Ready Player One (film)

Ready Player One
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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. Pictures[1]
Amblin Partners[1]
Amblin Entertainment[1]
Village Roadshow Pictures[1]
De Line Pictures[1]
Access Entertainment
Dune Entertainment
Farah Films & Management[1]
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
March 11, 2018 (SXSW)[2]
March 29, 2018 (United States)
Running time
140 minutes[3]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $175 million[4][5]
Box office $573.8 million[6]
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, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, Hannah John-Kamen, and Mark Rylance.

The film takes place in the year 2045, when much of humanity uses the virtual reality software OASIS 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.

Ready Player One premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2018, was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on March 29, 2018, in 2D, Real D 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D. It has grossed over $573 million worldwide, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2018. The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its visuals, brisk pacing, and Rylance's performance, although the perceived lack of character development and so-called "achingly regressive" view of pop culture fans was criticized. The film was noted to have significant differences from the book, with some critics calling the film's plot an improvement over the source material.