Ready Player One

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## *Ready Player One*

### **Screenplay by**

Trevor Jordan
Nicholas Pockes

### **Based on**

*Ready Player One*
by Ernest Cline

### **Starring**

Andrew Garfield
Jennette McCurdy
Evan "Vanoss" Fong
Ryan Higa
Adam Driver
Jason Alexander
Stephen Kramer Glickman

### **Production company**

Nickelodeon Movies
T.J. Entertainment

### **Release date**

June 20, 2016
(San Diego)
July 1, 2016
(United States)

### **Box office**

$203.8 million

***Ready Player One*** is a 2016 American animated science fiction action-adventure film based on Ernest Cline's 2011 novel of the same name. The eleventh feature film from T.J. Entertainment, it was co-written and directed by Trevor Jordan and co-written and produced by Nicholas Pockes. Set in the year 2044, the film follows a contest between players in the *OASIS* virtual reality game, with its objective being to find three hidden keys to win the estate of the game's deceased creator James Halliday.

Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to a film adaptation of the book in 2013. T.J. Entertainment and Nickelodeon Movies later signed onto the project in early 2014, with production lasting from April 2014 to August 2015. The film stars the voices of Andrew Garfield, Jennette McCurdy, Evan "Vanoss" Fong, Ryan Higa, Adam Driver, Jason Alexander, and Stephen Kramer Glickman, and was the first non-Disney traditionally animated film to be released widely in IMAX formats in over fifteen years.

*Ready Player One* premiered in San Diego on June 20, 2016, and was released in theaters, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D on July 1, 2016. It received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its animation, humor, and screenplay, and grossed over $203.8 million worldwide over its $36 million budget, making it the eleventh highest-grossing animated film of 2016 and the highest-grossing film from T.J. Entertainment. The film was later released on Digital HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 15, 2016.

## Plot

In 2041, international headlines are made after the death of James Halliday (Jason Alexander), creator of *OASIS*, an online virtual reality game that has grown to be used by most of humanity on a daily basis. In light of his death, a short film titled *Anorak's Invitation* is released, in which Halliday, under the guise of his *OASIS* character Anorak, posthumously announces he has hidden three easter eggs within the game, and that the first to find all three will inherit his entire fortune. A new subculture dedicated to this quest is born, its members known collectively as "gunters" (short for "egg hunters"), but quickly fades into obscurity.

*More coming soon!*

## Voice cast

* Andrew Garfield as Wade Watts / Parzival
* Jennette McCurdy as Samantha Cook / Art3mis
* Evan "Vanoss" Fong as Aech
	+ Chloë Grace Moretz as Helen Harris, Aech's real-life alias
* Ryan Higa as Daito and Shoto
* Adam Driver as Nolan Sorrento
* Jason Alexander as James Halliday / Anorak, the creator of the *OASIS* and founder of Gregarious Simulation Systems (GSS)
* Stephen Kramer Glickman as Ogden Morrow, the co-creator of the *OASIS* and co-founder of GSS
* Billy West as I-r0k

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## Music

*Main article: Ready Player One (soundtrack)*
*Coming soon!*

## Marketing

### Trailers

* The film's teaser trailer was released on October 6, 2015, and was attached to films such as *Goosebumps*, *The Good Dinosaur*, and *The Peanuts Movie*.
* The first theatrical trailer was released on February 8, 2016, and was attached to films such as *Miracles from Heaven*, *Allegiant*, and *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice*.
* The second theatrical trailer was released on May 3, 2016, and was attached to films such as *The Angry Birds Movie*, *X-Men: Apocalypse*, and *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows*.
* TV spots were released from May to July 2016.

*More coming soon!*

## Release

### Critical reception

*Ready Player One* has received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 86% with an average rating of 8.2/10 based on 143 reviews, with its consensus reading, "Funny, action-packed, and nostalgic, *Ready Player One* proves to be an entertaining thrill ride for both kids and adults."

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### Home media

The film was released on Digital HD, DVD, and Blu-ray on November 15, 2016.