Ready Player One

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The film takes place in 2045, when much of humanity uses the virtual reality software OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation) 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.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance
Produced by: Donald De Line, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, Dan Farah
Screenplay by: Zak Penn, Ernest Cline
Based on: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Music by: Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Edited by: Michael Kahn, Sarah Broshar

Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Partners, Amblin Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, De Line Pictures, Farah Films & Management
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: March 11, 2018 (SXSW), March 29, 2018 (United States)

Running time: 140 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

Cast

Tye Sheridan as Wade Watts / Parzival, a Gunter who wishes to win so he can leave the stacks.
Olivia Cooke as Samantha Cook / Art3mis, a well-known Gunter who works with various allies to ensure the OASIS is kept free and out of the hands of IOI, both inside the game and in the real world.
Ben Mendelsohn as Nolan Sorrento / IOI-655321, the CEO of Innovative Online Industries who seeks full control over the OASIS.
Lena Waithe as Helen Harris / Aech, a Gunter and long-time friend of Wade's who works as a mechanic in the OASIS.
T.J. Miller as i-R0k, a freelance dealer and mercenary often employed by IOI.
Simon Pegg as Ogden Morrow / Curator, a co-creator of the OASIS, who eventually left Gregarious Games.
Mark Rylance as James Halliday / Anorak the All-Knowing, the deceased co-creator of the OASIS who reveals after his death that an Easter Egg is hidden in the OASIS that grants control over the OASIS to its winner.
Philip Zhao as Zhou / Sho, a Chinese Gunter and one of the "High Five".
Win Morisaki as Toshiro / Daito, a Japanese Gunter and one of the "High Five".
Hannah John-Kamen as F'Nale Zandor, IOI's head of operations in the physical world and for their indentured servant programs in IOI's Loyalty Centers.

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