven Spielberg (far left) and Ernest Cline with the cast of Ready Player One at San Diego Comic-Con. From 3rd of left: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, T.J. Miller and Ben Mendelsohn

Three actresses were top-runners for the role of Art3mis: Elle Fanning, Olivia Cooke, and Lola Kirke;[18] In September 2015, Cooke was announced as the female lead role.[4] Ben Mendelsohn was cast in the film to play the villainous role as an executive for an OASIS-based corporation.[5] Tye Sheridan was confirmed for the lead role of Wade at the end of February 2016.[3] In mid-March 2016, Simon Pegg entered final talks to join the cast in the role of Ogden Morrow, co-creator of the OASIS.[7] Mark Rylance joined the cast as James Halliday, the creator of OASIS.[8] In June 2016, T. J. Miller was cast in the film to play a bounty hunter,[6] Hannah John-Kamen was cast for an unspecified supporting role,[11] and Japanese singer-actor Win Morisaki was cast as Toshiro Yoshiaki, also known as Daito.[19]

Filming

Production was set to begin in July 2016.[20] Screenwriter Zak Penn tweeted on July 1, 2016, that the first week of filming was completed.[21] In August and September 2016, filming took place in Birmingham, England, which included Livery Street in the Jewellery Quarter area which also utilized the backpackers hostel Hatters for internal filming; other locations in the city included the former industrial area of Digbeth. The film is set in Ohio.[22][23] Principal photography ended on September 27, 2016.[24][25]

Post-production

Spielberg is currently working with Industrial Light & Magic to oversee the film's visual effects, spending three 3-hour meetings every week with the effects company.[25] He has stated that "This is the most difficult movie I’ve done since [Saving Private Ryan]".[25]

Cultural references

Just like the book, the film has numerous homages to the popular culture of the 1980s, 90s, 00s, and today. Among licensed characters and elements used in the film are The Iron Giant, the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future, outfitted with KITT from Knight Rider, the DC Comics universe, The Lord of the Rings, Freddy Krueger, Duke Nukem, the possessed car from Christine, the van from The A-Team, the modified Ford Falcon used in Mad Max, the monster truck Bigfoot, Kaneda's motorcycle from Akira, Tracer from Overwatch, the RX-78-2 Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam, Ryu, Blanka and Chun-Li from Street Fighter, Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, the Mach 5 from Speed Racer, Chucky from Child's Play, Battletoads, and King Kong.[26][27][28][29][30]

Spielberg recognized that his past films were a significant part of the 1980s popular culture cited in the book, and to avoid being accused of "vanity", he opted to avoid using many references to his own films.[31]

Music

On June 9, 2016, Variety stated that Spielberg's regular collaborator John Williams was planning to compose the film's score.[32] However in July 2017, it was reported that Williams had left the project to work on Spielberg's The Post instead, with Alan Silvestri hired to take over scoring duties for Ready Player One.[1]

Release

Ready Player One was scheduled to be released on December 15, 2017.[33] The date was later pushed back to March 30, 2018, to avoid competition with Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[34] Warner Bros. Pictures will distribute the film worldwide, and Village Roadshow Pictures will distribute in several overseas territories.[35]

References

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  5. ^ a b Kit, Borys (January 6, 2016). "Ben Mendelsohn Eyed for Villain Role in Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media Inc. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Kit, Borys (June 1, 2016). "'Silicon Valley' Star T.J. Miller Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media Inc. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Kit, Borys (March 17, 2016). "Simon Pegg in Talks to Join Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media Inc. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  8. ^ a b McNary, Dave (13 April 2016). "Mark Rylance Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'". Variety. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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  11. ^ a b Busch, Anita (June 24, 2016). "Hannah John-Kamen Lands Role In Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'". Deadline. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  12. ^ Busch, Anita (July 29, 2016). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Casts Young Newcomer Philip Zhao". Deadline. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
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  14. ^ a b Fleming Jr, Mike (June 18, 2010). "Warner Bros and De Line Pictures Win Book Auction For 'Ready Player One'". Deadline. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  15. ^ Sneider, Jeff (January 13, 2012). "Eason to rewrite 'Player' script". Variety. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  16. ^ Sneider, Jeff; Shaw, Lucas (June 23, 2014). "'X-Men' Scribe Zak Penn to Rewrite 'Ready Player One' for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)". TheWrap. TheWrap News Inc. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  17. ^ Kit, Borys (March 25, 2015). "Steven Spielberg to Direct Sci-Fi Novel 'Ready Player One' for Warner Bros". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media Inc. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  18. ^ Jeff, Sneider (September 1, 2015). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Shortlist Includes Elle Fanning, Olivia Cooke, Lola Kirke (Exclusive)". thewrap.com. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  19. ^ Variety Staff (June 5, 2016). "Japan's Win Morisaki Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'". Variety.
  20. ^ Busch, Anita (24 June 2016). "Hannah John-Kamen Lands Role In Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'".
  21. ^ "First week of ReadyPlayerOne finished. Surreal".
  22. ^ Evry, Max (August 16, 2016). "Ready Player One Set Photos Show a Grungy Dystopia". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  23. ^ Young, Graham; Beardsworth, Luke; Bains, Sanjeeta (September 6, 2016). "Recap: Spielberg films Ready Player One in JQ - another set location revealed plus car chase filmed". Birmingham Mail. Midland Newspapers Limited. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  24. ^ Zak Penn [@zakpenn] (September 25, 2016). "Two days of production left on #ReadyPlayerOne" (Tweet). Retrieved November 23, 2017 – via Twitter.
  25. ^ a b c Thompson, Anne (November 7, 2017). "Steven Spielberg Has Finally Finished 'The Post'". IndieWire. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
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  27. ^ Brenzican, Anthony (July 24, 2017). "Ready Player One: All the Pop Culture References in the First Trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  28. ^ Hussain, Tamoor (December 10, 2017). "New Ready Player One Trailer Features Overwatch And Street Fighter Cameos". GameSpot. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  29. ^ Cavanaugh, Patrick (December 10, 2017). "Chucky Has A Cameo in the 'Ready Player One' Trailer". Comicbook.com. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
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  32. ^ Burlingame, Jon (9 June 2016). "AFI Honoree John Williams Looks Back on Six Decades of Iconic Themes". Variety. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  33. ^ Fleming Jr, Mike (August 6, 2015). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Slotted For December 2017". Deadline. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  34. ^ Chitwood, Adam (February 9, 2016). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Flees 'Star Wars', Sets New 2018 Release Date". Collider. Complex Media, Inc. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  35. ^ "Warner Bros. Pictures Gets Ready to Run the Gamut at Comic-Con International: San Diego". Warner Bros. Pictures. Retrieved July 9, 2017.

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