Ready Player One (film)

Ready Player One
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by
Screenplay by
Based on Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
Starring
Music by John Williams
Cinematography Janusz Kamiński
Edited by Michael Kahn
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
Country United States
Language English

Ready Player One is an upcoming American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Ernest Cline, Eric Eason, and Zak Penn, based on Cline's novel of the same name. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, and T. J. Miller. The film is scheduled to be released on March 30, 2018.

Cast

Production

On June 18, 2010, it was announced that Warner Bros. and De Line Pictures had won the auction from Paramount, Fox, and Temple Hill Entertainment of the film rights to the sci-fi novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, which was not yet published.[11] Cline was set to write the script for the film, which Donald De Line and Dan Farah would produce.[11] Eric Eason rewrote Cline's script,[12] 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 WB.[13] Steven Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, which Kristie Macosko Krieger would also produce along with Line and Farah.[14]

Casting

Three actresses were top-runners for the role of Art3mis: Elle Fanning, Olivia Cooke, and Lola Kirke;[15] In September 2015, Cooke was announced as the female lead role.[3] Ben Mendelsohn was cast in the film to play the villainous role as an executive for an Oasis designer Internet corporation.[4] Tye Sheridan was confirmed for the lead role of Wade at the end of February 2016.[2] In mid-March 2016, Simon Pegg entered final talks to join the cast in the role of Ogden Morrow, co-creator of the Oasis.[6] Mark Rylance joined the cast as James Halliday, the creator of Oasis.[5] In June 2016, T. J. Miller was cast in the film to play an annoying online gamer with username i-R0k,[7] Hannah John-Kamen was cast for an unspecified supporting role,[8] and Japanese singer-actor Win Morisaki was cast as Toshiro Yoshiaki, also known as Daito.[9]

Filming

Production was slated to begin in July 2016.[16] Screenwriter Zak Penn tweeted on July 1, 2016, that the first week of filming was completed.[17] In August and September 2016, filming took place in the Digbeth and Jewellery Quarter areas of Birmingham, England with the setting in grungy dystopian Ohio.[18][19]

Release

Ready Player One was scheduled to be released on December 15, 2017.[20] The date was pushed back until March 30, 2018 to avoid competition with Star Wars: Episode VIII.[21]

Soundtrack

On June 9, 2016, Variety stated that Spielberg's regular collaborator John Williams is planning to compose the film's score.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Feature Film Releases". Variety Insight. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Chitwood, Adam (February 24, 2016). "Tye Sheridan Lands Lead in Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'". Collider.
  3. 1 2 Kit, Borys (September 11, 2015). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Finds Female Lead in Olivia Cooke (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Kit, Borys (January 6, 2016). "Ben Mendelsohn Eyed for Villain Role in Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  5. 1 2 McNary, Dave (13 April 2016). "Mark Rylance Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'". Variety. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 Kit, Borys (March 17, 2016). "Simon Pegg in Talks to Join Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Kit, Borys (June 1, 2016). "'Silicon Valley' Star T.J. Miller Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Busch, Anita (June 24, 2016). "Hannah John-Kamen Lands Role In Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'". Deadline. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Variety Staff (June 5, 2016). "Japan's Win Morisaki Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'". Variety.
  10. ↑ Busch, Anita (July 29, 2016). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Casts Young Newcomer Philip Zhao". Deadline. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  11. 1 2 Fleming Jr, Mike (June 18, 2010). "Warner Bros and De Line Pictures Win Book Auction For 'Ready Player One'". deadline.com. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (January 13, 2012). "Eason to rewrite 'Player' script". variety.com. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  13. ↑ Sneider, Jeff; Shaw, Lucas (June 23, 2014). "'X-Men' Scribe Zak Penn to Rewrite 'Ready Player One' for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)". thewrap.com. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  14. ↑ Kit, Borys (March 25, 2015). "Steven Spielberg to Direct Sci-Fi Novel 'Ready Player One' for Warner Bros.". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  15. ↑ Jeff, Sneider (September 1, 2015). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Shortlist Includes Elle Fanning, Olivia Cooke, Lola Kirke (Exclusive)". thewrap.com. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  16. ↑ Hannah John-Kamen Lands Role In Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'
  17. ↑ "First week of ReadyPlayerOne finished. Surreal".
  18. ↑ Evry, Max (August 16, 2016). "Ready Player One Set Photos Show a Grungy Dystopia". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  19. ↑ Young, Graham; Beardsworth, Luke; Bains, Sanjeeta (September 6, 2016). "Recap: Spielberg films Ready Player One in JQ - another set location revealed plus car chase filmed". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  20. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (August 6, 2015). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Slotted For December 2017". deadline.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  21. ↑ http://collider.com/ready-player-one-movie-release-date-star-wars-2018/
  22. ↑ Burlingame, Jon (9 June 2016). "AFI Honoree John Williams Looks Back on Six Decades of Iconic Themes". Variety. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

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