In 2018, Steven Spielberg presented the science fiction film Ready Player One, adapted from Ernest Cline’s bestseller.
The pop culture reference film starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke and Ben Mendelsohn is set in 2045 in a world on the brink of chaos. Humans take refuge in the OASIS, a virtual world designed by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday. Before disappearing, he decided to bequeath his vast fortune to whoever discovers the digital Easter egg he had hidden in the OASIS. Profit cheating leads to global competition. But when a young boy, Wade Watts, who does not have the profile of a hero, decides to take part in a treasure hunt, he is immersed in a parallel world that is both mysterious and disturbing.
The feature film has been a critical success (rated 4 out of 5 stars on AlloCiné) and with audiences (4.2/5 audience rating) and has grossed over $583 million at the international box office.
The second film in the project, but not directed by Spielberg
In November 2020, the author of the novel published a sequel “The second player is ready“, and Warner Bros. is planning to make a movie about it. However, nothing has been officially announced yet.
was asked by an American site about his sci-fi sequel show business 411Steven Spielberg revealed that he will not be directing, but producing, adding:We’re still in the discovery phase trying to figure out what’s next.”
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The film adaptation of Ready Player Two is still in its early stages, and it’s still unclear who will replace the Oscar-winning director of Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan as director.
What is Ready Player Two about?
story “ready second player” The action takes place a few days after Wade Watts won a competition organized by OASIS founder James Halliday. The latter discovers, hidden in Halliday’s vaults, a technological advance that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more beautiful – and addictive.
This progress is accompanied by a new mystery and a new quest from Halliday, which promises a mysterious reward. Wade will then have to face an unexpected, incredibly powerful and dangerous opponent who will not hesitate to kill millions of people to get what he wants. Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS once again hang in the balance, but this time, the fate of humanity is at stake.
Although it climbed to the top of the bestseller list New York Times Immediately after the release, the novelErnest Cline It did not receive the same critical acclaim as the first volume. Critics actually regret that the work fails to excite as much as the previous one and that the references cited are too vague.
Steven Spielberg On the other hand, a mini-series on Napoleon should be released soon. The filmmaker announced this at a press conference organized at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2023. The first in his career!
Source: Allocine
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