adventure film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg , and written by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline , based on Cline's 2011 novel of the same name . The film stars Tye Sheridan , Olivia Cooke , Ben Mendelsohn , Lena Waithe , T.J. Miller , Simon Pegg , and Mark Rylance .
Ready Player One
Theatrical release poster Directed by
Steven Spielberg Produced by
Steven Spielberg
Donald De Line
Dan Farah
Kristie Macosko Krieger Screenplay by
Zak Penn
Ernest Cline Based on
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline Starring
Tye Sheridan
Olivia Cooke
Ben Mendelsohn
T.J. Miller
Simon Pegg
Mark Rylance Music by
Alan Silvestri Cinematography
Janusz Kamiński Edited by
Michael Kahn
Sarah Broshar Production
company
Warner Bros. Pictures [1]
Amblin Partners [1]
Amblin Entertainment[1]
Village Roadshow Pictures
[1]
De Line Pictures [1]
Access Entertainment
Dune Entertainment
Farah Films & Management [1] Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures Release date
March 11, 2018 ( SXSW ) [2]
March 29, 2018 (United States) Running time
140 minutes [3] Country
United States Language
English Budget
$175 million
[4][5] Box office
$582 million
[6]
The film takes place in 2045, when much of humanity uses the virtual reality software OASIS to escape the desolation of the real world. Orphaned teenager Wade Watts (Sheridan) discovers clues to a hidden game within the program that promises the winner full ownership of the OASIS, and joins several allies to try to complete the game before a large company run by businessman Nolan Sorrento (Mendelsohn) can do so.
Ready Player One premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2018, was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on March 29, 2018, in 2D, Real D 3D , IMAX and IMAX 3D . It grossed $582 million worldwide, making it the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2018. The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its visuals, brisk pacing, and Rylance's performance. The film was noted to have significant differences from the book, with some critics calling the film's plot an improvement over the source material. [7][8]
Plot
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In 2045, many of Earth's cities have become slums. People escape this and live out most days in the virtual reality entertainment universe OASIS, co-created by James "Anorak" Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Games. Prior to his death, Halliday announced Anorak's game, granting ownership of OASIS to the first to find the Golden Easter Egg within it, locked behind a gate requiring three keys. The contest has lured a number of "Gunters", Egg hunters, and the interest of Nolan Sorrento, the CEO of Innovative Online Industries (IOI), seeking to control OASIS himself. IOI uses a number of indentured servants as well as employed professional players called "Sixers" to seek the egg. [a]
Wade Watts is an orphaned teenager living in the "stacks" of Columbus, Ohio with his aunt, Alice; in the OASIS, his avatar, Parzival is good friends with Aech, a virtual mechanic. Parzival befriends Art3mis, a well-known Gunter, sharing a common interest in Halliday's history. They review Halliday's life from the Archives with help of its Curator. They learn Halliday had several regrets; his partner Morrow had signed away his part of Gregarious Games due to fallout over Halliday's love for Morrow's wife Kira. Using this information, they solve the first two challenges of Anorak's game: a car race across an ever-shifting Manhattan cityscape, and a search for Kira in a simulation of the Overlook Hotel from The Shining . Aech and his friends Daito and Sho also follow; they become known as the "High Five" on the OASIS scoreboards.
Sorrento learns of Parzival's identity through OASIS mercenary i-R0k, and attempts to sway Wade into IOI, but he refuses. In retaliation, Sorrento has IOI's head of operations F'Nale Zandor bomb Wade's stack, killing Alice. Art3mis' player, Samantha Cook, rescues Wade, but they too are soon found by IOI, who captures and forces Samantha into their servitude. Wade is extracted by the other High Five–Helen (Aech), Toshiro (Daito) and Zhou (Sho)– who discover her location and remotely provide her means to assist them in the OASIS as Art3mis.
The third challenge requires one to play Halliday's favorite Atari 2600 game, in a castle on Planet Doom , which Sorrento has pr
