Ready Player One (2018)

When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Zak Penn (screenplay by), Ernest Cline (screenplay by)

Stars:

Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn

2 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tye Sheridan	...	Parzival / Wade
Olivia Cooke	...	Art3mis / Samantha
Ben Mendelsohn	...	Sorrento
Lena Waithe	...	Aech / Helen
T.J. Miller	...	I-R0k
Simon Pegg	...	Curator / Ogden Morrow
Mark Rylance	...	Anorak / Halliday
Philip Zhao	...	Sho
Win Morisaki	...	Daito
Hannah John-Kamen	...	F'Nale Zandor
Ralph Ineson	...	Rick
Susan Lynch	...	Alice
Clare Higgins	...	Mrs. Gilmore
Laurence Spellman	...	Lame Tattoo Guy (Reb)
Perdita Weeks	...	Kira

Storyline

In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone-the only limits are your own imagination. The OASIS was created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance), who left his immense fortune and total control of the Oasis to the winner of a three-part contest he designed to find a worthy heir. When Wade conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends-aka the High Five-are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS.

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Plot Keywords:

virtual reality | player | capitalism | tattooed trash | mini skirt | 

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Taglines:

Accept your reality... or fight for a better one.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence, bloody images, some suggestive material, partial nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ready Player One

Filming Locations:

Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$175,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$41,764,050, 1 April 2018, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$137,018,455

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$582,018,455

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amblin Entertainment,De Line Pictures,Dune Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Auro 11.1 Dolby Atmos SDDS Sonics-DDP DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This will be the fourth time a Steven Spielberg film isn't composed by John Williams, after Duel (1971), The Color Purple (1985) and Bridge of Spies (2015).

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Goofs

On the scene set in the town against brick buildings, there is a banner for a car park with a United Kingdom 0121 telephone number on it. The film was shot in Birmingham (UK), but they did not digitally remove the telephone number.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Announcer: Get ready for the feel, the real of real. X1. No pain, no gain.

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Crazy Credits

The studio logos at the beginning of the movie run slightly faster than normal.

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Connections

References Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

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Soundtracks

Polymorphia
Written by Krzysztof Penderecki
Performed by National Philharmonic Orchestra (as The National Philharmonic Orchestra)
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

User Reviews

Vintage Spielberg

I've noticed quite a few reviews here from book fans complaining that the movie wasn't true to the novel. As a fan of the book, let me just say that's true but it's fine. The overarching story is the same. The fact of the matter is with a nearly 400 page novel packed full of pop culture references, some things would have to be cut to make it onto the big screen. Partially it's an issue of length. Partially it's just the reality that the planets were never going to fully align to allow use of many of the properties from the novel. Yes, I loved the 2112, WarGames, D&D, Joust, et al references from the novel as much as the next person, but still I felt that Spielberg captured the wonder and fun and the story of the novel accurately, even if he did so using different references. The are actually some things I even think were an improvement from the book, especially the way they re-imagined I-R0k. The bottom line is, if you're a book reader, just take this movie for what it is, an alternate version of the story, written by the same person who wrote the novel.