Ready Player One (2018)
C – 140m
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 – Widescreen
Based On The Novel: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Screenplay By: Zak Penn and Ernest Cline
Prod. – Dir.: Sir Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Philip Zhao and Susan Lynch.
When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video challenging all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg hidden in the OASIS. Once found, this egg will give the player who found it the late creator’s fortune. Avatar set in a video game world is the best way to describe this film. It’s good but not impressive. The film is a tad long but holds interest. Acting and direction are solid and the pop culture references are fun to spot. Worth seeing in the theater or on a big screen television with surround sound.
Trivia: In an interview Sir Steven Spielberg said this was the third most challenging movie of his career, behind Jaws (1975) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Ernest Cline referenced several Steven Spielberg films in his novel. Spielberg removed most of them but a few remain. Christopher Nolan, Robert Zemeckis, Matthew Vaughn, Peter Jackson and Edgar Wright were all considered to direct this film. This project was in development so long that Steven Spielberg approached Gene Wilder to appear in the film, but Wilder respectfully declined. Michael Keaton was considered for J.D. Halliday. The character of F’Nale Zandor was not in the book. Elle Fanning and Lola Kirke were considered for Art3mis before Olivia Cooke was cast in the role. Given that the film is about finding an Easter Egg, the film was released Easter weekend – 3/29/2018.
Rated: [PG–13] – Sequences Of Sci–Fi Action Violence, Bloody Images, Some Suggestive Material, Partial Nudity & Language
Available on 3D/4K & Regular Blu–ray, DVD & Digital Copy