Ready Player One ( film ) - Wikipedia Ready Player One ( film ) 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. Village Roadshow Pictures Amblin Entertainment Amblin Partners De Line Pictures Farah Films & Management Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Release date March 11, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 11 ) ( SXSW ) March 29, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 29 ) ( United States ) Running time 140 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $175 million Box office $3.2 million Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction 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, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance. The film is set in the year 2045, when much of humanity, escaping the desolation of the real - world, uses the virtual reality software OASIS to engage in work and play. 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 indentured players working for a large company, run by Nolan Sorrento ( Mendelsohn ), can do so. Ready Player One premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2018, and was theatrically released by Warner Bros. in the United States on March 29, 2018. The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its visuals and brisk pacing, and noting it an improvement over the book, though disliking the lack of character development and `` achingly regressive '' view of pop culture fans. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Casting 3.2 Filming 3.3 Post-production 3.4 Cultural references 4 Music 5 Release 6 Reception 6.1 Box office 6.2 Critical response 7 References 8 External links Plot This article 's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( March 2018 ) In 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. Users have discovered `` Anorak 's Quest '' hidden within OASIS, a game created by the late James Halliday, the creator of OASIS. The first to find the Easter eggs within Anorak 's Quest is promised full ownership of OASIS among other gifts. This has attracted a number of Gunters ( `` egg hunters '' ) to play the game. Innovative Online Industries ( IOI ), a video game conglomerate and manufacturer of most the virtual reality equipment used to access the OASIS, also seeks ownership of the virtual reality world, and its CEO, Nolan Sorrento has amassed an army of debt - indentured players, known as Sixers ( due to their six - digit identification ), to seek the prize. However, to date, no one has been able to complete the first quest, finishing a vehicle race across an ever - shifting dangerous cityscape. Wade Watts, an 18 year - old Gunter from Columbus, Ohio, lives in a slum with his aunt. In the OASIS, Wade goes by his avatar Parzival, and has partnered with Aech, a male avatar that serves as a virtual mechanic. He later befriends well - known player Art3mis after saving her from being `` zeroed out '', which would wipe their avatar from the OASIS itself. Wade decides to study the virtual OASIS library to learn about Halliday 's personal life in hopes of finding a hint to finish the race. Wade learns that Halliday felt regret when he had to accept the resignation of his partner, Ogden Morrow, over a personal falling - out, with Halliday expressing his desire to `` go back and fix this. '' At the next race, Wade reverses from the start line, finding a hidden, safe path to the finish line of the race. He gains the first of three keys and a clue to the next quest. Aech, Art3mis, and brothers Daito and Shoto follow Wade to finish the quest, and the five appear atop the global scoreboards, becoming known as the `` High Five ''. IOI takes keen interest in them, desiring to learn their real - life identities. Bounty hunter i - R0k overhears Wade tell Art3mis his real name, disclosing it to Sorrento, who approaches Wade in an attempt to convince him to join IOI to solve Anorak 's Quest, but Wade refuses. In retaliation, Sorrento has F'Nale Zandor attack Wade 's slum, killing Wade 's aunt and her boyfriend. Wade is rescued by Art3mis ' real - life friends and is taken to a Gunter hideout in Columbus, where he meets Art3mis ' player, Samantha Cook. The two discover that Halliday had once dated Kira, who later became Morrow 's wife, and was the source of their falling out. In the virtual OASIS archives, Wade wins a bet with its Curator regarding whether Kira 's memory remains anywhere within the archives, and the Curator grants him access to Halliday 's memories of Kira, which turn out to be the entrance to the second quest. By surviving a recreation of The Shining while searching for Kira, the High Five team each gain the second key and the clue that the last quest is in Castle Anorak on Planet Doom. Zandor discovers the Gunter hideout and kidnaps Samantha. Meanwhile, Wade is rescued by the real - life players of Aech, Daito, and Shoto, who have taken to hiding in Aech 's van. In the OASIS, they learn that IOI has erected a field blocking access to the castle, maintained by IOI and the Sixers, including Art3mis, who is being forced to work for IOI. Wade sends a message to all OASIS players about IOI 's activities, and convinces many to join their side to fight against IOI and the Sixers. With Aech, Daito, and Shoto leading the army of players, Art3mis is able to use the distraction to shut down the field and allow Wade access inside Castle Anorak. Wade finds that several Sixers have found the Atari room, trying to determine which Atari 2600 game was Halliday 's favorite ; choosing and completing the wrong one leads to being zeroed out. Wade recognizes the right game as Adventure, but even successfully completing it causes the Sixer to be zeroed out. With Wade now alone in the Atari room, Sorrento desperately decides to activate the Catalyst, which zeroes out all players on Planet Doom. However, for winning the Curator 's bet, Wade 's avatar is resurrected, and he continues the quest. Wade deduces that the goal is not to win Adventure but to find its own Easter egg. Upon doing so, he is given the last key. Wade uses the keys to open a gate in the castle, where he is congratulated by Anorak. Anorak presents him with a contract to sign, but Wade recognizes it as the one Morrow had to sign on his termination, and turns it down. The avatar of Anorak transforms into Halliday, who reveals that this was a final test, one that centered around his biggest regret in his life. Halliday offers Wade the opportunity to wipe out the OASIS with the Big Red Button if he feels that is for the best, and otherwise awards him with the Golden Egg, transferring control of OASIS to Wade. Sorrento and Zandor are arrested, and IOI is heavily restructured as a company, with the indentured servitude division removed. Wade opts to share control of OASIS with the other High Five. Morrow offers to help consult on a salary of one quarter, while revealing he had been the Curator within OASIS. The High Five decide to have OASIS shut down twice a week in order to force people into spending more time in the real world, while Wade and Samantha start a romantic relationship and move in together in an apartment. Cast Tye Sheridan as Wade Watts / Parzival, a Gunter who wishes to win the Quest so he can leave the stacks. Olivia Cooke as Samantha Cook / Art3mis, a famous Gunter who works with various allies to ensure the OASIS is kept free and out of the hands of IOI. Ben Mendelsohn as Nolan Sorrento, the CEO of Innovative Online Industries, who seeks full control over the OASIS. Lena Waithe as Helen / Aech, a Gunter who is male in the OASIS and female in reality, and longtime friend of Wade 's. Aech runs a virtual garage in his free time to create and fix various vehicles and items. T.J. Miller as i - R0k, a freelance weapons / magic item dealer and bounty hunter who is often employed by IOI. Simon Pegg as Ogden Morrow / the Curator, a co-creator of the OASIS, who eventually left the company due to personal reasons. He harbors a concern about how much people have grown to have an unhealthy dependency on the game. Mark Rylance as James Halliday / Anorak, the deceased co-creator of the OASIS, who includes an Easter Egg hidden in the OASIS after his passing that grants control over the OASIS to its winner. Philip Zhao as Sho, a Gunter and younger brother to Daito. Win Morisaki as Daito, a Gunter and older brother to Sho. Hannah John - Kamen as F'Nale Zandor, the head of IOI 's operations in the physical world, as well as their indentured servitude programs. Additionally, Susan Lynch portrays Alice, Wade 's aunt ; Ralph Ineson portrays Rick, Alice 's boyfriend ; Perdita Weeks portrays Kira, Morrow 's wife ; Letitia Wright portrays Reb ( Safe House ) ; and Clare Higgins portrays Mrs. Gilmore. McKenna Grace and Lulu Wilson appear as elementary school children who play in the OASIS. Production Warner Bros. and De Line Pictures won an auction for the rights to Ernest Cline 's novel Ready Player One in 2010, before it had been published. Cline was set to write the script for the film, which Donald De Line and Dan Farah would produce. Eric Eason rewrote Cline 's script, 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 Warner Bros. Steven Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, which Kristie Macosko Krieger also produced, along with De Line and Farah. Ready Player One is Spielberg 's first action - fantasy film since The Adventures of Tintin in late 2011. Casting Director Steven Spielberg ( far left ) and Ernest Cline with the cast of Ready Player One at San Diego Comic - Con. From third 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 ; In September 2015, Cooke was announced as having been cast in the coveted female lead role. In January 2016, Ben Mendelsohn joined the cast. In February 2016, Tye Sheridan was confirmed as playing the lead role of Wade, after a lengthy nationwide casting call failed to produce an unknown for the part. In March 2016, Simon Pegg joined the cast. In April 2016, Mark Rylance joined the cast, and in June 2016, T.J. Miller, Hannah John - Kamen and Win Morisaki also joined. In July 2016, Philip Zhao joined the cast, and Lena Waithe, Ralph Ineson, McKenna Grace and Letitia Wright were later also announced as co-stars. Filming Production was set to begin in July 2016. Screenwriter Zak Penn tweeted on July 1, 2016, that the first week of filming had been completed. 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. Principal photography ended on September 27, 2016. Post-production Spielberg worked with Industrial Light & Magic ( ILM ) to oversee the film 's visual effects, meeting with ILM for 3 hours three times a week. He has stated that `` ( t ) his is the most difficult movie I 've done since Saving Private Ryan. '' Cultural references As in the book, Ready Player One pays homage to the popular culture of primarily the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. The film 's special - projects supervisor Deidre Backs is credited for clearing the licenses to all of the properties depicted in Ready Player One. Among licensed characters in the film are the title character from The Iron Giant, the RX - 78 - 2 Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam, Mechagodzilla, various characters from the DC Comics universe and The Lord of the Rings film series, Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th, Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street, Duke Nukem, Tracer from Overwatch, Ryu, Blanka and Chun - Li from Street Fighter, Sonic the Hedgehog, Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, Kratos from God of War, Nathan Drake from Uncharted, Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet, the title character from Knack and Chucky from Child 's Play. A massive in - game car race includes vehicles such as the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future ( outfitted with KITT from Knight Rider ), the Mach 5 from Speed Racer, the possessed ' 58 Plymouth Fury car from Christine, the van from The A-Team, the modified Ford Falcon used in Mad Max, the monster truck Bigfoot, and Kaneda 's motorcycle from Akira. Additional references to RoboCop, Jurassic Park, King Kong, 2001 : A Space Odyssey and Halo have also been identified in promotion materials. Marvin the Martian from Warner Bros. ' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons appeared as well. Cline also asked Industrial Light & Magic to include a reference to The Last Action Hero, one of Penn 's first screenplays, without Penn 's knowledge. Spielberg and producer Kristie Macosko Krieger spent several years securing the rights for all the copyrighted elements used in the film. Spielberg said that they had also attempted to include Star Wars references, but The Walt Disney Company, which owned the rights, would not allow their use. Spielberg later clarified that while Disney allowed Star Wars elements to appear in the film, he chose to downplay the connection because the franchise was in the midst of its sequel and spin - off series. Spielberg also noted that in some cases, the filmmakers were able to secure rights for some but not all the characters they wanted ; in negotiating with Warner Bros., they could not secure Close Encounters of the Third Kind, despite the latter being one of Spielberg 's first films as director. Further, while Cline 's original work heavily used the character of Ultraman, the rights over the character were still under legal dispute, requiring them to replace Ultraman with The Iron Giant. 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 remove many of the references to his own work. Cline stated that he believed Spielberg wanted to avoid self - references to films he directed, due to the criticism he received for his film 1941, which lampooned his own previous works Jaws and Duel. Cline said he had to convince Spielberg to include some iconic elements, such as the Back to the Future DeLorean, which Spielberg conceded as the film was one he was only a producer on rather than director. Music On June 9, 2016, Variety stated that Spielberg 's regular collaborator John Williams was planning to compose the film 's score. 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. The official score was released by WaterTower Music on March 30, 2018. The film also includes licensed music from the 1970s and 1980s, which appears on the digital - only album Ready Player One : Songs From The Motion Picture. The score will be released physically on a 2 - CD set on April 6, 2018, with vinyl and cassette releases projected for the summer. Release Ready Player One was initially scheduled to be released on December 15, 2017, but was pushed back to March 30, 2018, to avoid competition with Star Wars : The Last Jedi. In January 2018, it was announced the film 's release date had been moved up one day to March 29, 2018. The film had its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018 ( as part of the South by Southwest Film Festival ). Warner Bros. distributes the film worldwide, with Village Roadshow Pictures distributing in several overseas territories. Reception Box Office In the United States and Canada, Ready Player One was released alongside God 's Not Dead : A Light in Darkness and Acrimony, and is projected to gross $40 -- 50 million from 4,100 theaters over its first four days. It made $3.75 million from Wednesday night previews. Worldwide, the film was released day - in - date in 62 countries, including China, where it is expected to make $100 -- 120 million in its opening weekend. It grossed $2.9 million on its first day from 11 countries, including $980,000 from Korea. Critical response On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 77 %, based on 212 reviews, and an average rating of 7 / 10. The website 's critical consensus reads, `` Ready Player One is a sweetly nostalgic thrill ride that neatly encapsulates Spielberg 's strengths while adding another solidly engrossing adventure to his filmography. '' On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating `` generally favorable reviews. '' Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` A -- '' on an A+ to F scale. In a review for RogerEbert.com, Brian Tallerico noted that the film 's `` overwhelming '' nature and non-stop action will likely thrill fans of pop culture ; while he observed narrative weaknesses, such as a lack of depth among the supporting characters, he felt that they ultimately do not hinder the film from working `` on the level of technical, blockbuster mastery that Spielberg helped define. '' Writing for Variety, Owen Gleiberman called the film a `` coruscating explosion of pop - culture eye candy, '' and found The Shining sequence to be `` irresistible. '' However, he also criticized Spielberg 's dichotomization of fantasy and reality, as well as the film having `` more activity than it does layers. '' IndieWire 's Eric Kohn characterized the film as `` an astonishing sci - fi spectacle and a relentless nostalgia trip at once, '' and praised both The Shining sequence as well as Penn 's screenplay, particularly with respect to Mendelsohn 's character. 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External links Official website Ready Player One on IMDb Ready Player One at AllMovie Ready Player One at Box Office Mojo Steven Spielberg Filmography Awards and nominations Films directed Firelight ( 1964 ) Slipstream ( 1967 ) Amblin ' ( 1968 ) Night Gallery ( `` Eyes '' segment, 1969 ) L.A. 2017 ( 1971 ) Duel ( 1971 ) Something Evil ( 1972 ) Savage ( 1973 ) The Sugarland Express ( 1974, also wrote ) Jaws ( 1975 ) Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977, also wrote ) 1941 ( 1979 ) Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ( 1982 ) Twilight Zone : The Movie ( `` Kick the Can '' segment, 1983 ) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( 1984 ) The Color Purple ( 1985 ) Empire of the Sun ( 1987 ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( 1989 ) Always ( 1989 ) Hook ( 1991 ) Jurassic Park ( 1993 ) Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) The Lost World : Jurassic Park ( 1997 ) Amistad ( 1997 ) Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ) A.I. Artificial Intelligence ( 2001, also wrote ) Minority Report ( 2002 ) Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ) The Terminal ( 2004 ) War of the Worlds ( 2005 ) Munich ( 2005 ) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ) The Adventures of Tintin ( 2011 ) War Horse ( 2011 ) Lincoln ( 2012 ) Bridge of Spies ( 2015 ) The BFG ( 2016 ) The Post ( 2017 ) Ready Player One ( 2018 ) Films written Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies ( 1973 ) Poltergeist ( 1982, also produced ) The Goonies ( 1985 ) Films produced An American Tail : Fievel Goes West ( 1991 ) Memoirs of a Geisha ( 2005 ) Flags of Our Fathers ( 2006 ) Letters from Iwo Jima ( 2006 ) Super 8 ( 2011 ) The Hundred - Foot Journey ( 2014 ) Television Amazing Stories ( 1985 -- 87 ) High Incident ( 1996 -- 97 ) Invasion America ( 1998 ) See also Steven Spielberg bibliography Amblin Partners Amblin Entertainment Amblin Television DreamWorks Television Amblimation DreamWorks USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education Works by Zak Penn Director Incident at Loch Ness ( 2004 ) The Grand ( 2007 ) Atari : Game Over ( 2014 ) Writer Last Action Hero ( 1993 ) PCU ( 1994 ) Inspector Gadget ( 1999 ) Behind Enemy Lines ( 2001 ) X2 ( 2003 ) Suspect Zero ( 2004 ) Elektra ( 2005 ) X-Men : The Last Stand ( 2006 ) The Incredible Hulk ( 2008 ) The Avengers ( 2012 ) Ready Player One ( 2018 ) Television Alphas ( 2011 - 2012 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ready_Player_One_(film)&oldid=833219109 '' Categories : 2018 films English - language films American films Amblin Entertainment films Dystopian films Cyberpunk films Films about orphans Films about video games Films about virtual reality Films based on American novels Films based on science fiction novels Crossover films Films directed by Steven Spielberg Films produced by Steven Spielberg Films scored by Alan Silvestri Films set in 2045 Films set in Columbus, Ohio Films shot in England IMAX films Overpopulation fiction Performance capture in film Village Roadshow Pictures films Warner Bros. films Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from February 2018 Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention from March 2018 All Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Deutsch Español Euskara فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Nederlands 日本 語 Português Русский Suomi ไทย Українська 中文 10 more Edit links This page was last edited on 30 March 2018, at 09 : 11. 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Question: when does ready player one the movie come out
Answer: March 29, 2018