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|cinematography = [[Janusz Kamiński]]
 
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|editor = [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
 
|editor = [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
|studio = [[Warner Bros.]]<ref name=insight>{{cite web|url=http://www.varietyinsight.com/print_featurefilm_releases.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205105405/https://www.varietyinsight.com/print_featurefilm_releases.php|title=Film Releases|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety Insight]]|publisher=Variety Media|archivedate=February 5, 2018|accessdate=March 31, 2018}}</ref><br>[[Amblin Partners]]<ref name=insight/><br>[[Amblin Entertainment]]<ref name=insight/><br>[[Village Roadshow Pictures]]<ref name=insight/><br>Access Entertainment<ref name=insight/><br>[[De Line Pictures]]<ref name=insight/><br>Farah Films & Management<ref name=insight/>
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|release = [[March 11]], [[2018]] (South by Southwest)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Aziz|first1=Neha|title=2018 SXSW Film Festival Announces World Premiere of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One|url=https://www.sxsw.com/film/2018/2018-sxsw-film-festival-announces-world-premiere-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one/|accessdate=March 11, 2018|publisher=[[South by Southwest]]|date=March 10, 2018}}</ref><br>[[March 29]], 2018 (United States)
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|release = [[March 11]], [[2018]] (South by Southwest)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Aziz|first1=Neha|title=2018 SXSW Film Festival Announces World Premiere of Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One|url=https://www.sxsw.com/film/2018/2018-sxsw-film-festival-announces-world-premiere-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one/|access-date=March 11, 2018|publisher=South by Southwest|date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310215034/https://www.sxsw.com/film/2018/2018-sxsw-film-festival-announces-world-premiere-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one/|archive-date=March 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><br>[[March 29]], 2018 (United States)
|time = 140 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/ready-player-one-2018|title=''READY PLAYER ONE'' (12A)|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|accessdate=March 23, 2018|date=March 19, 2018}}</ref>
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|time = 140 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/ready-player-one-2018|title=''Ready Player One'' (12A)|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=March 23, 2018|date=March 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232441/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/ready-player-one-2018|archive-date=March 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|language = English<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5ae522a2390d8|title=Ready Player One (2018)|work=British Film Institute|accessdate=September 2, 2021}}</ref>
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|budget = $175 Million<ref name="VarietySXSW">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-sxsw-1202724219/|title=Steven Spielberg on Why 'Ready Player One's' SXSW Debut Gave Him an 'Anxiety Attack'|first1=Rebecca|last1=Rubin|first2=Ramin|last2=Setoodeh|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=March 12, 2018|access-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312214028/http://variety.com/2018/film/news/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-sxsw-1202724219/|archive-date=March 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-eyes-45m-50m-bow-1097905|title=Box-Office Preview: Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Eyes $45M-$50M Bow|first1=Pamela|last1=McClintock|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=March 28, 2018|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328231242/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-eyes-45m-50m-bow-1097905|archive-date=March 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Preview">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-tye-sherdian-global-box-office-preview-1202354201/|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' To Get Its Game On With $140M+ Global Start|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=March 27, 2018|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|first2=Nancy|last2=Tartaglione|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328015039/http://deadline.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-tye-sherdian-global-box-office-preview-1202354201/|archive-date=March 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|gross = $582.2 Million<ref name="BOM">{{cite BOM|id=1677720|title=Ready Player One|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124222353/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1677720/|archive-date=January 24, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
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}}'''''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, and Mark Rylance.
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}}'''''Ready Player One''''' is a [[2018]] American science fiction adventure film based on [[Ernest Cline]]'s novel of the same name. Directed by [[Steven Spielberg]], from a screenplay by [[Zak Penn]] and Cline, it stars [[Tye Sheridan]], [[Olivia Cooke]], [[Ben Mendelsohn]], [[Lena Waithe]], [[T.J. Miller]], [[Simon Pegg]], and [[Mark Rylance]]. Set in 2045, much of humanity uses the OASIS, a virtual reality simulation, to escape the real world. The orphaned Wade Watts finds clues to a contest that promises the ownership of the OASIS to the winner, and he and four allies try to complete it before a corporation run by businessman Nolan Sorrento can do so.
   
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Development first began in 2010 when [[Warner Bros.]] acquired the rights to the book. In July 2015, Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, with casting for the film beginning in September 2015. Filming began in England in July 2016 and was completed in September 2016. The visual effects were handled by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Digital Domain, and Territory Studio, with some pre-visualization done by The Third Floor. As with the novel, several popular culture references appear throughout the film, with references to ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'', the ''Back to the Future'' franchise, and ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' appearing most prominently.
The film takes place in 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 grossed $582 million worldwide, making it the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2018. The film received positive reviews, with critics praising its visuals, brisk pacing, and Rylance's performance. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uploadvr.com/ready-player-one-movie-review-roundup-another-spielberg-classic/|title=Ready Player One Movie Review Roundup: Another Spielberg Classic?|first1=David|last1=Jagneaux|work=[[UploadVR]]|date=March 13, 2018|accessdate=March 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tomsguide.com/us/ready-player-one-review-roundup,news-26776.html|title=Ready Player One Review Roundup: Pretty, Flawed|first1=Henry T.|last1=Casey|work=Tom’s Guide|publisher=[[Purch Group]]|date=March 14, 2018|accessdate=March 26, 2018}}</ref>
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''Ready Player One'' premiered at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018, and was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on March 29, 2018. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics who praised its visuals, brisk pacing, and the performances of Sheridan and Rylance, but criticized its character development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uploadvr.com/ready-player-one-movie-review-roundup-another-spielberg-classic/|title=Ready Player One Movie Review Roundup: Another Spielberg Classic?|first1=David |last1=Jagneaux|work=UploadVR|date=March 13, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tomsguide.com/us/ready-player-one-review-roundup,news-26776.html|title=Ready Player One Review Roundup: Pretty, Flawed|first1=Henry T. |last1=Casey|work=Tom’s Guide|date=March 14, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> It grossed over $582 million worldwide, as well as earning a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards, 24th Critics' Choice Awards, and 72nd British Academy Film Awards.
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
In 2044-2045, due to various geopolitical events, many of Earth's cities have become slums; its inhabitants regularly escape into the virtual reality universe called OASIS. Its co-founder, the late James "Anorak" Halliday, announces a contest in which players must find an Easter egg inside a gate that requires three keys hidden in OASIS; the winner to receive full ownership and control of OASIS. This attracts huge numbers of "Gunters" (egg hunters) as well as the video game conglomerate Innovative Online Industries (IOI), headed by Nolan Sorrento, who employs a large number of researchers, top gamers and indentured servants called "Sixers".{{efn|IOI employees are called Sixers because their employee IDs are six digits long and begin with the number 6}}
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In 2045, people seek to escape from reality through the OASIS (an acronym for Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation), a virtual reality simulation created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Games. After Halliday's death, a pre-recorded message left by his avatar, Anorak, announces a contest that promises ownership of the OASIS to the winner of an Easter egg within it, which is beyond a locked gate requiring three keys, can be obtained by accomplishing three challenges. The contest has lured thousands of egg hunters, or "Gunters", and the interest of Nolan Sorrento, the CEO of Innovative Online Industries (IOI for short), who seeks to control the OASIS himself by inserting intrusive online advertising. IOI uses indentured servants employed at their loyalty centers and its employees, the Sixers, to find the egg.
   
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Parzival, the avatar of Wade Watts, an avid Gunter, participates in the first challenge, an unbeatable race, along with his best friend, Aech, and Art3mis, a female avatar on whom Parzival has a crush. Parzival regularly visits Halliday's Journals, a simulated archive of Halliday's life and hobbies run by an avatar known as The Curator. Wade receives the Copper Key after he wins the race by driving through a hidden route behind its starting line, while Art3mis, Aech, and his friends Daito and Sho, all win it soon after, later being collectively named the High-5 on the contest's scoreboard.
In Columbus, Ohio, Wade Watts, an orphaned 17-year-old Gunter, lives with his aunt Alice in the "stacks", makeshift towers of trailer homes, and logs onto the OASIS from a nearby cargo van. His avatar Parzival, and his online friend Aech, a male first-person shooter expert and virtual mechanic, participate in the first quest: a vehicle race across ever-shifting roadways in Manhattan. Parzival befriends a well-known Gunter named Art3mis by saving her from being "zeroed out" by King Kong, which would have wiped her character progression. At Halliday's Journals virtual archives, containing video clips reconstructing Halliday's life, Parzival gets an insight from a comment that Halliday made to his former business partner Ogden Morrow, and on the next race, uncovers an underground shortcut to the finish line to acquire the first key. Aech and Art3mis, as well as players Daito and Sho, soon follow; they appear atop the global scoreboard as the "High Five".
 
   
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Sorrento asks bounty hunter i-R0k to learn about Parzival's true identity, intending to bribe him to win the contest on IOI's behalf. Wade and Art3mis discover from the Journals that Halliday once dated Morrow's wife, Karen "Kira" Underwood. Wade and Art3mis visit the Distracted Globe night club to look for clues, where Wade confesses his love and true name to Art3mis. They survive an ambush from IOI in which Art3mis abandons Wade, explaining that her father died in debt to IOI. i-R0k, who was eavesdropping on their conversation, informs Sorrento of his findings. Sorrento then contacts Wade with his offer, which he rejects. Sorrento attempts to dispose of Wade by bombing his home, killing his aunt Alice and her boyfriend Rick among others. Wade is taken in by Art3mis' player, Samantha Cook, during which they come to the realization that the second challenge relates to Halliday's regret of not pursuing a relationship with Kira. Along with Aech, Daito, and Sho, Parzival and Art3mis search a re-creation of the Overlook Hotel from ''The Shining'' for the Jade Key and retrieve it. Sorrento's subordinate, F'Nale Zandor, storms Samantha's hideout and imprisons her in one of IOI's loyalty centers to pay off her father's debt. Wade escapes with the help of the other High-5 users, Helen Harris (Aech), Toshiro (Daito), and Zhou (Sho) in Helen's truck. Samantha escapes confinement after the group hacks Sorrento's OASIS rig.
Art3mis and Parzival checks one of Halliday's memories for a clue and Parzival wins a coin on a small bet with the archive's curator. At an OASIS dance club, i-R0k, Sorrento's mercenary, overhears Parzival tell Art3mis his real name. Sorrento requests Wade to join IOI. Wade refuses, which prompts Sorrento and his aide F'Nale Zandor to bomb Wade's stack, killing Alice. Wade is taken to a Gunter hideout where he meets Art3mis' controller: Samantha Cook. They discover that Halliday had regretted something during a movie date with his love interest Kira. The High Five enter a re-creation of The Shining where they traverse a series of frightening events to eventually reach Kira and acquire the second key.
 
   
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The third challenge is located in Castle Anorak on Planet Doom, where players must guess Halliday's favorite Atari 2600 game to earn the Crystal Key. iR0k places a forcefield around the castle using the Orb of Osuvox, but Art3mis soon disables it. The High-5 lead an army of players against IOI's forces. Parzival destroys Samantha's avatar, allowing her to flee from IOI while the High-5 picks her up, and reaches the castle, but Sorrento activates the powerful Cataclyst, which causes them and the rebels to be wiped out. Parzival survives via an extra life coin given to him earlier by the Curator in a bet and plays ''Adventure'', winning the Crystal Key by locating the game's Easter egg. He uses all the keys to unlock the gate, where Anorak offers him to sign a contract. Parzival recognizes it as the one Morrow signed when Halliday forced him out of Gregarious Games and refuses to sign it. Anorak transforms into Halliday, who expresses his regrets in life and awards Parzival the Easter egg.
When Zandor discovers the hideout, Samantha helps Wade escape, but is captured and made into a Sixer for defaulting on her family's debt. Wade is extracted by the other High Five players—Aech / Helen Harris, Daito / Toshiro, and Sho / Zhou—who have been secretly running their avatars from Helen's postal truck. i-R0k activates a force field around the location of the third key - a fortress on Planet Doom. After tricking Sorrento into revealing Samantha's location, Wade helps her escape. She hacks Sorrento's station, allowing Wade to recruit OASIS players to join an all-out assault against Sorrento and the Sixers at the fortress. Hiding among the active Sixers, Samantha shuts down the force field. During the battle, the rebels, led by Aech on his Iron Giant, defeat Sorrento's Mechagodzilla; Parzival zeroes out Samantha's avatar to let her escape IOI in reality.
 
   
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As Sorrento and Zandor are arrested by the police, having received a recording of the former's confession from Aech, Morrow appears, who is revealed to be the Curator's player. Wade decides to run the OASIS with his friends, inviting Morrow to join them as a consultant. With the OASIS under its new management, IOI's loyalty centers are now barred from accessing it, forcing the company to shut them down and free its servants as the OASIS resumes its operations, but is closed every Tuesday and Thursday so people can spend more time in the real world, including Wade and Samantha, who start a relationship.
Parzival and Sho find Sixers lining up to play on an Atari 2600 console, but failing on each game after time expires, even when one of them beats Adventure. Sorrento activates the Cataclyst, which zeroes out everyone on Planet Doom; however, the curator's coin spares Parzival as an extra life. Parzival deduces that the goal is not to win Adventure but to simply find its own Easter egg, which Parzival completes to reveal the third key. Inside the gate, Anorak presents Parzival a contract; however, Wade declines as it is similar to the one Morrow had signed that dissolved his partnership with Halliday. Anorak transforms into Halliday and affirms Wade's decision to be correct. After showing Parzival a Big Red Button that would shut down the OASIS permanently, Halliday officially awards him the Golden Egg as the winner of the contest.
 
 
Sorrento and Zandor are arrested after Aech had sent the police a recording of Sorrento's conversation with Wade that resulted in the bombing. IOI's indentured players are freed from their debts, heavily restructuring the company. The High Five share control of the OASIS, with Wade hiring Morrow, who is revealed to be the archive curator, as a consultant. The OASIS resumes operations, but is shut down on Tuesdays and Thursdays to force people to spend more time in the real world, including Wade and Samantha who have formed a relationship and bought an apartment together.
 
 
==Cast==
 
==Cast==
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*[[Tye Sheridan]] as [[Parzival|Parzival/ Wade Watts]]<ref name="SheridanCast">{{cite news|url=https://collider.com/ready-player-one-movie-tye-sheridan-steven-spielberg/|title=Tye Sheridan Lands Lead in Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'|work=[[wikipedia:Collider (website)|Collider]]|publisher=[[wikipedia:Complex (magazine)|Complex Media]]|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|date=February 24, 2016|access-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725230458/http://collider.com/ready-player-one-movie-tye-sheridan-steven-spielberg|archive-date=July 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Tye Sheridan]] as [[Parzival|Parzival/ Wade Watts]]
 
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*[[Olivia Cooke]] as [[Art3mis|Art3mis / Samantha Cook]]<ref name="CookeLead">{{cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Finds Female Lead in Olivia Cooke (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-finds-female-lead-olivia-cooke-821728 |publisher=[[wikipedia:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108080955/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-finds-female-lead-olivia-cooke-821728 |archive-date=January 8, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Olivia Cooke]] as [[Art3mis|Art3mis / Samantha Cook]]
 
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*[[Ben Mendelsohn]] as [[Nolan Sorrento]]<ref name="Jan2016THR">{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Ben Mendelsohn Eyed for Villain Role in Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ben-mendelsohn-eyed-villain-role-852265|access-date=January 7, 2016|work=[[wikipedia:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[wikipedia:Prometheus Global Media|Prometheus Global Media]]|date=January 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109130640/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ben-mendelsohn-eyed-villain-role-852265|archive-date=January 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Ben Mendelsohn]] as [[Nolan Sorrento]]
 
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*[[Lena Waithe]] as [[Aech|Aech / Helen Harris]]<ref name="RPOEW">{{cite news|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/07/14/ready-player-one-first-look-photo/|title=See an exclusive first look at Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One|work=[[wikipedia:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[wikipedia:Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=March 23, 2018|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Breznican|date=July 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717050656/http://ew.com/movies/2017/07/14/ready-player-one-first-look-photo/|archive-date=July 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Lena Waithe]] as [[Aech|Aech / Helen Harris]]
 
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*[[T.J. Miller]] as [[i-R0k]]<ref name="MillerCast">{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title='Silicon Valley' Star T.J. Miller Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/silicon-valley-star-tj-miller-898858|access-date=September 7, 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602024959/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/silicon-valley-star-tj-miller-898858|archive-date=June 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[T.J. Miller]] as [[i-R0k]]
 
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*[[Simon Pegg]] as [[Curator|Curator / Ogden Morrow]]<ref name="PeggCast">{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Simon Pegg in Talks to Join Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/simon-pegg-talks-join-steven-876613|access-date=March 19, 2016|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=March 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320140523/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/simon-pegg-talks-join-steven-876613|archive-date=March 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Simon Pegg]] as [[Curator|Curator / Ogden Morrow]]
 
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*[[Mark Rylance]] as [[Anorak|Anorak / James Halliday]]<ref name="RylanceCast">{{cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|author-link=Dave McNary|date=April 13, 2016|title=Mark Rylance Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-mark-rylance-1201752474/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|access-date=June 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615000650/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-mark-rylance-1201752474/|archive-date=June 15, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Mark Rylance]] as [[Anorak|Anorak / James Halliday]]
 
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*Philip Zhao as [[Sho|Sho / Zhou]]<ref name="ZhouCast">{{cite news|last1=Busch|first1=Anita|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Casts Young Newcomer Philip Zhao|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/philip-zhao-ready-player-one-abrams-artist-agency-1201794960/|access-date=July 30, 2016|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801075016/http://deadline.com/2016/07/philip-zhao-ready-player-one-abrams-artist-agency-1201794960/|archive-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Philip Zhao as [[Sho|Sho / Zhou]]<ref name="radiotimes"/>
 
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*[[Win Morisaki]] as [[Daito|Daito / Toshiro]]<ref name="Morisaki">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/win-morisaki-joins-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-1201789189/|title=Japan's Win Morisaki Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Variety Staff|date=June 5, 2016|access-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317012330/http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/win-morisaki-joins-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-1201789189/|archive-date=March 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Win Morisaki]] as [[Daito|Daito / Toshiro]]
 
 
*[[Hannah John-Kamen]] as [[F'Nale Zandor]]<ref name="radiotimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2018-03-29/the-11-biggest-differences-between-ready-player-one-and-the-original-novel/|title=The 11 biggest differences between Ready Player One and the original novel|first=Huw|last=Fullerton|date=March 29, 2018|accessdate=April 20, 2018|work=[[Radio Times]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]}}</ref>
 
*[[Hannah John-Kamen]] as [[F'Nale Zandor]]<ref name="radiotimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2018-03-29/the-11-biggest-differences-between-ready-player-one-and-the-original-novel/|title=The 11 biggest differences between Ready Player One and the original novel|first=Huw|last=Fullerton|date=March 29, 2018|accessdate=April 20, 2018|work=[[Radio Times]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]}}</ref>
 
===Additional cast===
 
===Additional cast===
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*[[Susan Lynch]] as Alice<ref>{{cite web |last=Lane |first=Anthony |date=March 30, 2018 |author-link=Anthony Lane |title="Ready Player One" and "Lean On Pete" |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/09/ready-player-one-and-lean-on-pete |work=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202050222/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/09/ready-player-one-and-lean-on-pete |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref>
*[[Susan Lynch]] as Alice
 
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*[[Ralph Ineson]] as Rick<ref name="InesonCast">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3449009/freddy-krueger-appears-epic-ready-player-one-trailer-sdcc/|title=Freddy Krueger Appears in Epic 'Ready Player One' Trailer! #SDCC|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|last=Squires|first=John|date=July 22, 2017|access-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728163429/https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3449009/freddy-krueger-appears-epic-ready-player-one-trailer-sdcc/|archive-date=July 28, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Ralph Ineson]] as Rick
 
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*[[Perdita Weeks]] as Karen "Kira" Underwood<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evangelista |first1=Chris |title='Ready Player One' Spoiler Review: This is Steven Spielberg's Worst Movie |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/ready-player-one-spoiler-review/2/ |publisher=[[/Film]] |access-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729004249/https://www.slashfilm.com/ready-player-one-spoiler-review/2/ |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Perdita Weeks]] as Karen "Kira" Underwood
 
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*[[Clare Higgins]] as Mrs. Gilmore<ref name="WrightCast">{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/02/16/black-panther-letitia-wright-5-things-to-know/|title=5 things to know about ''Black Panther'' breakout star Letitia Wright|last=Carr|first=Mary Kate|date=February 16, 2018|access-date=March 23, 2018|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319004251/http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/16/black-panther-letitia-wright-5-things-to-know/|archive-date=March 19, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GraceCast">{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/02/02/x-men-star-tye-sheridan-ready-player-one-new-photo/|title=New Look At 'X-Men' Star Tye Sheridan in 'Ready Player One'|work=[[ComicBook.com]]|last=Bonomolo|first=Cameron|date=February 1, 2018|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190020/http://comicbook.com/movies/2018/02/02/x-men-star-tye-sheridan-ready-player-one-new-photo/|archive-date=February 11, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Clare Higgins]] as Mrs. Gilmore
 
 
*[[Letitia Wright]]
 
*[[Letitia Wright]]
 
*[[Mckenna Grace|McKenna Grace]]
 
*[[Mckenna Grace|McKenna Grace]]
 
*[[Lulu Wilson]]
 
*[[Lulu Wilson]]
 
==Production==
 
==Production==
===Development===
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===Development and casting===
Warner Bros. and De Line Pictures won an auction for the rights to Ernest Cline's novel Ready Player One in 2010, before it had been published.<ref name=ReadyPlayerOne>{{cite news|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Warner Bros and De Line Pictures Win Book Auction For 'Ready Player One'|url=http://deadline.com/2010/06/warner-bros-and-de-line-pictures-win-book-auction-for-ready-player-one-48086/|accessdate=March 30, 2015|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=June 18, 2010}}</ref> Cline was set to write the script for the film, which Donald De Line and Dan Farah would produce.<ref name="ReadyPlayerOne" /> Eric Eason rewrote Cline's script,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|title=Eason to rewrite 'Player' script|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/eason-to-rewrite-player-script-1118048568/|accessdate=March 30, 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=January 13, 2012}}</ref> 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 Warner Bros.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|last2=Shaw|first2=Lucas|title='X-Men' Scribe Zak Penn to Rewrite 'Ready Player One' for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)|url=http://www.thewrap.com/x-men-scribe-zak-penn-to-rewrite-ready-player-one-for-warner-bros-exclusive/|accessdate=March 30, 2015|work=[[TheWrap]]|date=June 23, 2014}}</ref> Steven Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, which Kristie Macosko Krieger also produced, along with De Line and Farah.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Steven Spielberg to Direct Sci-Fi Novel 'Ready Player One' for Warner Bros.|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-direct-sci-fi-784370|accessdate=March 31, 2015|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=March 25, 2015}}</ref> Ready Player One is Spielberg's first action-fantasy film since The Adventures of Tintin in late 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/02/28/does-steven-spielberg-need-a-box-office-comeback-and-will-ready-player-one-provide-it/|title= Does Steven Spielberg Need A Box Office Comeback And Will 'Ready Player One' Provide It?|first=Scott|last=Mendelson|work=[[Forbes]]|date=February 28, 2018|accessdate=March 1, 2018}}</ref> Cline and Penn made several revisions while adapting the novel to film. Most of these changes were to eliminate scenes that would be uninteresting in a visual format, such as when Wade beats a high score in Pac-Man, or recites all the lines from the film WarGames.<ref name="latimes changes">{{cite web| url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-ready-player-one-references-20180401-story.html| title = How the team behind 'Ready Player One' wrangled a bonanza of pop culture references into a single film| first = Josh| last = Rottenberg| date = April 1, 2018| accessdate = April 2, 2018| work = [[Los Angeles Times]] }}</ref><ref name="CookeCast">{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Finds Female Lead in Olivia Cooke (Exclusive)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-821728|accessdate=September 13, 2015|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> Some of these changes angered viewers because they thought that the film was changed too much.
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[[Warner Bros.]] bought the film rights for producers Dan Farah and [[Donald De Line]] in June 2010, one year before the book was published.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2010/06/warner-bros-and-de-line-pictures-win-book-auction-for-ready-player-one-48086/ |title=Warner Bros Wins 'Ready Player One' Book Auction For Farah & De Line To Produce |author=Mike Fleming Jr |date=June 18, 2010 |website=[[wikipedia:Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|publisher=[[wikipedia:Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329021846/http://deadline.com/2010/06/warner-bros-and-de-line-pictures-win-book-auction-for-ready-player-one-48086/|archive-date=March 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ernest Cline]] was set to write the script for the film, which De Line and Farah would produce.<ref name=ReadyPlayerOne>{{cite news|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Warner Bros and De Line Pictures Win Book Auction For 'Ready Player One'|url=https://deadline.com/2010/06/warner-bros-and-de-line-pictures-win-book-auction-for-ready-player-one-48086/|access-date=March 30, 2015|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=June 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329021846/http://deadline.com/2010/06/warner-bros-and-de-line-pictures-win-book-auction-for-ready-player-one-48086/|archive-date=March 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Eric Eason]] rewrote Cline's script,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|title=Eason to rewrite 'Player' script|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/eason-to-rewrite-player-script-1118048568/|access-date=March 30, 2015|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034100/http://variety.com/2012/film/news/eason-to-rewrite-player-script-1118048568/|archive-date=April 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Zak Penn]] was hired to rewrite the previous drafts by Cline and Eason (who became uncredited for the final draft), along with [[Village Roadshow Pictures]] coming aboard.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|last2=Shaw|first2=Lucas|title='X-Men' Scribe Zak Penn to Rewrite 'Ready Player One' for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)|url=https://www.thewrap.com/x-men-scribe-zak-penn-to-rewrite-ready-player-one-for-warner-bros-exclusive/|access-date=March 30, 2015|work=TheWrap|date=June 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316050212/http://www.thewrap.com/x-men-scribe-zak-penn-to-rewrite-ready-player-one-for-warner-bros-exclusive/|archive-date=March 16, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Steven Spielberg]] signed on to direct and produce the film, which [[Kristie Macosko Krieger]] also produced, along with De Line and Farah.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Steven Spielberg to Direct Sci-Fi Novel 'Ready Player One' for Warner Bros.|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-direct-sci-fi-784370|access-date=March 31, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=March 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331095736/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-direct-sci-fi-784370|archive-date=March 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Cline and Penn made several revisions while adapting the novel to film. Most of these changes were to eliminate scenes that would be uninteresting in a visual format, such as when Wade beats a high score in ''Pac-Man'', or recites all the lines from the film ''WarGames''.<ref name="latimes changes">{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-ready-player-one-references-20180401-story.html| title = How the team behind 'Ready Player One' wrangled a bonanza of pop culture references into a single film| first = Josh| last = Rottenberg| date = April 1, 2018| access-date = April 2, 2018| work = Los Angeles Times| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180402045709/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-ready-player-one-references-20180401-story.html| archive-date = April 2, 2018| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="CookeCast">{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Finds Female Lead in Olivia Cooke (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-821728|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=September 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914005553/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-821728|archive-date=September 14, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Casting===
 
Three actresses were top-runners for the role of Art3mis: Elle Fanning, Olivia Cooke, and Lola Kirke;<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Shortlist Includes Elle Fanning, Olivia Cooke, Lola Kirke (Exclusive)|url=http://www.thewrap.com/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-shortlist-includes-elle-fanning-olivia-cooke-lola-kirke-exclusive/|accessdate=September 2, 2015|work=[[TheWrap]]|date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> In September 2015, Cooke was announced as having been cast in the coveted female lead role. In January 2016, Ben Mendelsohn joined the cast.<ref name=Jan2016THR>{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Ben Mendelsohn Eyed for Villain Role in Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ben-mendelsohn-eyed-villain-role-852265|accessdate=January 7, 2016|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=January 6, 2016}}</ref> In February 2016, Tye Sheridan was confirmed as playing the lead role of Wade, after a lengthy nationwide casting call failed to produce an unknown for the part.<ref name="SheridanCast">{{cite news|url=http://collider.com/ready-player-one-movie-tye-sheridan-steven-spielberg/|title=Tye Sheridan Lands Lead in Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'|work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex Media]]|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|date=February 24, 2016|accessdate=March 23, 2018}}</ref> In March 2016, Simon Pegg joined the cast.<ref name="PeggCast">{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Simon Pegg in Talks to Join Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/simon-pegg-talks-join-steven-876613|accessdate=March 19, 2016|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=March 17, 2016}}</ref> In April 2016, Mark Rylance joined the cast,<ref name="RylanceCast">{{cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=April 13, 2016|title=Mark Rylance Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-mark-rylance-1201752474/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|accessdate=June 9, 2016}}</ref> and in June 2016, T.J. Miller, Hannah John-Kamen and Win Morisaki also joined.<ref name="MillerCast">{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title='Silicon Valley' Star T.J. Miller Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (Exclusive)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/silicon-valley-star-tj-miller-898858|accessdate=September 7, 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=June 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name="KamenCast">{{cite news|last1=Busch|first1=Anita|title=Hannah John-Kamen Lands Role In Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'|url=http://deadline.com/2016/06/hannah-john-kamen-ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-cast-1201778572/|accessdate=June 25, 2016|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=June 24, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Morisaki">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/win-morisaki-joins-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-1201789189/|title=Japan's Win Morisaki Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Variety Staff|date=June 5, 2016|accessdate=March 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/win-morisaki-joins-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-899810|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Adds Japanese Actor-Singer Win Morisaki|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|accessdate=August 9, 2017|language=en|last=Blair|first=Gavin J.}}</ref> In July 2016, Philip Zhao joined the cast,<ref name="ZhouCast">{{cite news|last1=Busch|first1=Anita|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Casts Young Newcomer Philip Zhao|url=http://deadline.com/2016/07/philip-zhao-ready-player-one-abrams-artist-agency-1201794960/|accessdate=July 30, 2016|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> and Lena Waithe, Ralph Ineson, McKenna Grace, and Letitia Wright were later also announced to have been cast.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ew.com/movies/2017/07/14/ready-player-one-first-look-photo/|title=See an exclusive first look at Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=March 23, 2018|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|date=July 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3449009/freddy-krueger-appears-epic-ready-player-one-trailer-sdcc/|title=Freddy Krueger Appears in Epic 'Ready Player One' Trailer! #SDCC|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|last=Squires|first=John|date=July 22, 2017|accessdate=March 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://comicbook.com/movies/2018/02/02/x-men-star-tye-sheridan-ready-player-one-new-photo/|title=New Look At 'X-Men' Star Tye Sheridan in 'Ready Player One'|work=Comicbook.com|last=Bonomolo|first=Cameron|date=February 1, 2018|accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/16/black-panther-letitia-wright-5-things-to-know/|title=5 things to know about ''Black Panther'' breakout star Letitia Wright|last=Carr|first=Mary Kate|date=February 16, 2018|accessdate=March 23, 2018|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>
 
===Filming===
 
Production was set to begin in July 2016.<ref name="KamenCast"/> Screenwriter Zak Penn tweeted on July 1, 2016 that the first week of filming had been completed.<ref>{{cite tweet|authorlink=Zak Penn|last=Penn|first=Zak|user=zakpenn|number=748999882304790528|date=July 1, 2016|title=First week of #ReadyPlayerOne finished. Surreal. It went to 11. Thanks for writing your book @erniecline and the assist in Oology|accessdate=March 23, 2018}}</ref> In August and September 2016, filming took place in Birmingham, England; this included Livery Street in the Jewellery Quarter area of the city, which was extensively used, including the van chase that takes place towards the film's end. The chase was edited to make the street appear longer than it actually is. The backpackers' hostel Hatters, also on Livery Street, was used for internal filming for a basement scene. Also utilized was the Ludgate Hill Car Park lot on Lionel Street, in which caravan homes were partially built; a planned explosion caused some local business and homes to call emergency services, as no prior notification were given by the production. Other locations in the city included the former industrial area of Digbeth, with a rooftop scene that overlooks the Birmingham City Centre skyline, with some of the city's landmark buildings being erased and replaced with CGI buildings in order to create a dystopian Ohio in the year 2045.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Evry|first1=Max|title=Ready Player One Set Photos Show a Grungy Dystopia|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/758211-ready-player-one-set-photos-show-a-grungy-dystopia|accessdate=August 17, 2016|work=ComingSoon.net|publisher=[[CraveOnline Media]]|date=August 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Graham|last2=Beardsworth|first2=Luke|last3=Bains|first3=Sanjeeta|title=Recap: Spielberg films Ready Player One in JQ - another set location revealed plus car chase filmed|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/recap-spielberg-films-ready-player-11847115|accessdate=September 6, 2016|work=[[Birmingham Mail]]|publisher=[[MNA Media|Midland Newspapers]]|date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> Principal photography ended on September 27, 2016.<ref>{{cite tweet|authorlink=Zak Penn|last=Penn|first=Zak|user=zakpenn|number=780149853951320069|date=September 25, 2016|title=Two days of production left on #ReadyPlayerOne.|accessdate=November 23, 2017}}</ref><ref name="IndieWireThePost">{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Anne|authorlink1=Anne Thompson (film critic)|title=Steven Spielberg Has Finally Finished 'The Post'|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/steven-spielberg-the-post-ready-player-one-ben-mendelsohn-arthur-miller-writer-1201895214/|accessdate=November 23, 2017|work=[[IndieWire]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=November 7, 2017}}</ref>
 
   
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[[Elle Fanning]], [[Olivia Cooke]], and [[Lola Kirke]] were the frontrunners for the role of Art3mis;<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Shortlist Includes Elle Fanning, Olivia Cooke, Lola Kirke (Exclusive)|url=https://www.thewrap.com/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-shortlist-includes-elle-fanning-olivia-cooke-lola-kirke-exclusive/|access-date=September 2, 2015|work=TheWrap|date=September 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904211238/http://www.thewrap.com/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-shortlist-includes-elle-fanning-olivia-cooke-lola-kirke-exclusive/|archive-date=September 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> with Cooke announced as having been cast in the role by September 2015.<ref name="CookeLead"/> In January 2016, [[Ben Mendelsohn]] joined the cast.<ref name="Jan2016THR"/> In February 2016, [[Tye Sheridan]] was confirmed to play Wade, after a lengthy casting search for the role.<ref name="SheridanCast"/> [[Simon Pegg]] was added to the cast in March,<ref name="PeggCast"/> with [[Mark Rylance]] joining in April.<ref name="RylanceCast"/> By June, [[T.J. Miller]], [[Hannah John-Kamen]], and [[Win Morisaki]] had also been cast in the film.<ref name="MillerCast"/><ref name="radiotimes"/><ref name="Morisaki"/> In July, Philip Zhao joined the cast,<ref name="ZhouCast"/> with [[Lena Waithe]], [[Ralph Ineson]], [[Mckenna Grace]], and [[Letitia Wright]] being revealed as appearing in the film over time prior to the film's release.<ref name="RPOEW"/><ref name="InesonCast"/><ref name="GraceCast"/><ref name="WrightCast"/>
===Visual effects and post-production===
 
Spielberg worked with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) to oversee the film's visual effects, meeting with ILM for 3 hours three times a week.<ref name="IndieWireThePost"/> He has stated that "[t]his is the most difficult movie I've done since Saving Private Ryan."<ref name="IndieWireThePost"/>
 
   
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In October 2019, ''[[Doctor Sleep (2019 film)|Doctor Sleep]]'' director [[Mike Flanagan (filmmaker)|Mike Flanagan]] revealed that [[Jack Nicholson]], who portrayed [[Jack Torrance]] in ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' (which is featured as James Halliday's second challenge), was approached to appear in the film, but declined the offer due to his retirement.<ref>{{cite news|last=White|first=Nicholas|title=How 'Doctor Sleep' Filmmakers Pulled Off That 'Shining' Cameo|url=https://variety.com/2019/scene/news/doctor-sleep-the-shining-cameo-danny-lloyd-1203388429/|access-date=June 4, 2021|work=[[wikipedia:Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 30, 2019}}</ref>
A significant part of the film takes place in a virtual space based on the Overlook Hotel in the film The Shining. This was mostly a digital recreation of the film using high-quality telecine of the original film, giving them some freedom of new camera angles and shots that could be generated from this recreation. The final film includes a combination of the original footage from ''The Shining'' and ILM's additional work. Only a few scenes in this sequence which involved real actors, such as the appearance of the Grady twins, required them to construct a faithful reproduction of ''The Shining''{{'}}s set for the actors to interact with. Finally, the sequence was post-processed to introduce film grain and other aging effects to make the new footage indistinguishable from the original film.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-how-steven-spielberg-and-ilm-recreated-that-movie-1825054142| title = Here's How Steven Spielberg and ILM Recreated That Movie for Ready Player One| first = Germain| last = Lussier| date = April 11, 2018| accessdate= April 11, 2018| work = [[io9]]|publisher=[[Univision Communications|Univision Interactive Media]]}}</ref>
 
 
=== Filming ===
 
Production was slated to begin in July 2016,<ref name="July2016">{{cite news|last1=Busch|first1=Anita|title=Hannah John-Kamen Lands Role In Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/hannah-john-kamen-ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-cast-1201778572/|access-date=June 25, 2016|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=[[wikipedia:Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625075953/http://deadline.com/2016/06/hannah-john-kamen-ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-cast-1201778572/|archive-date=June 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> but on July 1, 2016, screenwriter Zak Penn confirmed that the first week of filming had already been completed.<ref>{{cite tweet|author-link=Zak Penn|last=Penn|first=Zak|user=zakpenn|number=748999882304790528|date=July 1, 2016|title=First week of #ReadyPlayerOne finished. Surreal. It went to 11. Thanks for writing your book @erniecline and the assist in Oology|access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref> In August and September 2016, filming took place in Birmingham, England, standing in for Columbus, Ohio.<ref name="RPOlocations">{{cite web |title=Ready Player One |url=https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/r/Ready-Player-One.php |publisher=Movie-Locations.com |access-date=27 December 2020 |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927205037/https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/r/Ready-Player-One.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Birmingham filming included on Livery Street in the Jewellery Quarter area of the city, which was used for multiple scenes in the film. Ludgate Hill Car Park lot on Lionel Street, in which caravan homes were partially built, was also used, and a planned explosion there caused some local businesses and residents to call emergency services as no prior notice was given by the production team. Other locations in the city included the former industrial area of Digbeth, and some of the city's landmarks were erased and replaced with CGI buildings to create a dystopian future Ohio.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Evry|first1=Max|title=Ready Player One Set Photos Show a Grungy Dystopia|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/758211-ready-player-one-set-photos-show-a-grungy-dystopia|access-date=August 17, 2016|work=ComingSoon.net|publisher=CraveOnline Media|date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817160008/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/758211-ready-player-one-set-photos-show-a-grungy-dystopia|archive-date=August 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Graham|last2=Beardsworth|first2=Luke|last3=Bains|first3=Sanjeeta|title=Recap: Spielberg films Ready Player One in JQ - another set location revealed plus car chase filmed|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/recap-spielberg-films-ready-player-11847115|access-date=September 6, 2016|work=Birmingham Mail|publisher=Midland Newspapers|date=September 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907033803/http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/recap-spielberg-films-ready-player-11847115|archive-date=September 7, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Outside of Birmingham, filming also took place at [[Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden]] and at Solaris House, the former Sun Microsystems headquarters in Surrey.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spry |first1=Jeff |title=Ready Player Two Movie is in "Early Stages," Ernest Cline Reveals |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ready-player-two-movie-ernest-cline-interview |publisher=Inverse.com |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=December 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222145347/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ready-player-two-movie-ernest-cline-interview |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RPOlocations"/> Principal photography wrapped on September 27, 2016.<ref>{{cite tweet|author-link=Zak Penn|last=Penn|first=Zak|user=zakpenn|number=780149853951320069|date=September 25, 2016|title=Two days of production left on #ReadyPlayerOne.|access-date=November 23, 2017}}</ref><ref name="IndieWireThePost">{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Anne|author-link1=Anne Thompson (film critic)|title=Steven Spielberg Has Finally Finished 'The Post'|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/steven-spielberg-the-post-ready-player-one-ben-mendelsohn-arthur-miller-writer-1201895214/|access-date=November 23, 2017|work=IndieWire|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043925/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/steven-spielberg-the-post-ready-player-one-ben-mendelsohn-arthur-miller-writer-1201895214/|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
=== Visual effects ===
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[[Industrial Light & Magic]] (ILM), Digital Domain, and Territory Studio developed the visual effects, with some pre-visualization done by The Third Floor.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title='Ready Player One' Juxtaposes Real, Virtual Via VFX From Three Shops|url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/production/spielberg-ready-player-one-vfx-1203144265/|last1=Parisi|first1=Paula|date=February 21, 2019|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521205702/https://variety.com/2019/artisans/production/spielberg-ready-player-one-vfx-1203144265/|archive-date=May 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=How 'Ready Player One' Combined Virtual Production And Motion Capture Tools To Create Digital Characters|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/how-ready-player-one-combined-virtual-production-and-motion-capture-tools-to-create-digital-characters-157821.html|date=April 18, 2018|website=Cartoon Brew|language=en-US|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712220044/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/how-ready-player-one-combined-virtual-production-and-motion-capture-tools-to-create-digital-characters-157821.html|archive-date=July 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> For three hours three days a week Spielberg met with ILM, which was in charge of the OASIS segments and produced the bulk of the visual effects shots, with 900 in total; Spielberg remarked that "this is the most difficult movie I've done since ''Saving Private Ryan''", as three 3-hour long meetings a week were necessitated to discuss the visual effects.<ref name="IndieWireThePost"/> Visual effects supervisor [[Roger Guyett]] stated that the visual effects team would collaborate with Spielberg and writers Cline and Penn:<ref name="GiantVisualWorld">{{cite web |last1=Marshall |first1=Rick |title=To drive its giant virtual world, Ready Player One needed a custom A.I. engine |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/ready-player-one-visual-effects-interview/ |publisher=Digital Trends |access-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408142300/https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/ready-player-one-visual-effects-interview/ |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Quote|What we did at one point was to have a card for every single character that we considered to be a "hero" character within the movie, and we put them up on a board and Steven and everyone else spent hours assigning them to scenes. We'd say, "This is where we want whoever it would be … Batman, Chun-Li, or whoever." And then we went through the whole movie doing that. As the scenes developed, we got an understanding of how many characters we needed.|Roger Guyett}}
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Part of the film takes place in a virtual space based on the Overlook Hotel in the film ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''. This was mostly a digital recreation using high-quality telecine of the original film, allowing new camera angles and shots that did not appear in the original. Some original footage from ''The Shining'' was also used, with ILM's modifications. Only a few scenes in this sequence involved real actors (such as the appearance of the Grady twins) and required reproduction of ''The Shining''{{'}}s physical sets. The ''Shining'' sequence was post-processed with film grain and other aging effects to make the new footage closely resemble the original.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-how-steven-spielberg-and-ilm-recreated-that-movie-1825054142| title = Here's How Steven Spielberg and ILM Recreated That Movie for Ready Player One| first = Germain| last = Lussier| date = April 11, 2018| access-date = April 11, 2018| work = [[io9]]| publisher = [[Univision Communications|Univision Interactive Media]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180411214528/https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-how-steven-spielberg-and-ilm-recreated-that-movie-1825054142| archive-date = April 11, 2018| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref> During the production of ''Ready Player One'', The VFX team built the sequence the Overlook Hotel in the digital realm. [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s blueprints were used to recreate the hotel in the film.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/how-ready-player-one-vfx-supervisor-created-shining-1182378| title = How 'Ready Player One' VFX Supervisor Re-Created Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'|first=Carolyn|last=Giardina| date = February 11, 2019 | access-date = December 15, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201107231428/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/how-ready-player-one-vfx-supervisor-created-shining-1182378|archive-date = November 7, 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref> ILM also had to produce digital versions of the film's many cultural references, including the DeLorean time machine (from the ''Back to the Future'' films); the [[The Iron Giant (character)|Iron Giant]]; Chucky; and [[King Kong]], modeled after the 1933 film version.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/movies/ready-player-one-visual-effects.html|title=How They Made the Movie References Pop in 'Ready Player One'|last=Murphy|first=Mekado|date=April 27, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725123020/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/movies/ready-player-one-visual-effects.html|archive-date=July 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' from ''Jurassic Park'' was created from the base model ILM had created.<ref name=":1" /> Digital Domain facilitated pre-visualization (with The Third Floor), motion capture, and virtual sets, and also created 300 visual effects shots for the primarily live-action portions of the film. The virtual sets were powered by game engines and were used congruently with the motion-capture process, with previsualization supervisor Scott Meadows explaining that in real time Spielberg would "put on a headset and scout the sets and make adjustments."<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
 
== Music ==
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{{main|Ready Player One (soundtrack)}}
 
On June 9, 2016, [[John Williams]] was initially going to form the film's score.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|date=June 9, 2016|title=AFI Honoree John Williams Looks Back on Six Decades of Iconic Themes|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/john-williams-afi-1201792072-1201792072/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|access-date=June 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611013729/http://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/john-williams-afi-1201792072-1201792072/|archive-date=June 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in July 2017, Williams left the project in favor of scoring Spielberg's ''The Post'', and [[Alan Silvestri]] took over scoring duties for the film.<ref name="Silvestri">{{cite news|last1=Burlingame|first1=Jon|title=John Williams and Alan Silvestri to Score Steven Spielberg's Next Films (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/john-williams-alan-silvestri-steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-the-papers-1202490105/|access-date=July 8, 2017|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709055735/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/john-williams-alan-silvestri-steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-the-papers-1202490105/|archive-date=July 9, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The official score was released by [[WaterTower Music]] as a two-CD set on March 30, 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://watertower-music.com/releases/release.php?title=readyplayerone|title=Ready Player One - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|date=March 30, 2018|publisher=[[WaterTower Music]]|access-date=April 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402035813/http://watertower-music.com/releases/release.php?title=readyplayerone|archive-date=April 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> with vinyl and cassette releases projected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/8264643/how-steven-spielberg-picked-ready-player-ones-classic-70s-and-80s|title=How Steven Spielberg Picked 'Ready Player One's' Classic '70s and '80s Tunes: Exclusive Track Listing|first=Melinda|last=Newman|date=March 28, 2018|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328230657/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/8264643/how-steven-spielberg-picked-ready-player-ones-classic-70s-and-80s|archive-date=March 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> At Spielberg's request, Silvestri references his own music from ''Back to the Future'' within the film's score, as well as quoting music written by other composers including [[Max Steiner]]'s theme from ''King Kong'', Akira Ifukube’s main theme from ''Godzilla'', and the score by [[Wendy Carlos]] and [[Rachel Elkind-Tourre|Rachel Elkind]] from ''The Shining.''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burton|first1=Byron|title='Ready Player One' Composer Alan Silvestri on Its Touching Final Moments|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-what-is-james-hallidays-motivation-1098908|access-date=April 5, 2018|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=April 2, 2018|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6yRBlmsY2?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-what-is-james-hallidays-motivation-1098908|archive-date=April 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Broxton|first=Jonathan|date=April 3, 2018|title=READY PLAYER ONE – Alan Silvestri: Review|url=https://moviemusicuk.us/2018/04/03/ready-player-one-alan-silvestri/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206081425/https://moviemusicuk.us/2018/04/03/ready-player-one-alan-silvestri/|archive-date=February 6, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021|website=MovieMusicUK.com}}</ref>
 
==Cultural references==
 
==Cultural references==
Ready Player One pays homage to the popular culture of the 1970s and 1980s as in the book, but also extends to the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s; several reviewers have identified well over one hundred references to films, television shows, music, toys, video games, anime and comics of these eras.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/ready-player-one/272148/ready-player-one-easter-eggs-references-movie-guide-complete| title = Ready Player One: Complete Easter Egg and Reference Guide| first1 = David| last1= Crow| first2 = Mike| last2= Cecchini| date = April 1, 2018| accessdate = April 1, 2018| work =[[Den of Geek]]|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-easter-eggs-guide/| title = Ready Player One: The COMPLETE Easter Egg Guide| first = Andrew| last = Dyce|date = March 29, 2018| accessdate = April 1, 2018| work = [[Screen Rant]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://whatculture.com/film/ready-player-one-105-easter-eggs-references-explained| title = Ready Player One: 135 Easter Eggs & References Explained| date = March 29, 2018| accessdate = April 1, 2018| work = What Culture|last=Gallagher|first=Simon}}</ref> Cline did not have any issues with these copyrighted elements when he published the book, but was aware that securing all necessary rights would be a major obstacle for a film adaptation, a task made easier by Spielberg's reputation.<ref name="latimes changes"/> Spielberg and producer Kristie Macosko Krieger spent several years securing the rights for the copyrighted elements used in the film, starting before filming began, since some scenes would not be possible without certain copyrighted elements.<ref name="nytimes fun">{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/movies/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one.html| title = Can Steven Spielberg Remember How to Have Fun?| first = Brooks| last = Barnes|date = March 21, 2018| accessdate = March 21, 2018| work = [[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://news.avclub.com/well-nevermind-then-of-course-theres-going-to-be-sta-1823858299| title = Well, nevermind, then: Of course there's going to be Star Wars shit in Ready Player One| first= William| last = Hugh| date = March 19, 2018| accessdate = March 19, 2018| work = [[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=[[The Onion]]}}</ref> Spielberg estimated that they had gotten about 80% of the copyrighted elements they wanted.<ref name="latimes changes"/> Spielberg noted that in some cases, the filmmakers were able to secure rights for some but not all the characters they wanted; in negotiating with Warner Bros., they could not secure Close Encounters of the Third Kind from Columbia Pictures, despite the latter being one of Spielberg's first films as director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-star-wars-rights-spielberg/|title=Ready Player One Won’t Reference Disney’s Star Wars Movies [Updated]|date=March 15, 2018|work=[[Screen Rant]]|accessdate=March 16, 2018|last=Burke|first=Carolyn}}</ref>
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<!-- All references in this section must be cited; personal opinions and observations are irrelevant. -->''Ready Player One'' pays homage to popular culture from various time periods, mainly the 1970s and 1980s but also extending to the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s] reviewers have identified over a hundred references to films, television shows, music, toys, video games, anime, and comics from these eras.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/ready-player-one/272148/ready-player-one-easter-eggs-references-movie-guide-complete| title = Ready Player One: Complete Easter Egg and Reference Guide| first1 = David| last1 = Crow| first2 = Mike| last2 = Cecchini| date = April 1, 2018| access-date = April 1, 2018| work = [[Den of Geek]]| publisher = [[Dennis Publishing]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180623114106/http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/ready-player-one/272148/ready-player-one-easter-eggs-references-movie-guide-complete| archive-date = June 23, 2018| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-easter-eggs-guide/| title = Ready Player One: The COMPLETE Easter Egg Guide| first = Andrew| last = Dyce| date = March 29, 2018| access-date = April 1, 2018| work = [[Screen Rant]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180401131554/https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-easter-eggs-guide/| archive-date = April 1, 2018| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://whatculture.com/film/ready-player-one-135-easter-eggs-references-explained| title = Ready Player One: 135 Easter Eggs & References Explained| date = March 29, 2018| access-date = April 1, 2018| work = What Culture| last = Gallagher| first = Simon| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180401090302/http://whatculture.com/film/ready-player-one-105-easter-eggs-references-explained| archive-date = April 1, 2018| url-status = live}}</ref> Cline did not have any issues with these copyrighted elements when he published the book, but was aware that securing all necessary rights would be a major obstacle for a film adaptation. This task was eventually made easier thanks to Spielberg's reputation in the film industry.<ref name="latimes changes"/><ref name="nytimes fun">{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/movies/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one.html| title = Can Steven Spielberg Remember How to Have Fun?| first = Brooks| last = Barnes| date = March 21, 2018| access-date = March 21, 2018| work = [[The New York Times]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180321110458/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/movies/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one.html| archive-date = March 21, 2018| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://news.avclub.com/well-nevermind-then-of-course-theres-going-to-be-sta-1823858299| title = Well, nevermind, then: Of course there's going to be Star Wars shit in Ready Player One| first = William| last = Hugh| date = March 19, 2018| access-date = March 19, 2018| work = [[The A.V. Club]]| publisher = [[The Onion]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180320015854/https://news.avclub.com/well-nevermind-then-of-course-theres-going-to-be-sta-1823858299| archive-date = March 20, 2018| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref> In the end, Spielberg estimated that they managed to get about 80% of the copyrighted elements they desired.<ref name="latimes changes"/> The production was not able to secure ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' from [[Columbia Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-star-wars-rights-spielberg/|title=Ready Player One Won't Reference Disney's Star Wars Movies [Updated]|date=March 15, 2018|work=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|last=Burke|first=Carolyn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316051454/https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-star-wars-rights-spielberg/|archive-date=March 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
   
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In the book, the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' module ''Tomb of Horrors'' covers a notable importance, but is not included in the film; it was excluded despite Cline being a fan of ''Tomb of Horrors'', but artwork of the demon from the module is featured on the back of Aech's van.<ref name="TombOfHorrors">{{cite web|last=Cotter|first=Padraig|url=https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-tomb-horrors-explained-movie-cut/|website=[[Screen Rant]]|title=Ready Player One's Tomb Of Horrors Explained (& Why It's Not In The Movie)|date=May 29, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613092928/https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-tomb-horrors-explained-movie-cut/|archive-date=June 13, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
Blade Runner, which was integral to the plot of the book, was off limits to the film adaptation because Blade Runner 2049 was in production at the same time as Ready Player One. As a replacement, they conceived of players having to play out the events of The Shining, which Spielberg was able to secure the rights to as an homage to his friend Stanley Kubrick.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-spielberg-tried-to-get-star-wars-into-ready-play-1823811998| title = Steven Spielberg Tried to Get Star Wars Into Ready Player One, But Couldn't| first = Germain| last =Lussier| date = March 15, 2018| accessdate = March 16, 2018| work = [[io9]]| publisher=[[Univision Communications|Univision Interactive Media]]}}</ref> While Cline's original work heavily used the character of Ultraman, the rights over the character were still under legal dispute, requiring them to replace Ultraman with the titular robot from The Iron Giant.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-spielberg-tried-to-get-star-wars-into-ready-play-1823811998| title = Steven Spielberg Tried to Get Star Wars Into Ready Player One, But Couldn't| first = Germain| last =Lussier| date = March 15, 2018| accessdate = March 16, 2018| work = [[io9]]| publisher=[[Univision Communications|Univision Interactive Media]]}}</ref> Spielberg recognized that his past films were a significant part of the 1980s popular culture cited in the book, and to avoid being accused of "vanity", he opted to remove many of the references to his own work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-footage-steven-steven-spielberg-brings-comic-con-1022316|title=Steven Spielberg Brings Ambitious 'Ready Player One' Footage to Comic-Con|first=Aaron|last=Couch|date=July 22, 2017|accessdate=July 25, 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> Cline stated that he believed Spielberg wanted to avoid self-references to films he directed, due to the criticism he received for his film 1941, which lampooned his own previous works Jaws and Duel. Cline said he had to convince Spielberg to include some iconic elements, such as the Back to the Future DeLorean time machine, which Spielberg conceded as the film was one he produced rather than directed.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-two-ernest-cline-talks-ready-player-one-sequel-1088676| title = Ernest Cline on 'Ready Player Two' and the Scene Spielberg Fought For| first = Christian| last = Long| date = February 27, 2018| accessdate= March 16, 2018| work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref> Cline also asked ILM to include a reference to Last Action Hero, one of Penn's first screenplays, without Penn's knowledge.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://io9.gizmodo.com/last-action-hero-and-ready-player-one-screenwriter-shoc-1823991953| title = Last Action Hero and Ready Player One Screenwriter Shocked to Find Last Action Hero Reference in Ready Player One| first= Germain| last = Lussier|date = March 22, 2018| accessdate= March 23, 2018| work = [[io9]]|publisher=[[Univision Communications|Univision Interactive Media]]}}</ref>
 
==Music==
 
{{Main|Ready Player One: Songs From The Motion Picture}}
 
On June 9, 2016, Variety stated that Spielberg's regular collaborator John Williams was planning to compose the film's score.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|date=June 9, 2016|title=AFI Honoree John Williams Looks Back on Six Decades of Iconic Themes|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/john-williams-afi-1201792072-1201792072/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|accessdate=June 9, 2016}}</ref> However, in July 2017, it was reported that Williams had left the project to work on Spielberg's The Post instead, with Alan Silvestri hired to take over scoring duties for Ready Player One.<ref name="Silvestri">{{cite news|last1=Burlingame|first1=Jon|title=John Williams and Alan Silvestri to Score Steven Spielberg's Next Films (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/john-williams-alan-silvestri-steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-the-papers-1202490105/|accessdate=July 8, 2017|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=July 7, 2017}}</ref> The official score was released by WaterTower Music as a two-CD set on March 30, 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://watertower-music.com/releases/release.php?title=readyplayerone|title=Ready Player One - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|date=March 30, 2018|publisher=[[WaterTower Music]]|access-date=April 20, 2018}}</ref> with vinyl and cassette releases projected for the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/8264643/how-steven-spielberg-picked-ready-player-ones-classic-70s-and-80s|title=How Steven Spielberg Picked 'Ready Player One's' Classic '70s and '80s Tunes: Exclusive Track Listing|first=Melinda|last=Newman|date=March 28, 2018|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref> At Spielberg's request, Silvestri references his own music from Back to the Future within the film's score, as well as quoting the music from The Shining for the film's sequence at the Overlook Hotel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burton|first1=Byron|title='Ready Player One' Composer Alan Silvestri on Its Touching Final Moments|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-what-is-james-hallidays-motivation-1098908|accessdate=April 5, 2018|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=April 2, 2018}}</ref>
 
   
 
Similarly ''[[Blade Runner]]'', which was integral to the plot of the book, was shelved as ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'' was in production at the same time as ''Ready Player One'' and the producers at [[Alcon Entertainment]] feared that Spielberg's film could damage the commercial prospects of their film; as a replacement, the creative team had the players play through the events of ''The Shining'', which Spielberg was able to secure the rights to as an homage to his friend Stanley Kubrick.<ref name="latimes changes"/> Penn and Cline also thought that the film could be the opportunity to replace such lenghty sequence with a more action-heavy one. Once they settled to use ''The Shining'', they were doubtful at first that Spielberg would accept the change, but Spielberg did go for it.<ref name="PennTHR">{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-screenwriter-zak-penn-his-best-worst-movies-1097883 |title=''Ready Player One'' Screenwriter Zak Penn Looks Back at His Hits (and Famous Early Miss) |last=Couch |first=Aaron |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6yIUMF33p?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-screenwriter-zak-penn-his-best-worst-movies-1097883 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> While Cline's original work heavily used the character of Ultraman, the rights over the character were still under legal dispute, requiring them to replace Ultraman with the titular robot from ''The Iron Giant'' and RX-78-2 Gundam.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-spielberg-tried-to-get-star-wars-into-ready-play-1823811998| title = Steven Spielberg Tried to Get Star Wars Into Ready Player One, But Couldn't| first = Germain| last = Lussier| date = March 15, 2018| access-date = March 16, 2018| work = [[io9]]| publisher = [[Univision Communications|Univision Interactive Media]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180316042559/https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-spielberg-tried-to-get-star-wars-into-ready-play-1823811998| archive-date = March 16, 2018| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref> Spielberg recognized that his past films were a significant part of the 1980s popular culture cited in the book, and to avoid being accused of "vanity", he opted to remove many of the references to his own work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-footage-steven-steven-spielberg-brings-comic-con-1022316|title=Steven Spielberg Brings Ambitious 'Ready Player One' Footage to Comic-Con|first=Aaron|last=Couch|date=July 22, 2017|access-date=July 25, 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724172530/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-footage-steven-steven-spielberg-brings-comic-con-1022316|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Cline stated that he believed Spielberg wanted to avoid self-references to films he directed, due to the criticism he received for his film ''1941'', which lampooned his own previous works ''Jaws'' and ''Duel''. Cline said he had to convince Spielberg to include some iconic elements, such as the DeLorean time machine from ''Back to the Future'', which Spielberg conceded as the film was one he produced rather than directed.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-two-ernest-cline-talks-ready-player-one-sequel-1088676| title = Ernest Cline on 'Ready Player Two' and the Scene Spielberg Fought For| first = Christian| last = Long| date = February 27, 2018| access-date = March 16, 2018| work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]| publisher = [[Prometheus Global Media]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041722/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-two-ernest-cline-talks-ready-player-one-sequel-1088676| archive-date = March 8, 2018| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref> Spielberg also allowed the ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' from his own ''Jurassic Park'' to be included.<ref name=":1"/> Cline also asked ILM to include a reference to ''[[Last Action Hero]]'', one of Penn's first screenplays, without Penn's knowledge; a movie marquee in the Manhattan race segment bears the name "Jack Slater", the character [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] played in that film.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://io9.gizmodo.com/last-action-hero-and-ready-player-one-screenwriter-shoc-1823991953| title = Last Action Hero and Ready Player One Screenwriter Shocked to Find Last Action Hero Reference in Ready Player One| first = Germain| last = Lussier| date = March 22, 2018| access-date = March 23, 2018| work = [[io9]]| publisher = [[Univision Communications|Univision Interactive Media]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180322231316/https://io9.gizmodo.com/last-action-hero-and-ready-player-one-screenwriter-shoc-1823991953| archive-date = March 22, 2018| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref>
The film also includes licensed music from the 1970s and 1980s, which appears on the digital-only album Ready Player One: Songs From The Motion Picture.
 
 
==Release==
 
==Release==
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===Theatrical===
Ready Player One was initially scheduled to be released on December 15, 2017,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Slotted For December 2017|url=http://deadline.com/2015/08/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-december-15-2017-release-warner-bros-1201493651/|accessdate=August 7, 2015|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=August 6, 2015}}</ref> but was pushed back to March 30, 2018, to avoid competition with Star Wars: The Last Jedi.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Flees 'Star Wars', Sets New 2018 Release Date|url=http://collider.com/ready-player-one-movie-release-date-star-wars-2018/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex Media]]|accessdate=June 10, 2017|date=February 9, 2016}}</ref> In January 2018, it was announced the film's release date had been moved up one day to March 29, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/01/ready-player-one-open-day-earlier-easter-weekend-1202269325/|title='Ready Player One' Opening A Day Earlier Over Easter Weekend|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=January 25, 2018|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref> The film had its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018 (as part of the South by Southwest Film Festival).<ref name="VarietySXSW"/>
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''Ready Player One'' was originally scheduled to be released on December 15, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Slotted For December 2017|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-december-15-2017-release-warner-bros-1201493651/|access-date=August 7, 2015|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807205734/http://deadline.com/2015/08/steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-december-15-2017-release-warner-bros-1201493651/|archive-date=August 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> However, on February 9, 2016, the film was delayed to March 30, 2018, to avoid competition with ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|title=Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Flees 'Star Wars', Sets New 2018 Release Date|url=https://collider.com/ready-player-one-movie-release-date-star-wars-2018/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex Media]]|access-date=June 10, 2017|date=February 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828103622/http://collider.com/ready-player-one-movie-release-date-star-wars-2018/|archive-date=August 28, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2018, it was announced the film's release date had been moved up one day to March 29, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/ready-player-one-open-day-earlier-easter-weekend-1202269325/|title='Ready Player One' Opening A Day Earlier Over Easter Weekend|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307022731/https://deadline.com/2018/01/ready-player-one-open-day-earlier-easter-weekend-1202269325/|archive-date=March 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The film had its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018 (as part of the South by Southwest Film Festival).<ref name="VarietySXSW"/> Warner Bros. distributed the film worldwide, with Village Roadshow Pictures distributing in several overseas territories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170707005616/en/Warner-Bros.-Pictures-Ready-Run-Gamut-Comic-Con|title=Warner Bros. Pictures Gets Ready to Run the Gamut at Comic-Con International: San Diego|author=[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]|date=July 7, 2017|access-date=July 9, 2017|work=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710155026/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170707005616/en/Warner-Bros.-Pictures-Ready-Run-Gamut-Comic-Con|archive-date=July 10, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Around the same time the film was released, massively multi-player online game platform ''Roblox'' held an event based on it. The winner of the event was the user r0cu.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://heavy.com/games/2018/04/r0cu-roblox-player-golden-dominus/ |title=r0cu Earns Golden Dominus in Roblox Ready Player One Event |last=Bernstein |first=Bobby |date=April 4, 2018 |website=Heavy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615195251/https://heavy.com/games/2018/04/r0cu-roblox-player-golden-dominus/ |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref>
 
Warner Bros. distributes the film worldwide, with Village Roadshow Pictures distributing in several overseas territories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170707005616/en/Warner-Bros.-Pictures-Ready-Run-Gamut-Comic-Con|title=Warner Bros. Pictures Gets Ready to Run the Gamut at Comic-Con International: San Diego|author=[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]|date=July 7, 2017|accessdate=July 9, 2017|work=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]}}</ref>
 
 
===Home media===
 
===Home media===
Ready Player One is scheduled to be released on digital retailers on July 3, 2018, and will be out on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-Ray, and DVD on July 24, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-blu-ray-release-details/|title=Ready Player One Blu-ray Release Details|date=May 22, 2018|access-date=June 14, 2018|last=Gallichio|first=Christian|work=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref>
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''Ready Player One'' was released on digital copy on July 3, 2018, and on 4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on July 24, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-blu-ray-release-details/|title=Ready Player One Blu-ray Release Details|date=May 22, 2018|access-date=June 14, 2018|last=Gallichio|first=Christian|work=[[Screen Rant]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615004353/https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-blu-ray-release-details/|archive-date=June 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The film debuted at the top of the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, a tracker of combined domestic Blu-Ray and DVD unit sales, for the week ending on July 27, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title='Ready Player One' Takes the High Score in Disc Sales |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/ready-player-one-takes-the-high-score-in-disc-sales/ |access-date=November 5, 2018 |work=Mediaplaynews.com |date=August 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160558/https://www.mediaplaynews.com/ready-player-one-takes-the-high-score-in-disc-sales/ |archive-date=November 5, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> It retained the No. 1 spot on the chart for the week ending on August 4, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title='Ready Player One' Still No. 1 in the Disc Sales Game |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/ready-player-one-still-no-1-in-the-disc-sales-game/ |access-date=November 5, 2018 |work=Mediaplaynews.com |date=August 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160608/https://www.mediaplaynews.com/ready-player-one-still-no-1-in-the-disc-sales-game/ |archive-date=November 5, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Reception==
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== Reception ==
===Box office===
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=== Box office ===
Ready Player One has grossed $137 million in the United States and Canada, and $445 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $582 million.<ref name=BOM/> Made on a production budget of $175 million, with about $150 million more spent on global marketing costs, the film needed to gross at least $440 million in order to break-even.<ref name="opening">{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-opening-weekend-box-office-1202318581/|title=How Warner Bros. Sold ‘Ready Player One’ On The Spielberg Spirit & Beat Tracking With $53M+ 4-Day – Sunday Postmortem|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 1, 2018|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|accessdate=April 1, 2018}}</ref>
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''Ready Player One'' grossed $137.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $445.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $582.9 million.<ref name=BOM/> ''Deadline Hollywood'' estimated that the film would need to gross at least $440 million<!--KEEP $440 PER SOURCE--> in order to break even.<ref name="opening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-opening-weekend-box-office-1202318581/|title=How Warner Bros. Sold 'Ready Player One' On The Spielberg Spirit & Beat Tracking With $53M+ 4-Day – Sunday Postmortem|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 1, 2018|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|access-date=April 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401052441/http://deadline.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-opening-weekend-box-office-1202318581/|archive-date=April 1, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
====North America====
 
In the United States and Canada, Ready Player One was released alongside God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness and Acrimony, and was projected to gross $40–50 million from 4,100 theaters over its first four days.<ref name=preview/> It made $12.1 million on its first day, including $3.75 million from Wednesday night previews. It ended up grossing $41.8 million in its opening weekend (for a four-day total of $53.7 million), marking Spielberg's biggest debut since 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.<ref name="openingweeked">{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/box-office-top-20-ready-player-launches-537m-54188823|title=Box office Top 20: 'Ready Player One' launches with $53.7M|website=[[ABC News]]|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]]|date=April 2, 2018|author=[[Associated Press]]|accessdate=April 3, 2018|archivedate=April 5, 2018|dead-url=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152755/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/box-office-top-20-ready-player-launches-537m-54188823}}</ref> In its second weekend it grossed $25.1 million (a drop of 40%), finishing second behind newcomer A Quiet Place ($50 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/04/a-quiet-place-blockers-ready-player-one-weekend-box-office-1202359716/|title=‘A Quiet Place’ Screams To $50M+ Opening; ‘Blockers’ Breaks Through To $21M+ – Early Sunday Update|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 8, 2018|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|accessdate=April 8, 2018}}</ref> In its third weekend the film made $11.2 million, coming in fourth behind Rampage, A Quiet Place and Truth or Dare.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/04/dwayne-johnson-rampage-box-office-weekend-a-quiet-place-1202363694/|title=The Rock Rebounds: ‘Rampage’ Shushes ‘A Quiet Place’ With $34M+ No. 1 Opening|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 15, 2018|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|accessdate=April 15, 2018}}</ref> In its fourth weekend the film made $7.4 million, finishing sixth at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2018&wknd=16&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for April 20–22, 2018 - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2018}}</ref> In its fifth weekend it grossed $2.4 million, a drop of 67% from previous weekend and finishing ninth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2018&wknd=17&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for April 27–29, 2018 - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2018}}</ref>
 
====Other territories====
 
Worldwide, the film was released day-in-date in 62 countries, including China, where it was expected to make $100–120 million in its opening weekend.<ref name=preview>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-tye-sherdian-global-box-office-preview-1202354201/|title=Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ To Get Its Game On With $140M+ Global Start|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=March 27, 2018|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|first2=Nancy|last2=Tartaglione|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref> It grossed $2.9 million on its first day from 11 countries, including $980,000 from Korea.<ref name=overseas>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-international-box-office-opening-1202355460/|title=‘Ready Player One’ Raises Global Score To $109M Through Three Days|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=March 31, 2018|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|accessdate=March 31, 2018}}</ref> In China the film made $14.75 million on its first day and earned a score of 9.2 from audiences on Douban (compared to the average 6–7 earned by Hollywood films).<ref name=opening/> It grossed $61.7 million in China in its opening weekend which is the highest opening ever for Warner Bros in said territory. The film's other major opening weekend territories were South Korea ($8.1 million), United Kingdom ($7.3 million), Russia ($6.1 million) and France ($6 million).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-pacific-rim-uprising-china-box-office-international-1202741047/|title=‘Ready Player One’ Impresses With $61.7 Million in China|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=April 1, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=April 23, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In its second weekend in China it grossed $42 million, and in third weekend grossed $13.9 million.<ref name="Rubin">{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/ready-player-one-international-box-office-a-quiet-place-blockers-1202747000/|title=‘Ready Player One’ Crushes ‘A Quiet Place,’ ‘Blockers’ Overseas|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=April 8, 2018|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Tartaglione">{{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2018/04/rampage-quiet-place-black-panther-ready-player-one-china-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202364491/|title=‘Rampage’ Rocks Up $114M Offshore Bow; ‘Quiet Place’ Screams To $52M – International Box Office|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=April 15, 2018|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|access-date=April 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The film grossed $81.7 million in its second weekend overseas, dropping only 35% and is ahead of other newcomers ''A Quiet Place'' and ''Blockers''.<ref name="Rubin"/> In its third weekend it grossed $33.8 million overseas dropping 58.6%.<ref name="Tartaglione"/> On April 21, 2018, the film topped $200 million in China, becoming the tenth-biggest U.S. release ever in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/04/ready-player-one-crosses-500-million-dollars-worldwide-box-office-china-1202373631/|title=‘Ready Player One’ Tops $500M Global Box Office, Scores $200M+ In China|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=April 21, 2018|accessdate=April 22, 2018}}</ref> In its fourth weekend in China, it grossed $8.24 million finishing third at the box office and has a total gross of $207 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/china-box-office-rampage-quiet-weekend-1202780174/|title=China Box Office: ‘Rampage’ Wins Quiet Weekend|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=April 23, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=April 23, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> It grossed $23 million overseas from 67 territories in its fourth weekend.<ref name="variety.com">{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/international-box-office-dwayne-johnson-rampage-1202778953/|title=Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Rampage’ Continues to Roar Overseas|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=April 22, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=April 23, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> It opened in Japan, its final major market and grossed $4.4 million.<ref name="variety.com"/> In its fifth weekend overseas, it grossed $8.6 million from 63 territories.<ref name="deadline ww">{{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-worldwide-opening-record-all-time-international-box-office-1202378926/|title=‘Avengers: Infinity War’s $630M Global Bow Sets All-Time Record – International Box Office|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=April 29, 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 29, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In China, the weekend was $2.4M to push it past ''Avatar'' as the no. 9 Hollywood title ever in the market with $213.8M (RMB 1.34B).<ref name="deadline ww"/> Japan's third frame held well during Golden Week with just a 6% drop from the last session. The total there is currently at $17.5M.<ref name="deadline.com">{{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2018/05/avengers-infinity-war-second-weekend-results-international-box-office-1202383537/|title=‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Surges To $1.164B Global & #5 Superhero Movie Ever WW; $713M Overseas – International Box Office|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=May 6, 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=May 6, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In its sixth weekend in China, it bumped up 10% from last session to lift the local cume to $220.2M.<ref name="deadline.com"/> As of April 29, the film's largest markets after China are United Kingdom ($22.6 million), France ($20.3 million), Korea ($18.6 million), Japan ($17.5 million), and Russia-CIS ($12.7 million).<ref name="deadline.com"/>
 
===Critical response===
 
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 73% based on 333 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Ready Player One'' is a sweetly nostalgic thrill ride that neatly encapsulates Spielberg's strengths while adding another solidly engrossing adventure to his filmography."<ref>{{cite web|title=Ready Player One (2018)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_player_one|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on 54 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=Ready Player One Reviews|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/ready-player-one|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|accessdate=April 4, 2018}}</ref> Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an 82% overall positive score and a 65% "definite recommend".<ref name=opening/>
 
   
 
In the United States and Canada, ''Ready Player One'' was projected to gross $40–50 million from 4,100 theaters over its first four days.<ref name="Preview" /> It made $12.1 million on its first day, including $3.75 million from Wednesday night previews. It ended up grossing $41.8 million in its opening weekend (for a four-day total of $53.7 million).<ref name="openingweeked">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/box-office-top-20-ready-player-launches-537m-54188823|title=Box office Top 20: 'Ready Player One' launches with $53.7M|website=[[ABC News]]|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]]|date=April 2, 2018|author=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=April 5, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152755/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/box-office-top-20-ready-player-launches-537m-54188823}}</ref> The film made $24.6 million in its second weekend, finishing second behind newcomer ''A Quiet Place'', and $11.5 million in its third weekend, finishing in fourth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/a-quiet-place-blockers-ready-player-one-weekend-box-office-1202359716/|title='A Quiet Place' Screams To $50M+ Opening; 'Blockers' Breaks Through To $21M+&nbsp;– Early Sunday Update|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 8, 2018|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|access-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408052036/http://deadline.com/2018/04/a-quiet-place-blockers-ready-player-one-weekend-box-office-1202359716/|archive-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/dwayne-johnson-rampage-box-office-weekend-a-quiet-place-1202363694/|title=The Rock Rebounds: 'Rampage' Shushes 'A Quiet Place' With $34M+ No. 1 Opening|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 15, 2018|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|access-date=April 15, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518051647/https://deadline.com/2018/04/dwayne-johnson-rampage-box-office-weekend-a-quiet-place-1202363694/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In a review for RogerEbert.com, Brian Tallerico wrote that the film's "overwhelming" nature and non-stop action will likely thrill fans of pop culture; while he observed narrative weaknesses, such as a lack of depth among the supporting characters, he felt that they ultimately do not hinder the film from working "on the level of technical, blockbuster mastery that Spielberg helped define."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/sxsw-film-festival-2018-ready-player-one|title=SXSW Film Festival 2018: "Ready Player One"|first=Brian|last=Tallerico|work=RogerEbert.com|publisher=Ebert Digital|date=March 12, 2018|accessdate=March 12, 2018}}</ref> Writing for ''Variety'', Owen Gleiberman called the film a "coruscating explosion of pop-culture eye candy," and found ''The Shining'' sequence to be "irresistible". However, he also criticized Spielberg's dichotomization of fantasy and reality, as well as the film having "more activity than it does layers."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/ready-player-one-review-steven-spielberg-1202723649/|title=SXSW Film Review: 'Ready Player One'|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|authorlink=Owen Gleiberman|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=March 12, 2018|accessdate=March 12, 2018}}</ref> ''IndieWire''{{'}}s Eric Kohn characterized the film as "an astonishing sci-fi spectacle and a relentless nostalgia trip at once" and praised both ''The Shining'' sequence as well as Penn's screenplay, particularly with respect to Mendelsohn's character. Nevertheless, he remarked that the film "drags a bunch in its final third".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-review-steven-spielberg-sxsw-2018-1201938295/|title='Ready Player One' Review: Steven Spielberg Delivers Astonishing Sci-Fi Spectacle and Relentless Nostalgia — SXSW 2018|first=Eric|last=Kohn|work=[[IndieWire]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=March 12, 2018|accessdate=March 12, 2018}}</ref>
 
 
=== Critical response ===
 
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 72% with an average score of 6.8/10, based on 437 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Ready Player One'' is a sweetly nostalgic thrill ride that neatly encapsulates Spielberg's strengths while adding another solidly engrossing adventure to his filmography."<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{Cite rt |id=ready_player_one|type=m |title=Ready Player One |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527211400/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_player_one|archivedate=May 27, 2019|access-date=April 2, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 56 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite mc|title=Ready Player One|id=ready-player-one|type=movie|access-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509051107/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ready-player-one|archive-date=May 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, and those at PostTrak gave the film an 82% overall positive score and a 65% "definite recommend".<ref name=opening/>
   
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In a review for ''RogerEbert.com'', Brian Tallerico wrote that the film's "overwhelming" nature and non-stop action will likely thrill fans of pop culture; while he observed narrative weaknesses, such as a lack of depth among the supporting characters, he felt that they ultimately do not hinder the film from working "on the level of technical, blockbuster mastery that Spielberg helped define".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/sxsw-film-festival-2018-ready-player-one|title=SXSW Film Festival 2018: "Ready Player One"|first=Brian|last=Tallerico|work=[[RogerEbert.com]]|publisher=Ebert Digital|date=March 12, 2018|access-date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312230132/https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/sxsw-film-festival-2018-ready-player-one|archive-date=March 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''Variety'', [[Owen Gleiberman]] called the film a "coruscating explosion of pop-culture eye candy" and found the sequence based on ''The Shining'' to be "irresistible". However, he criticized Spielberg's separation of fantasy and reality, and he said the film has "more activity than it does layers".<ref name="VarietyReview">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/ready-player-one-review-steven-spielberg-1202723649/|title=SXSW Film Review: 'Ready Player One'|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|author-link=Owen Gleiberman|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=March 12, 2018|access-date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312112728/http://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/ready-player-one-review-steven-spielberg-1202723649/|archive-date=March 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''IndieWire''{{'}}s Eric Kohn characterized the film as "an astonishing sci-fi spectacle and a relentless nostalgia trip at once" and praised both the sequence based on ''The Shining'' and Penn's screenplay, particularly with respect to Mendelsohn's character. Nevertheless, he remarked that the film "drags a bunch in its final third".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-review-steven-spielberg-sxsw-2018-1201938295/|title='Ready Player One' Review: Steven Spielberg Delivers Astonishing Sci-Fi Spectacle and Relentless Nostalgia — SXSW 2018|first=Eric|last=Kohn|work=[[IndieWire]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=March 12, 2018|access-date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312141210/http://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/ready-player-one-review-steven-spielberg-sxsw-2018-1201938295/|archive-date=March 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Alissa Wilkinson, writing for ''Vox'', praised both the quality and quantity of the world-building. She also commented on just how dystopian the future portrayed is, where the main characters fight to save the OASIS and the escape from reality it represents, with arguably less concern for the problems of the real world.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/29/17171778/ready-player-one-review-nostalgia-dystopia|title=Ready Player One is a fun romp that's even more dystopian than it realizes|first=Alissa|last=Wilkinson|work=[[Vox Media|Vox]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|date=March 29, 2018|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330020608/https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/29/17171778/ready-player-one-review-nostalgia-dystopia|archive-date=March 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz praised ''Ready Player One'' and noted the undercurrent of sadness present in the film, stating that "I don't think Spielberg gets enough credit for making sad films that most people interpret as happy, and complex films that are immediately dismissed as simple or confused".<ref>{{cite tweet|author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|last=Seitz|user=mattzollerseitz|number=981554286730579968|date=April 4, 2018|title=Thinking back on READY PLAYER ONE: I don't think Spielberg gets enough credit for making sad films that most people interpret as happy, and complex films that are immediately dismissed as simple or confused.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|last=Seitz|user=mattzollerseitz|number=981556406053687296|date=April 4, 2018|title=It's both. I don't think he's capable of really exploding the format he helped create, but after seeing it last night, I said to my wife, "I think this is altogether his saddest film since A.I."}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Matt Zoller Seitz]]|user=mattzollerseitz|number=1001290367663333376|date=May 28, 2018|title=This movie felt very sad and dark to me in a way that very few of the reviews pointed out. I think Spielberg did another one of his rope a dope special: there's a whole other movie going on underneath the surface, just like the scene where the hero is driving under the street.}}</ref> Seitz concluded that the film "is a mess, but it is a fascinating and complex one..."<ref>{{cite tweet|author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|last=Seitz|user=mattzollerseitz|number=981557327911444480|date=April 4, 2018|title=In conclusion: READY PLAYER ONE is a mess, but it is a fascinating and complex one, and I suspect a lot of the people trashing it for being one particular thing will stumble on it again years from now and realize how much they overlooked. It's happened many times with Spielberg.}}</ref> In March 2019, a year after the film's release, Seitz determined that with ''Ready Player One''{{'}}s images commenting on capitalism and popular culture, the film was the second-most "interesting [and] substantive" big-budgeted fantasy in 2018 after ''Black Panther'', admitting that "I still think about [''Ready Player One''] a lot, especially concerning the world around me."<ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Matt Zoller Seitz]]|user=mattzollerseitz|number=1108062092177915907|date=March 19, 2019|title=I am at a loss to explain how anyone could look at those images in Ready Player One of an entire society struggling in the ruins of capitalism and distracting itself with junk fantasy and not see Spielberg coming to terms with his role in bringing that existence to life.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Matt Zoller Seitz]]|user=mattzollerseitz|number=1108064960331087872|date=March 19, 2019|title=In fact I would go so far as to say RPO was the second most interesting & substantive giant-budget fantasy released last year, after Black Panther. I still think about it a lot, especially concerning the world around me.}}</ref>
Alissa Wilkinson, writing for Vox, praised both the quality and quantity of the world building. She also commented on just how dystopian the future portrayed is, where the main characters fight to save the OASIS and the escape from reality it represents, with arguably less concern for the problems of the real world.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/29/17171778/ready-player-one-review-nostalgia-dystopia|title=Ready Player One is a fun romp that's even more dystopian than it realizes|first=Alissa|last=Wilkinson|work=[[Vox Media|Vox]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|date=March 29, 2018|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
 
   
Monica Castillo was more critical of the film in her review for ''The Guardian'' and drew attention to the absence of character arcs, the lack of resolution for plot holes in the novel, and the bloating of scenes in the film by trivia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/12/ready-player-one-review-spielbergs-shiny-vr-caper-isnt-worth-playing|title=Ready Player One review – Spielberg's shiny VR caper isn't worth playing|first=Monica|last=Castillo|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian News and Media]]|date=March 12, 2018|accessdate=March 12, 2018}}</ref> Matt Bobkin scored the film a 6 out of 10 for ''Exclaim!'' saying the film "is not so much a groundbreaking recontextualizing, more doe-eyed affection with no critical commentary."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/film/article/ready_player_one-directed_by_steven_spielberg|title=Ready Player One|date=March 31, 2018|work=[[Exclaim!]]|last=Bobkin|first=Matt|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> UK film website Movie Metropolis noted "is an absolute thrill-ride from start to finish and is pure Spielberg in the very best way" and awarded it 4 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://moviemetropolis.net/2018/03/22/ready-player-one-review-virtually-amazing/|title=Ready Player One review “Virtually amazing”|date=2018-03-22|work=Movie Metropolis|access-date=2018-07-09|language=en-US}}</ref>
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Monica Castillo was more critical of the film in her review for ''The Guardian'' and drew attention to the absence of character arcs, the lack of resolution for plot holes in the novel, and the bloating of scenes in the film by trivia.<ref name="GuardianReview">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/12/ready-player-one-review-spielbergs-shiny-vr-caper-isnt-worth-playing|title=Ready Player One review – Spielberg's shiny VR caper isn't worth playing|first=Monica|last=Castillo|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian News and Media]]|date=March 12, 2018|access-date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312155819/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/12/ready-player-one-review-spielbergs-shiny-vr-caper-isnt-worth-playing|archive-date=March 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alonso Duralde]], writing for ''TheWrap'', found the usage of pop culture references lacking, and found his experience watching the film as "feeling bombarded with images, bored by the lack of an interesting story, and irritated with my own cultural past. I've never been much of a video-game player, but by the finale, I was ready to 'Leeroy Jenkins!' my way out of the theater".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duralde |first1=Alonso |title='Ready Player One' Film Review: Spielberg's Weaponized Nostalgia Is an Exercise in Overkill |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ready-player-one-film-review-steven-spielberg/ |website=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=22 November 2020 |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122190557/https://www.thewrap.com/ready-player-one-film-review-steven-spielberg/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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=== Accolades ===
 
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Film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz praised ''Ready Player One'' and noted the undercurrent of sadness present in the film, stating that "I don't think Spielberg gets enough credit for making sad films that most people interpret as happy, and complex films that are immediately dismissed as simple or confused."<ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Matt Zoller Seitz]]|user=mattzollerseitz|number=981554286730579968|date=April 4, 2018|title=Thinking back on READY PLAYER ONE: I don't think Spielberg gets enough credit for making sad films that most people interpret as happy, and complex films that are immediately dismissed as simple or confused.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Matt Zoller Seitz]]|user=mattzollerseitz|number=981556406053687296|date=April 4, 2018|title=It's both. I don't think he's capable of really exploding the format he helped created, but after seeing it last night, I said to my wife, "I think this is altogether his saddest film since A.I."}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Matt Zoller Seitz]]|user=mattzollerseitz|number=1001290367663333376|date=May 28, 2018|title=This movie felt very sad and dark to me in a way that very few of the reviews pointed out. I think Spielberg did another one of his rope a dope specials: there’s a whole other movie going on underneath the surface, just like the scene where the hero is driving under the street.}}</ref> Seitz concluded that the film "is a mess, but it is a fascinating and complex one..."<ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Matt Zoller Seitz]]|user=mattzollerseitz|number=981557327911444480|date=April 4, 2018|title=In conclusion: READY PLAYER ONE is a mess, but it is a fascinating and complex one, and I suspect a lot of the people trashing it for being one particular thing will stumble on it again years from now and realize how much they overlooked. It's happened many times with Spielberg.}}</ref>
 
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! scope="row" rowspan="4" | [[wikipedia:Teen Choice Awards]]
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| rowspan="4" | [[wikipedia:2018 Teen Choice Awards|August 12, 2018]]
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| [[wikipedia:Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie – Sci-Fi/Fantasy|Choice Sci-Fi Movie]]
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| ''Ready Player One''
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| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|last1=Douglas|first1=Esme|title=Teen Choice Awards 2018: See the full list of winners|url=https://ew.com/awards/2018/08/12/teen-choice-awards-winners-list/|website=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]]|access-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813151232/https://ew.com/awards/2018/08/12/teen-choice-awards-winners-list/|archive-date=August 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|-
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| [[wikipedia:Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Sci-Fi/Fantasy|Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor]]
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| [[Tye Sheridan]]
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| {{nom}}
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|-
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| [[wikipedia:Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi/Fantasy|Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress]]
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|rowspan=2| [[Olivia Cooke]]
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| {{nom}}
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|-
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| Choice Breakout Movie Star
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| {{nom}}
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|-
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! scope="row" |[[wikipedia:Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Critics' Choice Movie Awards]]
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| [[wikipedia:24th Critics' Choice Awards|January 13, 2019]]
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| [[wikipedia:Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
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| ''Ready Player One''
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| {{Nominated}}
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/critics-choice-awards-the-favourite-black-panther-first-man-1202516909/|title=Critics' Choice Awards Nominations: 'The Favourite' Tops With 14, 'Black Panther' A Marvel, 'First Man' Rebounds; 'The Americans' Leads TV Series|last=Hammond|first=Pete|date=December 10, 2018|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210173546/https://deadline.com/2018/12/critics-choice-awards-the-favourite-black-panther-first-man-1202516909/|archive-date=December 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" rowspan="5"| [[wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards|Visual Effects Society Awards]]
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| rowspan="5"| [[wikipedia:17th Visual Effects Society Awards|February 5, 2019]]
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a<br>Photoreal Feature
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| [[Roger Guyett]], Jennifer Meislohn, [[Dave Shirk]],<br>[[Matthew E. Butler]], [[Neil Corbould]]
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| {{nom}}
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/awards/visual-effects-society-nominations-avengers-infinity-war-1203108109/ |title='Avengers,' 'Lost in Space,' 'Ready Player One' Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations |access-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115234530/https://variety.com/2019/artisans/awards/visual-effects-society-nominations-avengers-infinity-war-1203108109/ |archive-date=January 15, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|-
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| [[wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature|Outstanding Animated Character<br>in a Photoreal Feature]]
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| Dave Shirk, Brian Cantwell, Jung-Seung Hong and<br>Kim Ooi for "Art3mis"
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| {{nom}}
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|-
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| [[wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature|Outstanding Created Environment<br>in a Photoreal Feature]]
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| Mert Yamak, Stanley Wong, Joana Garrido and<br>Daniel Gagiu for "[[The Shining (film)|Overlook Hotel]]"
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| {{won}}
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|-
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| Outstanding Virtual Cinematography<br>in a Photoreal Project
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| Daniele Bigi, Edmund Kolloen, Mathieu Vig and<br>Jean-Baptiste Noyau for "New York Race"
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| {{won}}
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|-
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| Outstanding Model in a<br>Photoreal or Animated Project
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| Giuseppe Laterza, Kim Lindqvist, Mauro Giacomazzo<br>and William Gallyo for "[[De Lorean DMC-12 in Back to the Future|DeLorean DMC-12]]"
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| {{nom}}
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|-
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! scope="row" | [[wikipedia:Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
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| [[wikipedia:23rd Satellite Awards|February 17, 2019]]
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| [[wikipedia:Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
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| ''Ready Player One''
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| {{nom}}
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018 Nominees|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/2018-nominees/|date=November 2018|publisher=[[International Press Academy]]|access-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129220303/http://www.pressacademy.com/2018-nominees/|archive-date=November 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|-
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! scope="row" | [[wikipedia:British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]
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| [[wikipedia:72nd British Academy Film Awards|February 10, 2019]]
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| [[wikipedia:BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]]
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| Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett,<br>Dave Shirk
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| {{nom}}
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/09/the-full-list-of-nominations-for-the-baftas-2019|title=The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2019|date=January 8, 2019|work=Guardian|access-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224025549/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/09/the-full-list-of-nominations-for-the-baftas-2019|archive-date=February 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|-
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! scope="row" | [[wikipedia:Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
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| [[wikipedia:91st Academy Awards|February 24, 2019]]
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| [[wikipedia:Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
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| Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and Dave Shirk
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| {{nom}}
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2019-complete-list-nominees-1172407 |title=Oscars: Full List of Nominations |access-date=January 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122160706/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2019-complete-list-nominees-1172407 |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|-
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! scope="row" rowspan="4"| [[wikipedia:Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
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| rowspan="4"| [[wikipedia:45th Saturn Awards|September 13, 2019]]
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| [[wikipedia:Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]]
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| ''Ready Player One''
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| {{Won}}
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| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/avengers-end-game-game-of-thrones-saturn-award-nominations-1202646629/|title='Avengers: Endgame', 'Game Of Thrones' Lead Saturn Award Nominations|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Pete|last=Hammond|date=July 15, 2019|access-date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913071644/https://deadline.com/2019/07/avengers-end-game-game-of-thrones-saturn-award-nominations-1202646629/|archive-date=September 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|-
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| [[wikipedia:Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
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When asked about a sequel to the film, Cline stated: "I think there's a good chance that, if this one does well, Warner Bros. will want to make a sequel. I don't know if Steven [Spielberg] would want to dive back in, because he would know what he is getting into. He's said that it's the third-hardest film he's made, out of dozens and dozens of movies".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Radish|first=Christina|date=March 29, 2018|title=Ernest Cline on 'Ready Player One', Working with Spielberg, and Hopes for a Sequel|url=https://collider.com/ready-player-one-ernest-cline-interview/|access-date=July 8, 2020|website=Collider|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331221229/http://collider.com/ready-player-one-ernest-cline-interview/|archive-date=March 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 30, 2018|title=There Could Actually Be A Ready Player Two|url=https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-movie-sequel-details-book/|access-date=July 8, 2020|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331072042/https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-movie-sequel-details-book/|archive-date=March 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Co-star Olivia Cooke, and presumably the rest of the cast, is "contracted to sequels".<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 23, 2018|title=Ready Player One Star Is Signed On For Sequels|url=https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-movie-sequels-olivia-cooke/|access-date=July 8, 2020|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824113256/https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-movie-sequels-olivia-cooke/|archive-date=August 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Cline wrote a book sequel, titled ''Ready Player Two'', which was released on November 24, 2020, stating in the acknowledgments that he had consulted Spielberg on the final draft of the book and where to take an adaptation.<ref name="Ready Player Two_release date">{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/ready-player-two-sequel-novel-ernest-cline-november-publication-date-1202980261/|date=July 8, 2020|access-date=November 17, 2020|title='Ready Player Two' Sequel Novel Set For November Publication Date|first1=Greg|last1=Evans|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709060316/https://deadline.com/2020/07/ready-player-two-sequel-novel-ernest-cline-november-publication-date-1202980261/|archive-date=July 9, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 22, 2020, Cline announced that a sequel was in the early stages of development.<ref name="SequelDevelopement">{{cite web|last=Houghton|first=Rianne|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a35043277/ready-player-two-movie-ernest-cline-book-reviews/|title=Ready Player Two movie is in the works despite brutal reviews|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224001727/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a35043277/ready-player-two-movie-ernest-cline-book-reviews/|archive-date=December 24, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 18 September 2021

Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction adventure film based on Ernest Cline's novel of the same name. Directed by Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Zak Penn and Cline, it stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance. Set in 2045, much of humanity uses the OASIS, a virtual reality simulation, to escape the real world. The orphaned Wade Watts finds clues to a contest that promises the ownership of the OASIS to the winner, and he and four allies try to complete it before a corporation run by businessman Nolan Sorrento can do so.

Development first began in 2010 when Warner Bros. acquired the rights to the book. In July 2015, Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, with casting for the film beginning in September 2015. Filming began in England in July 2016 and was completed in September 2016. The visual effects were handled by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Digital Domain, and Territory Studio, with some pre-visualization done by The Third Floor. As with the novel, several popular culture references appear throughout the film, with references to The Shining, the Back to the Future franchise, and The Iron Giant appearing most prominently.

Ready Player One premiered at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018, and was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on March 29, 2018. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics who praised its visuals, brisk pacing, and the performances of Sheridan and Rylance, but criticized its character development.[10][11] It grossed over $582 million worldwide, as well as earning a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards, 24th Critics' Choice Awards, and 72nd British Academy Film Awards.

Plot

In 2045, people seek to escape from reality through the OASIS (an acronym for Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation), a virtual reality simulation created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Games. After Halliday's death, a pre-recorded message left by his avatar, Anorak, announces a contest that promises ownership of the OASIS to the winner of an Easter egg within it, which is beyond a locked gate requiring three keys, can be obtained by accomplishing three challenges. The contest has lured thousands of egg hunters, or "Gunters", and the interest of Nolan Sorrento, the CEO of Innovative Online Industries (IOI for short), who seeks to control the OASIS himself by inserting intrusive online advertising. IOI uses indentured servants employed at their loyalty centers and its employees, the Sixers, to find the egg.

Parzival, the avatar of Wade Watts, an avid Gunter, participates in the first challenge, an unbeatable race, along with his best friend, Aech, and Art3mis, a female avatar on whom Parzival has a crush. Parzival regularly visits Halliday's Journals, a simulated archive of Halliday's life and hobbies run by an avatar known as The Curator. Wade receives the Copper Key after he wins the race by driving through a hidden route behind its starting line, while Art3mis, Aech, and his friends Daito and Sho, all win it soon after, later being collectively named the High-5 on the contest's scoreboard.

Sorrento asks bounty hunter i-R0k to learn about Parzival's true identity, intending to bribe him to win the contest on IOI's behalf. Wade and Art3mis discover from the Journals that Halliday once dated Morrow's wife, Karen "Kira" Underwood. Wade and Art3mis visit the Distracted Globe night club to look for clues, where Wade confesses his love and true name to Art3mis. They survive an ambush from IOI in which Art3mis abandons Wade, explaining that her father died in debt to IOI. i-R0k, who was eavesdropping on their conversation, informs Sorrento of his findings. Sorrento then contacts Wade with his offer, which he rejects. Sorrento attempts to dispose of Wade by bombing his home, killing his aunt Alice and her boyfriend Rick among others. Wade is taken in by Art3mis' player, Samantha Cook, during which they come to the realization that the second challenge relates to Halliday's regret of not pursuing a relationship with Kira. Along with Aech, Daito, and Sho, Parzival and Art3mis search a re-creation of the Overlook Hotel from The Shining for the Jade Key and retrieve it. Sorrento's subordinate, F'Nale Zandor, storms Samantha's hideout and imprisons her in one of IOI's loyalty centers to pay off her father's debt. Wade escapes with the help of the other High-5 users, Helen Harris (Aech), Toshiro (Daito), and Zhou (Sho) in Helen's truck. Samantha escapes confinement after the group hacks Sorrento's OASIS rig.

The third challenge is located in Castle Anorak on Planet Doom, where players must guess Halliday's favorite Atari 2600 game to earn the Crystal Key. iR0k places a forcefield around the castle using the Orb of Osuvox, but Art3mis soon disables it. The High-5 lead an army of players against IOI's forces. Parzival destroys Samantha's avatar, allowing her to flee from IOI while the High-5 picks her up, and reaches the castle, but Sorrento activates the powerful Cataclyst, which causes them and the rebels to be wiped out. Parzival survives via an extra life coin given to him earlier by the Curator in a bet and plays Adventure, winning the Crystal Key by locating the game's Easter egg. He uses all the keys to unlock the gate, where Anorak offers him to sign a contract. Parzival recognizes it as the one Morrow signed when Halliday forced him out of Gregarious Games and refuses to sign it. Anorak transforms into Halliday, who expresses his regrets in life and awards Parzival the Easter egg.

As Sorrento and Zandor are arrested by the police, having received a recording of the former's confession from Aech, Morrow appears, who is revealed to be the Curator's player. Wade decides to run the OASIS with his friends, inviting Morrow to join them as a consultant. With the OASIS under its new management, IOI's loyalty centers are now barred from accessing it, forcing the company to shut them down and free its servants as the OASIS resumes its operations, but is closed every Tuesday and Thursday so people can spend more time in the real world, including Wade and Samantha, who start a relationship.

Cast

Additional cast

Production

Development and casting

Warner Bros. bought the film rights for producers Dan Farah and Donald De Line in June 2010, one year before the book was published.[27] Ernest Cline was set to write the script for the film, which De Line and Farah would produce.[28] Eric Eason rewrote Cline's script,[29] and Zak Penn was hired to rewrite the previous drafts by Cline and Eason (who became uncredited for the final draft), along with Village Roadshow Pictures coming aboard.[30] Steven Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, which Kristie Macosko Krieger also produced, along with De Line and Farah.[31] Cline and Penn made several revisions while adapting the novel to film. Most of these changes were to eliminate scenes that would be uninteresting in a visual format, such as when Wade beats a high score in Pac-Man, or recites all the lines from the film WarGames.[32][33]

Elle Fanning, Olivia Cooke, and Lola Kirke were the frontrunners for the role of Art3mis;[34] with Cooke announced as having been cast in the role by September 2015.[13] In January 2016, Ben Mendelsohn joined the cast.[14] In February 2016, Tye Sheridan was confirmed to play Wade, after a lengthy casting search for the role.[12] Simon Pegg was added to the cast in March,[17] with Mark Rylance joining in April.[18] By June, T.J. Miller, Hannah John-Kamen, and Win Morisaki had also been cast in the film.[16][21][20] In July, Philip Zhao joined the cast,[19] with Lena Waithe, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, and Letitia Wright being revealed as appearing in the film over time prior to the film's release.[15][23][26][25]

In October 2019, Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan revealed that Jack Nicholson, who portrayed Jack Torrance in The Shining (which is featured as James Halliday's second challenge), was approached to appear in the film, but declined the offer due to his retirement.[35]

Filming

Production was slated to begin in July 2016,[36] but on July 1, 2016, screenwriter Zak Penn confirmed that the first week of filming had already been completed.[37] In August and September 2016, filming took place in Birmingham, England, standing in for Columbus, Ohio.[38] Birmingham filming included on Livery Street in the Jewellery Quarter area of the city, which was used for multiple scenes in the film. Ludgate Hill Car Park lot on Lionel Street, in which caravan homes were partially built, was also used, and a planned explosion there caused some local businesses and residents to call emergency services as no prior notice was given by the production team. Other locations in the city included the former industrial area of Digbeth, and some of the city's landmarks were erased and replaced with CGI buildings to create a dystopian future Ohio.[39][40] Outside of Birmingham, filming also took place at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden and at Solaris House, the former Sun Microsystems headquarters in Surrey.[41][38] Principal photography wrapped on September 27, 2016.[42][43]

Visual effects

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Digital Domain, and Territory Studio developed the visual effects, with some pre-visualization done by The Third Floor.[44][45] For three hours three days a week Spielberg met with ILM, which was in charge of the OASIS segments and produced the bulk of the visual effects shots, with 900 in total; Spielberg remarked that "this is the most difficult movie I've done since Saving Private Ryan", as three 3-hour long meetings a week were necessitated to discuss the visual effects.[43] Visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett stated that the visual effects team would collaborate with Spielberg and writers Cline and Penn:[46]

What we did at one point was to have a card for every single character that we considered to be a "hero" character within the movie, and we put them up on a board and Steven and everyone else spent hours assigning them to scenes. We'd say, "This is where we want whoever it would be … Batman, Chun-Li, or whoever." And then we went through the whole movie doing that. As the scenes developed, we got an understanding of how many characters we needed.
―Roger Guyett


Part of the film takes place in a virtual space based on the Overlook Hotel in the film The Shining. This was mostly a digital recreation using high-quality telecine of the original film, allowing new camera angles and shots that did not appear in the original. Some original footage from The Shining was also used, with ILM's modifications. Only a few scenes in this sequence involved real actors (such as the appearance of the Grady twins) and required reproduction of The Shining's physical sets. The Shining sequence was post-processed with film grain and other aging effects to make the new footage closely resemble the original.[47] During the production of Ready Player One, The VFX team built the sequence the Overlook Hotel in the digital realm. Stanley Kubrick's blueprints were used to recreate the hotel in the film.[48] ILM also had to produce digital versions of the film's many cultural references, including the DeLorean time machine (from the Back to the Future films); the Iron Giant; Chucky; and King Kong, modeled after the 1933 film version.[49] The Tyrannosaurus rex from Jurassic Park was created from the base model ILM had created.[49] Digital Domain facilitated pre-visualization (with The Third Floor), motion capture, and virtual sets, and also created 300 visual effects shots for the primarily live-action portions of the film. The virtual sets were powered by game engines and were used congruently with the motion-capture process, with previsualization supervisor Scott Meadows explaining that in real time Spielberg would "put on a headset and scout the sets and make adjustments."[44][45]

Music

Main article: Ready Player One (soundtrack)

On June 9, 2016, John Williams was initially going to form the film's score.[50] However, in July 2017, Williams left the project in favor of scoring Spielberg's The Post, and Alan Silvestri took over scoring duties for the film.[1] The official score was released by WaterTower Music as a two-CD set on March 30, 2018,[51] with vinyl and cassette releases projected.[52] At Spielberg's request, Silvestri references his own music from Back to the Future within the film's score, as well as quoting music written by other composers including Max Steiner's theme from King Kong, Akira Ifukube’s main theme from Godzilla, and the score by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind from The Shining.[53][54]

Cultural references

Ready Player One pays homage to popular culture from various time periods, mainly the 1970s and 1980s but also extending to the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s] reviewers have identified over a hundred references to films, television shows, music, toys, video games, anime, and comics from these eras.[55][56][57] Cline did not have any issues with these copyrighted elements when he published the book, but was aware that securing all necessary rights would be a major obstacle for a film adaptation. This task was eventually made easier thanks to Spielberg's reputation in the film industry.[32][58][59] In the end, Spielberg estimated that they managed to get about 80% of the copyrighted elements they desired.[32] The production was not able to secure Close Encounters of the Third Kind from Columbia Pictures.[60]

In the book, the Dungeons & Dragons module Tomb of Horrors covers a notable importance, but is not included in the film; it was excluded despite Cline being a fan of Tomb of Horrors, but artwork of the demon from the module is featured on the back of Aech's van.[61]

Similarly Blade Runner, which was integral to the plot of the book, was shelved as Blade Runner 2049 was in production at the same time as Ready Player One and the producers at Alcon Entertainment feared that Spielberg's film could damage the commercial prospects of their film; as a replacement, the creative team had the players play through the events of The Shining, which Spielberg was able to secure the rights to as an homage to his friend Stanley Kubrick.[32] Penn and Cline also thought that the film could be the opportunity to replace such lenghty sequence with a more action-heavy one. Once they settled to use The Shining, they were doubtful at first that Spielberg would accept the change, but Spielberg did go for it.[62] While Cline's original work heavily used the character of Ultraman, the rights over the character were still under legal dispute, requiring them to replace Ultraman with the titular robot from The Iron Giant and RX-78-2 Gundam.[63] Spielberg recognized that his past films were a significant part of the 1980s popular culture cited in the book, and to avoid being accused of "vanity", he opted to remove many of the references to his own work.[64] Cline stated that he believed Spielberg wanted to avoid self-references to films he directed, due to the criticism he received for his film 1941, which lampooned his own previous works Jaws and Duel. Cline said he had to convince Spielberg to include some iconic elements, such as the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future, which Spielberg conceded as the film was one he produced rather than directed.[65] Spielberg also allowed the Tyrannosaurus rex from his own Jurassic Park to be included.[49] Cline also asked ILM to include a reference to Last Action Hero, one of Penn's first screenplays, without Penn's knowledge; a movie marquee in the Manhattan race segment bears the name "Jack Slater", the character Arnold Schwarzenegger played in that film.[66]

Release

Theatrical

Ready Player One was originally scheduled to be released on December 15, 2017.[67] However, on February 9, 2016, the film was delayed to March 30, 2018, to avoid competition with Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[68] In January 2018, it was announced the film's release date had been moved up one day to March 29, 2018.[69] The film had its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018 (as part of the South by Southwest Film Festival).[6] Warner Bros. distributed the film worldwide, with Village Roadshow Pictures distributing in several overseas territories.[70] Around the same time the film was released, massively multi-player online game platform Roblox held an event based on it. The winner of the event was the user r0cu.[71]

Home media

Ready Player One was released on digital copy on July 3, 2018, and on 4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on July 24, 2018.[72] The film debuted at the top of the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, a tracker of combined domestic Blu-Ray and DVD unit sales, for the week ending on July 27, 2018.[73] It retained the No. 1 spot on the chart for the week ending on August 4, 2018.[74]

Reception

Box office

Ready Player One grossed $137.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $445.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $582.9 million.[9] Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film would need to gross at least $440 million in order to break even.[75]

In the United States and Canada, Ready Player One was projected to gross $40–50 million from 4,100 theaters over its first four days.[8] It made $12.1 million on its first day, including $3.75 million from Wednesday night previews. It ended up grossing $41.8 million in its opening weekend (for a four-day total of $53.7 million).[76] The film made $24.6 million in its second weekend, finishing second behind newcomer A Quiet Place, and $11.5 million in its third weekend, finishing in fourth.[77][78]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 72% with an average score of 6.8/10, based on 437 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ready Player One is a sweetly nostalgic thrill ride that neatly encapsulates Spielberg's strengths while adding another solidly engrossing adventure to his filmography."[79] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 56 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[80] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, and those at PostTrak gave the film an 82% overall positive score and a 65% "definite recommend".[75]

In a review for RogerEbert.com, Brian Tallerico wrote that the film's "overwhelming" nature and non-stop action will likely thrill fans of pop culture; while he observed narrative weaknesses, such as a lack of depth among the supporting characters, he felt that they ultimately do not hinder the film from working "on the level of technical, blockbuster mastery that Spielberg helped define".[81] Writing for Variety, Owen Gleiberman called the film a "coruscating explosion of pop-culture eye candy" and found the sequence based on The Shining to be "irresistible". However, he criticized Spielberg's separation of fantasy and reality, and he said the film has "more activity than it does layers".[82] IndieWire's Eric Kohn characterized the film as "an astonishing sci-fi spectacle and a relentless nostalgia trip at once" and praised both the sequence based on The Shining and Penn's screenplay, particularly with respect to Mendelsohn's character. Nevertheless, he remarked that the film "drags a bunch in its final third".[83] Alissa Wilkinson, writing for Vox, praised both the quality and quantity of the world-building. She also commented on just how dystopian the future portrayed is, where the main characters fight to save the OASIS and the escape from reality it represents, with arguably less concern for the problems of the real world.[84] Film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz praised Ready Player One and noted the undercurrent of sadness present in the film, stating that "I don't think Spielberg gets enough credit for making sad films that most people interpret as happy, and complex films that are immediately dismissed as simple or confused".[85][86][87] Seitz concluded that the film "is a mess, but it is a fascinating and complex one..."[88] In March 2019, a year after the film's release, Seitz determined that with Ready Player One's images commenting on capitalism and popular culture, the film was the second-most "interesting [and] substantive" big-budgeted fantasy in 2018 after Black Panther, admitting that "I still think about [Ready Player One] a lot, especially concerning the world around me."[89][90]

Monica Castillo was more critical of the film in her review for The Guardian and drew attention to the absence of character arcs, the lack of resolution for plot holes in the novel, and the bloating of scenes in the film by trivia.[91] Alonso Duralde, writing for TheWrap, found the usage of pop culture references lacking, and found his experience watching the film as "feeling bombarded with images, bored by the lack of an interesting story, and irritated with my own cultural past. I've never been much of a video-game player, but by the finale, I was ready to 'Leeroy Jenkins!' my way out of the theater".[92]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
wikipedia:Teen Choice Awards August 12, 2018 Choice Sci-Fi Movie Ready Player One Nominated [93]
Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor Tye Sheridan Nominated
Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress Olivia Cooke Nominated
Choice Breakout Movie Star Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 13, 2019 Best Visual Effects Ready Player One Nominated [94]
Visual Effects Society Awards February 5, 2019 Outstanding Visual Effects in a
Photoreal Feature
Roger Guyett, Jennifer Meislohn, Dave Shirk,
Matthew E. Butler, Neil Corbould
Nominated [95]
Outstanding Animated Character
in a Photoreal Feature
Dave Shirk, Brian Cantwell, Jung-Seung Hong and
Kim Ooi for "Art3mis"
Nominated
Outstanding Created Environment
in a Photoreal Feature
Mert Yamak, Stanley Wong, Joana Garrido and
Daniel Gagiu for "Overlook Hotel"
Won
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography
in a Photoreal Project
Daniele Bigi, Edmund Kolloen, Mathieu Vig and
Jean-Baptiste Noyau for "New York Race"
Won
Outstanding Model in a
Photoreal or Animated Project
Giuseppe Laterza, Kim Lindqvist, Mauro Giacomazzo
and William Gallyo for "DeLorean DMC-12"
Nominated
Satellite Awards February 17, 2019 Best Visual Effects Ready Player One Nominated [96]
BAFTA Awards February 10, 2019 Best Special Visual Effects Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett,
Dave Shirk
Nominated [97]
Academy Awards February 24, 2019 Best Visual Effects Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and Dave Shirk Nominated [98]
Saturn Awards September 13, 2019 Best Science Fiction Film Ready Player One Won [99]
Best Director Steven Spielberg Nominated
Best Music Alan Silvestri Nominated
Best Special Effects Ready Player One Nominated

Future

Main article: Ready Player Two

When asked about a sequel to the film, Cline stated: "I think there's a good chance that, if this one does well, Warner Bros. will want to make a sequel. I don't know if Steven [Spielberg] would want to dive back in, because he would know what he is getting into. He's said that it's the third-hardest film he's made, out of dozens and dozens of movies".[100][101] Co-star Olivia Cooke, and presumably the rest of the cast, is "contracted to sequels".[102] Cline wrote a book sequel, titled Ready Player Two, which was released on November 24, 2020, stating in the acknowledgments that he had consulted Spielberg on the final draft of the book and where to take an adaptation.[103] On December 22, 2020, Cline announced that a sequel was in the early stages of development.[104]

Gallery

Trivia

  • The sixer vehicles have QR codes on their bonnets that, when scanned, lead to http://www.jointhequest.io; the Innovative Online Industries recruitment site.
  • Movie concept art of Ready Player One were by Eduardo Pena, Emmanuel Shiu, Valentin Petrov, Ulrich Zeidler and Gaëlle Seguillon
  • The WarGames Simulation featured in the Novel was actually seriously considered early on but got scrapped since it wouldn’t fit right.

Differences from the novel

Cameos and other references

Main article: List of cameos in Ready Player One

Notes

References

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1936: The Murder of Dr. HarriganCeiling ZeroFreshman LoveThe Widow from Monte CarloThe Petrified ForestMr. Cohen Takes a WalkMan HuntThe Story of Louis PasteurSong of the SaddleBoulder DamThe Walking DeadColleenRoad GangSnowed UnderThe Singing KidBrides Are Like ThatI Married a DoctorTreachery Rides the RangeTimes Square PlayboyThe Law in Her HandsThe Golden ArrowSons o' GunsBullets or BallotsMurder by an AristocratHearts DividedThe Big NoiseThe White AngelTwo Against the WorldHot MoneySatan Met a LadyEarthworm TractorsPublic Enemy's WifeBengal TigerThe Green PasturesJailbreakThe Case of the Velvet ClawsChina ClipperLove Begins at 20Anthony AdverseTrailin' WestStage StruckGive Me Your HeartDown the StretchCain and MabelIsle of FuryThe Charge of the Light BrigadeHere Comes CarterThe Case of the Black CatCalifornia MailThe Captain's KidThree Men on a HorseFugitive in the SkyPolo JoeKing of HockeyGold Diggers of 1937Great Guy
1937: Guns of the PecosSmart BlondeSing Me a Love SongGod's Country and the WomanOnce a DoctorBlack LegionStolen HolidayThe Great O'MalleyGreen LightHer Husband's SecretaryPenrod and SamMidnight CourtReady, Willing and AbleLand Beyond the LawThe King and the Chorus GirlMen in ExileMarked WomanCall It a DayThat Man's Here AgainMountain JusticeMelody for TwoThe Prince and the PauperThe Cherokee StripDraegerman CourageThe Go GetterKid GalahadThe Case of the Stuttering BishopBlazing SixesFly-Away BabySlimAnother DawnThe Singing MarineEmpty HolstersPublic WeddingMarry the GirlEver Since EveTalent ScoutWhite BondageSan QuentinDance Charlie DanceThe Devil's Saddle LegionThe Footloose HeiressMr. Dodd Takes the AirConfessionVarsity ShowPrairie ThunderWine, Women and HorsesThat Certain WomanBack in CirculationThe Life of Emile ZolaLove Is on the AirThey Won't ForgetOver the GoalThe Perfect SpecimenThe Great GarrickWest of ShanghaiAlcatraz IslandThe Adventurous BlondeIt's Love I'm AfterExpensive HusbandsSubmarine D-1First LadyMissing WitnessesSh! The OctopusShe Loved a FiremanTovarich
1938: Sergeant MurphyThe Patient in Room 18Swing Your LadyHollywood HotelThe Invisible MenaceBlondes at WorkDaredevil DriversGold Is Where You Find ItPenrod and His Twin BrotherA Slight Case of MurderLove, Honor and BehaveHe Couldn't Say NoJezebelOver the WallAccidents Will HappenFools for ScandalWomen Are Like ThatThe Beloved BratTorchy Blane in PanamaThe Adventures of Robin HoodMystery HouseCrime SchoolLittle Miss ThoroughbredGold Diggers in ParisWhen Were You BornWhite BannersCowboy from BrooklynMy BillMen Are Such FoolsRacket BustersPenrod's Double TroubleThe Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseMr. ChumpFour DaughtersBoy Meets GirlFour's a CrowdSecrets of an ActressValley of the GiantsGarden of the MoonBroadway MusketeersThe SistersGirls on ProbationBrother RatHard to GetTorchy Gets Her ManNancy Drew... DetectiveAngels with Dirty FacesComet Over BroadwayHeart of the NorthThe Dawn PatrolGoing Places
1939: Devil's IslandKing of the UnderworldOff the RecordThey Made Me a CriminalTorchy Blane in ChinatownWings of the NavyNancy Drew... ReporterYes, My Darling DaughterSecret Service of the AirThe Oklahoma KidThe Adventures of Jane ArdenBlackwell's IslandOn TrialDodge CityWomen in the WindDark VictoryJuarezConfessions of a Nazi SpyTorchy Runs for MayorSweepstakes WinnerYou Can't Get Away with MurderThe Kid from KokomoCode of the Secret ServiceThe Man Who DaredNancy Drew... Trouble ShooterNaughty but NiceHell's KitchenWaterfrontDaughters CourageousEach Dawn I DieThe Cowboy QuarterbackIndianapolis SpeedwayTorchy Blane... Playing with DynamiteThe Angels Wash Their FacesEverybody's HobbyThe Old MaidNancy Drew and the Hidden StaircaseDust Be My DestinyNo Place to GoEspionage AgentPride of the Blue GrassOn Your ToesSmashing the Money RingThe Roaring TwentiesKid NightingaleThe Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexOn Dress ParadeWe Are Not AloneThe Return of Doctor XPrivate DetectiveThe Mad EmpressSons of the SeaFour WivesInvisible Stripes

1940s
1940: A Child Is BornBrother Rat and a BabyThe Fighting 69thBritish IntelligenceCalling Philo VanceGranny Get Your GunCastle on the HudsonDr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletThree Cheers for the IrishVirginia CityIt All Came TrueKing of the Lumberjacks'Til We Meet AgainAn Angel from TexasTear Gas SquadSaturday's ChildrenFlight AngelsTorrid ZoneMurder in the AirBrother OrchidA Fugitive from JusticeGambling on the High SeasThe Sea HawkAll This, and Heaven TooMy Love Came BackThe Man Who Talked Too MuchLadies Must LiveThey Drive by NightRiver's EndMoney and the WomanFlowing GoldCalling All HusbandsNo Time for ComedyCity for ConquestKnute Rockne, All AmericanA Dispatch from Reuter'sTugboat Annie Sails AgainAlways a BrideEast of the RiverSouth of SuezFather Is a PrinceThe LetterLady with Red HairShe Couldn't Say NoSanta Fe Trail

1941: Four MothersThe Case of the Black ParrotHoneymoon for ThreeHigh SierraFlight from DestinyFather's SonThe Great Mr. NobodyThe Strawberry BlondeShadows on the StairsFootsteps in the DarkHere Comes HappinessThe Sea WolfKnockoutA Shot in the DarkThe Great LieStrange AlibiThe Wagons Roll at NightThieves Fall OutMeet John DoeAffectionately YoursSingapore WomanThe Nurse's SecretMillion Dollar BabyShining VictoryOut of the FogUndergroundKisses for BreakfastThe Bride Came C.O.D.Bullets for O'HaraBad Men of MissouriThree Sons o' GunsHighway WestManpowerInternational SquadronDive BomberThe Smiling GhostNavy BluesNine Lives Are Not EnoughSergeant YorkPassage from Hong KongLaw of the TropicsTarget for TonightThe Maltese FalconOne Foot in HeavenBlues in the NightThey Died with Their Boots OnAll Through the NightThe Body DisappearsSteel Against the SkyDangerously They LiveYou're in the Army Now
1942: The Man Who Came to DinnerWild Bill Hickok RidesThe Prime MinisterAtlantic FerryCaptains of the CloudsBullet ScarsAlways in My HeartThis Was ParisLady GangsterI Was FramedThe Male AnimalMurder in the Big HouseKings RowLarceny, Inc.In This Our LifeJuke GirlSpy ShipYankee Doodle DandyThe Big ShotWings for the EagleEscape from CrimeThe Gay SistersAcross the PacificSecret EnemiesBusses RoarDesperate JourneyYou Can't Escape ForeverNow, VoyagerThe Hidden HandGentleman JimCasablancaGeorge Washington Slept HereFlying Fortress
1943: The Gorilla ManTruck BustersThe Hard WayThe Mysterious DoctorAir ForceEdge of DarknessMission to MoscowAction in the North AtlanticThe Constant NymphPledge to BataanBackground to DangerThis Is the ArmyWatch on the RhineMurder on the WaterfrontThank Your Lucky StarsAdventure in IraqPrincess O'RourkeFind the BlackmailerNorthern PursuitOld AcquaintanceThe Desert SongDestination Tokyo
1944: In Our TimePassage to MarseilleShine On, Harvest MoonUncertain GloryBetween Two WorldsMr. SkeffingtonMake Your Own BedThe Mask of DimitriosThe Adventures of Mark TwainJanieCrime by NightArsenic and Old LaceThe Last RideTo Have and Have NotThe Very Thought of YouThe ConspiratorsThe DoughgirlsHollywood Canteen
1945: Roughly SpeakingObjective, Burma!Hotel BerlinGod Is My Co-PilotThe Horn Blows at MidnightEscape in the DesertPillow to PostConflictThe Corn Is GreenChristmas in ConnecticutPride of the MarinesRhapsody in BlueMildred PierceConfidential AgentDanger SignalToo Young to KnowAppointment in TokyoSan Antonio
1946: My ReputationThree StrangersCinderella JonesSaratoga TrunkDevotionHer Kind of ManOne More TomorrowJanie Gets MarriedA Stolen LifeOf Human BondageTwo Guys from MilwaukeeNight and DayThe Big SleepShadow of a WomanCloak and DaggerDeceptionNobody Lives ForeverNever Say GoodbyeThe VerdictThe Beast with Five FingersHumoresqueThe Time, the Place and the Girl
1947: The Man I LoveNora PrentissThe Two Mrs. CarrollsPursuedThat Way with WomenStallion RoadLove and LearnThe UnfaithfulCheyennePossessedDeep ValleyLife with FatherCry WolfDark PassageThe UnsuspectedThat Hagen GirlEscape Me NeverAlways TogetherThe Voice of the TurtleMy Wild Irish Rose
1948: The Treasure of the Sierra MadreMy Girl TisaThey Made Me a FugitiveApril ShowersWinter MeetingTo the VictorThe Woman in WhiteSilver RiverWallflowerThe Big PunchRomance on the High SeasKey LargoEmbraceable YouRopeTwo Guys from TexasJohnny BelindaSmart Girls Don't TalkJune BrideFighter SquadronAdventures of Don JuanThe Decision of Christopher BlakeWhiplash
1949: One Sunday AfternoonJohn Loves MaryFlaxy MartinSouth of St. LouisA Kiss in the DarkBurma VictoryHomicideMy Dream Is YoursThe Younger BrothersFlamingo RoadNight Unto NightColorado TerritoryOne Last FlingThe FountainheadThe Girl from Jones BeachLook for the Silver LiningIt's a Great FeelingWhite HeatThe House Across the StreetGolden MadonnaTask ForceUnder CapricornBeyond the ForestThe Story of SeabiscuitAlways Leave Them LaughingThe Hasty HeartThe Lady Takes a SailorThe Inspector General

1950s
1950: MontanaBackfireChain LightningYoung Man with a HornPerfect StrangerBarricadeStage FrightThe Daughter of Rosie O'GradyThe Damned Don't CryCagedColt .45This Side of the LawReturn of the FrontiersmanFifty Years Before Your EyesBright LeafThe Flame and the ArrowThe Great Jewel RobberKiss Tomorrow GoodbyeTea for TwoPretty BabyThe Glass MenagerieThe Breaking PointThree SecretsRocky MountainBreakthroughThe West Point StoryHighway 301Dallas

1951: Operation PacificStorm WarningSugarfootThe EnforcerLullaby of BroadwayRaton PassLightning Strikes TwiceOnly the ValiantI Was a Communist for the FBIInside the Walls of Folsom PrisonGoodbye, My FancyAlong the Great DivideStrangers on a TrainFort WorthOn Moonlight BayForce of ArmsJim Thorpe – All-AmericanCaptain Horatio HornblowerA Streetcar Named DesireTomorrow Is Another DayPainting the Clouds with SunshineCome Fill the CupThe Tanks Are ComingClose to My HeartI'll See You in My DreamsStarliftDistant Drums
1952: Room for One MoreThe Big TreesThis Woman Is DangerousRetreat, Hell!Bugles in the AfternoonJack and the BeanstalkMara MaruThe Lion and the HorseThe San Francisco StoryAbout FaceCarson CityThe Winning TeamWhere's Charley?3 for Bedroom CShe's Working Her Way Through CollegeThe Story of Will RogersThe Miracle of Our Lady of FatimaBig Jim McLainCattle TownThe Crimson PirateSpringfield RifleOperation SecretThe Iron MistressStop, You're Killing MeApril in ParisAbbott and Costello Meet Captain KiddThe Jazz Singer
1953: The Man Behind the GunShe's Back on BroadwayI ConfessBy the Light of the Silvery MoonThe Blue GardeniaSo You Want to Learn to DanceTrouble Along the WayThe SystemHouse of WaxThe Desert SongThe Beast from 20,000 FathomsSouth Sea WomanElizabeth Is QueenThe Charge at Feather RiverSo This Is LoveThe Master of BallantraeThe Beggar's OperaPlunder of the SunIsland in the SkyThe MoonlighterA Lion Is in the StreetsBlowing WildThunder Over the PlainsSo BigCalamity JaneThree Sailors and a GirlHondoThe Diamond QueenThe Eddie Cantor Story
1954: His Majesty O'KeefeThe CommandThe Boy from OklahomaCrime WaveDuffy of San QuentinPhantom of the Rue MorgueRiding ShotgunLucky MeDial M for MurderThem!The High and the MightyRing of FearKing Richard and the CrusadersDuel in the JungleDragnetThe Bounty HunterA Star Is BornDrum BeatTrack of the CatThe Silver Chalice
1955: UnchainedYoung at HeartBattle CryNew York ConfidentialMurder Is My BeatEast of EdenStrange Lady in TownThe Sea ChaseTall Man RidingLand of the PharaohsMister RobertsThe Dam BustersPete Kelly's BluesJump into HellThe McConnell StoryBlood AlleyRebel Without a CauseIllegalSincerely YoursI Died a Thousand TimesTarget ZeroThe Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1956: Helen of TroyHell on Frisco BayThe Lone RangerThe River ChangesThe Steel JungleSerenadeMiracle in the RainOur Miss BrooksGood-bye, My LadyThe SearchersThe Animal WorldMoby DickSantiagoSatellite in the SkySeven Men from NowA Cry in the NightThe Bad SeedThe Burning HillsThe Girl He Left BehindToward the UnknownGiantBaby DollThe Wrong Man
1957: Top Secret AffairThe Spirit of St. LouisThe Big LandElena and Her MenDeep AdventureX the UnknownShoot-Out at Medicine BendUntamed YouthThe Counterfeit PlanA Face in the CrowdThe D.I.The Prince and the ShowgirlThe Curse of FrankensteinBand of AngelsThe Rising of the MoonThe Pajama GameWoman in a Dressing GownBlack PatchJohnny TroubleThe Abominable SnowmanThe Helen Morgan StoryThe Black ScorpionThe James Dean StoryThe Story of MankindBombers B-52SayonaraThe Green-Eyed Blonde
1958: The Deep SixDarby's RangersLafayette EscadrilleChase a Crooked ShadowManhunt in the JungleToo Much, Too SoonFort DobbsMarjorie MorningstarStakeout on Dope StreetThe Left Handed GunViolent RoadNo Time for SergeantsDangerous YouthBadman's CountryIndiscreetThe Naked and the DeadWind Across the EvergladesDamn YankeesGirl on the RunThe Old Man and the SeaOnionheadEnchanted IslandHome Before DarkFrom the Earth to the MoonBorn RecklessAuntie Mame
1959: The Hanging TreeUp PeriscopeRio BravoWestboundIsland of Lost WomenGigantis the Fire MonsterThe Young PhiladelphiansTeenagers from Outer SpaceJohn Paul JonesThe Nun's StoryHerculesLook Back in AngerThe FBI Story-30-Yellowstone KellyThe MiracleA Summer Place

1960s
1960: Ice PalaceCash McCallGuns of the TimberlandThe Rise and Fall of Legs DiamondThe Bramble BushThe ThreatThis Rebel BreedThe Cranes Are FlyingTall StorySergeant RutledgeHannibalHercules UnchainedOcean's 11The Crowded SkySunrise at CampobelloThe Dark at the Top of the StairsGirl of the NightThe Sundowners

1961: A Fever in the BloodGold of the Seven SaintsThe Sins of Rachel CadePortrait of a MobsterParrishFannyThe Fabulous World of Jules VerneThe Steel ClawClaudelle InglishSplendor in the GrassThe MaskSusan SladeA Majority of OneThe Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1962: The CouchSamar House of WomenRome AdventureThe Singer Not the SongLad, A DogMerrill's MaraudersThe Music ManGuns of DarknessThe Chapman ReportGay Purr-eeWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?GypsyThe Story of the Count of Monte CristoMalagaDays of Wine and Roses
1963: Term of TrialBlack GoldCritic's ChoiceSpencer's MountainIsland of LovePT-109Wall of NoiseThe CastilianRampageMary, MaryPalm Springs WeekendAmerica AmericaThe Man from Galveston4 for TexasAct One
1964: Dr. CrippenDead RingerThe Incredible Mr. LimpetFBI Code 98A Distant TrumpetRobin and the 7 HoodsEnsign PulverKisses for My PresidentRichard Burton's HamletCheyenne AutumnYoungblood HawkeDear HeartMy Fair LadySex and the Single Girl
1965: Two on a GuillotineNone but the BraveMy Blood Runs ColdBrainstormThe Battle of the Villa FioritaThe Woman Who Wouldn't DieThe Great RaceThe Third DayCatch Us If You CanMurietaMarriage on the RocksLa BohèmeNever Too LateOthelloBattle of the Bulge
1966: Inside Daisy CloverHarperStop the World - I Want to Get OffA Big Hand for the Little LadyWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?A Fine MadnessAn American Dream'KaleidoscopeAny WednesdayChamber of HorrorsNot with My Wife, You Don't!Once Before I DieYou're a Big Boy Now
1967: HotelFirst to FightThe Corrupt OnesA Covenant with DeathThe MikadoThe Cool OnesThe Family WayUp the Down StaircaseTriple CrossThe Naked RunnerBonnie and ClydeThe BoboReflections in a Golden EyeCamelotWait Until DarkCool Hand LukeIt!The Frozen Dead
1968: The Vengeance of Fu ManchuFirecreekFlaming FrontierCountdownThe FoxSweet NovemberThe Shuttered RoomBye Bye BravermanThe Young Girls of RochefortKona CoastThe Double ManChubascoPetuliaThe Devil in LoveThe Green BeretsThe Heart Is a Lonely HunterRachel, RachelHugo and JosephineFinian's RainbowBullittI Love You, Alice B. Toklas!Assignment to KillThe Sea GullThe Sergeant
1969: They Came to Rob Las VegasDracula Has Risen from the GraveThe Trygon FactorThe Big Bounce2000 Years LaterThe Illustrated ManThe Sweet Body of DeborahThe Big CubeThe Wild BunchThe Learning TreeThe Rain PeopleOn My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...The Valley of GwangiThe Great Bank RobberyThe Good Guys and the Bad GuysThe Madwoman of ChaillotOnce You Kiss a StrangerThe ArrangementThe Damned80 Steps to Jonah

1970s
1970: Last of the Mobile Hot ShotsStart the Revolution Without MeFrankenstein Must Be DestroyedMoon Zero TwoWoodstockThe PhynxThe Ballad of Cable HogueTaste the Blood of DraculaChisumPerformanceWhich Way to the Front?Rabbit, RunTrogThe Rise and Rise of Michael RimmerFlapThere Was a Crooked Man...

1971: The Priest's WifeTHX 1138When Dinosaurs Ruled the EarthSummer of '42Billy JackDeath in VeniceMcCabe & Mrs. MillerKluteDusty and Sweets McGeeThe DevilsThe Omega ManAnd the Crows Will Dig Your GraveMedicine Ball CaravanSkin GameZeppelinMan in the WildernessA Clockwork OrangeDirty Harry
1972: The CowboysSnow JobDealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag BluesWhat's Up, Doc?Malcolm XAdam's WomanGet to Know Your RabbitPortnoy's ComplaintThe CandidateCome Back, Charleston BlueA Fan's NotesDeliveranceCry for Me, BillySuper FlyCancel My ReservationThe EmigrantsDracula A.D. 1972RageCrescendoJeremiah Johnson
1973: Steelyard BluesThe Train RobbersThe Thief Who Came to DinnerKing BoxerClass of '44ScarecrowThe Last of SheilaBlume in LoveO Lucky Man!Cahill U.S. MarshalCleopatra JonesThe Mackintosh ManEnter the DragonDay for NightMean StreetsBadlandsThe All-American BoyThe New LandJimi HendrixThe Deadly TrackersAmarcordMagnum ForceThe ExorcistTreasure Island
1974: Sacred Knives of VengeanceBlack Belt JonesMcQBlazing SaddlesMameOur TimeWelcome to Arrow BeachBlack EyeZandy's BrideCrazeThe Terminal ManOliver TwistUptown Saturday NightBlack SamsonIt's AliveHangupThe AbdicationAnimals Are Beautiful PeopleThe Towering InfernoBlack ChristmasFreebie and the Bean
1975: Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreRafferty and the Gold Dust TwinsThe Prisoner of Second AvenueThe YakuzaLepkeDoc Savage: The Man of BronzeThe Wicker ManNight MovesThe Drowning PoolCleopatra Jones and the Casino of GoldDog Day AfternoonLisztomaniaLet's Do It AgainOperation DaybreakThe Ultimate WarriorFrom Beyond the GraveBarry Lyndon
1976: Inside OutCatherine & Co.Hot PotatoSparkleAll the President's MenOde to Billy JoeThe Outlaw Josey WalesThe Gumball RallyThe RitzSt. IvesThe Killer Inside MeLed Zeppelin: The Song Remains the SameA Star Is BornThe Enforcer
1977: The Late ShowBrothersViva Knievel!Exorcist II: The HereticGreased LightningOutlaw BluesOne on OneBobby DeerfieldOh, God!A Piece of the ActionStarship InvasionsThe PackThe Goodbye GirlThe Gauntlet
1978: A Night Full of RainAn Enemy of the PeopleCrossed SwordsStraight TimeThe Medusa TouchIt Lives AgainThe Sea GypsiesBig WednesdayCapricorn OneThe SwarmHooperGirlfriendsWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?BloodbrothersThe Great Bank HoaxMovie MovieSupermanEvery Which Way but Loose
1979: AgathaBoulevard NightsAshantiTiltA Little RomanceOver the EdgeBeyond the Poseidon AdventureThe In-LawsThe Main EventThe WanderersThe Frisco KidLife of BrianTime After TimeThe Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie10JesusThe Great SantiniPromises in the DarkGoing in Style

1980s
1980: Just Tell Me What You WantSimonThe Ninth ConfigurationWhen Time Ran OutTom HornGilda LiveDie LaughingHeart BeatFriday the 13thThe ShiningUp the AcademyBronco BillyNo NukesHoneysuckle RoseCaddyshackThe Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuThe Big BrawlAC/DC: Let There Be RockDivine MadnessThe First Deadly SinOne-Trick PonyOh, God! Book IIPrivate BenjaminThe AwakeningAny Which Way You CanFirst FamilyAltered States

1981: The Man Who Saw TomorrowSphinxBack RoadsEyes of a StrangerThis Is ElvisExcaliburThe HandOutlandSuperman IIArthurWolfenUnder the RainbowPrince of the CityBody HeatSo FineLookerThe Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny MovieRolloverSharky's Machine
1982: Personal BestTragedy of a Ridiculous ManDeathtrapChariots of FireSoup for OneMad Max 2The Escape ArtistFirefoxBlade RunnerA Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyThe World According to GarpNight ShiftHammettHey Good Lookin'Love ChildCreepshowFive Days One SummerBugs Bunny's Third Movie: 1001 Rabbit TalesHonkytonk ManBest Friends
1983: Independence DayLocal HeroTable for FiveLovesickHigh Road to ChinaThe OutsidersDeadly EyesBetter Late Than NeverBlue Skies AgainThe Man with Two BrainsSuperman IIITwilight Zone: The MovieStroker Ace (International) • ZeligNational Lampoon's VacationTwice Upon a TimeDaffy Duck's Fantastic IslandRisky BusinessCujoNever Say Never AgainThe Right StuffDeal of the CenturyStar 80Of Unknown OriginSudden Impact
1984: LassiterMike's MurderPolice AcademyPurple HeartsGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesSwing ShiftFinders KeepersOnce Upon a Time in AmericaGremlinsCannonball Run IIThe NeverEnding StoryPurple RainGrandview, U.S.A.TightropeCalWindy CityIrreconcilable DifferencesThe Little Drummer GirlAmerican DreamerThe Killing FieldsOh, God! You DevilRazorbackCity HeatProtocol
1985: FandangoVision QuestBeyond the WallsLost in AmericaPolice Academy 2: Their First AssignmentLadyhawkeSeven Minutes in HeavenCracking UpDoin' TimeThe GooniesPale RiderMad Max: Beyond ThunderdomeNational Lampoon's European VacationSesame Street Presents Follow That BirdPee-wee's Big AdventureAmerican FlyersThe ProtectorMishima: A Life in Four ChaptersBetter Off DeadAfter HoursKrush GrooveEleniTargetRainbow Brite and the Star StealerSpies Like UsThe Color PurpleRevolution
1986: The Clan of the Cave BearWildcatsThe Frog PrincePolice Academy 3: Back in TrainingThe Flight of DragonsMr. LoveCobraUnder the Cherry MoonClub ParadiseOne Crazy SummerA Man and a Woman: 20 Years LaterKnights & EmeraldsRound MidnightTrue StoriesDeadly FriendRatboyThe MissionThe Mosquito CoastHeartbreak RidgeLittle Shop of Horrors
1987: Instant JusticeOver the TopLethal WeaponBurglarPolice Academy 4: Citizens on PatrolCreepshow 2It's Alive III: Island of the AliveA Return to Salem's LotThe Witches of EastwickFull Metal JacketInnerspaceSuperman IV: The Quest for PeaceThe Lost BoysWho's That GirlDisorderliesSurrenderNutsEmpire of the Sun
1988: FranticMovingStand and DeliverPolice Academy 5: Assignment Miami BeachBeetlejuiceAbove the LawFunny FarmArthur 2: On the RocksThe Dead PoolCaddyshack IIClean and SoberStealing HomeHot to TrotRunning on EmptyCrossing DelanceyGorillas in the MistDaffy Duck's QuackbustersBirdImagine: John LennonClara's HeartThelonious Monk: Straight, No ChaserFedsMoonwalkerEverybody's All-AmericanA Cry in the DarkTequila SunriseDangerous LiaisonsThe Accidental Tourist
1989: Her AlibiBert Rigby, You're a FoolLean on MePolice Academy 6: City Under SiegeDead BangDead CalmSee You in the MorningChecking OutHow to Get Ahead in AdvertisingPink CadillacBatmanLethal Weapon 2Young EinsteinCookiePenn & Teller Get KilledIn CountryNext of KinSecond SightNational Lampoon's Christmas VacationDriving Miss DaisyRoger & MeThe DelinquentsTango & Cash

1990s
1990: Men Don't LeaveHard to KillJoe Versus the VolcanoLambadaImpulseGremlins 2: The New BatchQuick ChangePresumed InnocentMy Blue HeavenDreamsThe WitchesWhite Hunter, Black HeartGoodfellasListen Up: The Lives of Quincy JonesMemphis BelleReversal of FortuneGraffiti BridgeThe Nutcracker PrinceThe RookieThe Sheltering SkyThe Bonfire of the Vanities

1991: HamletThe NeverEnding Story II: The Next ChapterNothing but TroubleNew Jack CityIf Looks Could KillGuilty by SuspicionDefending Your LifeOut for JusticeBorn to RideSwitchDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's DeadRobin Hood: Prince of ThievesDoc HollywoodRover DangerfieldGoing UnderShowdown in Little TokyoDogfightRicochetOther People's MoneyCurly SueStrictly BusinessMeeting VenusThe Last Boy ScoutJFKUntil the End of the World
1992: FreejackHurricane SmithFinal AnalysisThe Mambo KingsMemoirs of an Invisible ManThe Power of OneLadybugsCity of JoyWhite SandsTurtle BeachLethal Weapon 3Class ActBatman ReturnsMom and Dad Save the WorldUnforgivenStay TunedChristopher Columbus: The DiscoverySouth CentralSinglesInnocent BloodUnder SiegePure CountryPassenger 57The Last of the MohicansMalcolm XThe BodyguardForever Young
1993: SommersbyFalling DownPoint of No ReturnThe CrushThis Boy's LifeBoiling PointDaveMade in AmericaDennis the MenaceFree WillyThat NightThe FugitiveThe Secret GardenThe Man Without a FaceTrue RomanceAirborneM. ButterflyDemolition ManFearlessMr. WonderfulKikaThe Saint of Fort WashingtonA Perfect WorldThe NutcrackerThe Pelican BriefWrestling Ernest HemingwayBatman: Mask of the PhantasmGrumpy Old MenHeaven & Earth
1994: Body SnatchersThe Legend of Drunken MasterAce Ventura: Pet DetectiveOn Deadly GroundThe Hudsucker ProxyMajor League IIThumbelinaChasersWith HonorsBeing HumanReckless KellyMaverickWyatt EarpThe ClientBlack BeautyWar of the ButtonsPolice Academy: Mission to Moscow Natural Born KillersArizona DreamRapa NuiTrial by JuryThe New AgeSecond BestThe SpecialistA Troll in Central ParkLittle GiantsImaginary CrimesLove AffairSilent FallInterview with the VampireCobbDisclosureRichie Rich
1995: Murder in the FirstBoys on the SideJust CauseOutbreakBorn to Be WildThe Pebble and the PenguinA Little PrincessThe Bridges of Madison CountyBatman ForeverUnder Siege 2: Dark TerritoryFree Willy 2: The Adventure HomeSomething to Talk AboutThe Amazing Panda AdventureThe Stars Fell on HenriettaAssassinsEmpire RecordsCopycatLes MisérablesFair GameAce Ventura: When Nature CallsIt Takes TwoThe Snow QueenHeatGrumpier Old Men
1996: Two If by SeaBig BullyThe NeverEnding Story III: Escape from FantasiaExecutive DecisionDiaboliqueTwisterEraserA Time to KillJoe's ApartmentTin CupCarpoolSweet NothingBogusSurviving PicassoThe Glimmer ManThe ProprietorMichael CollinsSleepersNorth StarSunchaserBad MoonSpace JamMars Attacks!My Fellow AmericansThe Snow Queen's Revenge
1997: Vegas VacationRosewoodSelenaCats Don't DanceAnna KareninaMurder at 1600ShilohFathers' DayAddicted to LoveBatman & RobinWild AmericaContactThe Swan Princess: Escape from Castle MountainOne Eight SevenFree Willy 3: The RescueConspiracy TheorySteelFire Down BelowL.A. ConfidentialTrojan WarThe Fearless FourLive FleshThe Devil's AdvocateBreaking UpFairyTale: A True StoryMad CityThe Man Who Knew Too LittleMidnight in the Garden of Good and EvilThe Postman
1998: FallenSphereDangerous BeautyU.S. MarshalsIncognitoThe Butcher BoyCity of AngelsMajor League: Back to the MinorsTarzan and the Lost CityQuest for CamelotAlmost HeroesA Perfect MurderLethal Weapon 4The NegotiatorThe AvengersWrongfully AccusedWhy Do Fools Fall in LoveWithout LimitsPractical MagicSoldierHome FriesJack FrostYou've Got Mail
1999: PaybackMessage in a BottleAnalyze ThisThe King and ITrue CrimeThe MatrixGoodbye LoverAll About My MotherLost & FoundWild Wild WestSouth Park: Bigger, Longer & UncutShiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonEyes Wide ShutDeep Blue SeaThe Iron GiantMickey Blue EyesA Dog of FlandersChill FactorButterfly's TongueThree KingsThe Story of UsThree to TangoHouse on Haunted HillPokémon: The First MovieLiberty HeightsThe Green MileAny Given SundayMan on the MoonThe Big Tease

2000s
2000: My Dog SkipThe Whole Nine YardsRomeo Must DieReady to RumbleGossipBattlefield EarthThe Perfect StormThe In CrowdPokémon: The Movie 2000Space CowboysThe ReplacementsThe Art of WarBaitInto the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the KindertransportBest in ShowGet CarterPay It ForwardRed PlanetProof of LifeMiss Congeniality

2001: The PledgeValentineSweet November3000 Miles to GracelandSee Spot RunExit WoundsPokémon 3: The MovieDrivenThe DishAngel EyesSwordfishProximityA.I. Artificial IntelligenceCats & DogsOsmosis JonesAmerican OutlawsSummer CatchRock StarHearts in AtlantisTraining DayThirteen GhostsHeistHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneThe Affair of the NecklaceMinoesOcean's ElevenThe MajesticCharlotte Gray
2002: A Walk to RememberCollateral DamageQueen of the DamnedThe Time MachineShowtimeTalk to HerDeath to SmoochyMy Big Fat Greek WeddingMurder by NumbersThe Salton SeaInsomniaDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodScooby-DooJuwanna MannThe Powerpuff Girls MovieEight Legged FreaksBlood WorkThe Adventures of Pluto NashFeardotComCity by the SeaBallistic: Ecks vs. SeverMondays in the SunWhite OleanderWelcome to CollinwoodGhost ShipFemme FataleHarry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsAnalyze ThatTwo Weeks Notice
2003: It Can't Be All Our FaultKangaroo JackGods and GeneralsCradle 2 the GraveDreamcatcherBlue Collar Comedy Tour: The MovieWhat a Girl WantsA Mighty WindMalibu's Most WantedThe Matrix ReloadedThe In-LawsThe AnimatrixAlex and EmmaTerminator 3: Rise of the MachinesI'll Be ThereGrindMatchstick MenSmall VoicesMystic RiverThe Matrix RevolutionsLooney Tunes: Back in ActionGothikaThe Last SamuraiSomething's Gotta GiveLove Don't Cost a Thing
2004: Chasing LibertyTorqueThe Big BounceClifford's Really Big MovieStarsky & HutchSpartanTaking LivesBad EducationScooby-Doo 2: Monsters UnleashedThe Whole Ten YardsNew York MinuteTroyHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHouse of Flying DaggersA Cinderella StoryCatwomanYu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of LightExorcist: The BeginningLaura's StarThe Polar ExpressAlexanderOcean's TwelveMillion Dollar BabyThe Aviator
2005: Racing StripesThe Phantom of the OperaConstantineMiss Congeniality 2: Armed and FabulousHouse of WaxDominion: Prequel to the ExorcistThe Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsBatman BeginsCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryThe IslandMust Love DogsThe Dukes of HazzardA Sound of ThunderCorpse BrideThe Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious IslandDumaKiss Kiss Bang BangNorth CountryHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireSyrianaRumor Has ItThe Thief LordFirewall
2006: The Thief LordFirewallDeep Sea 3D16 BlocksV for VendettaVolverATLPoseidonSaving ShilohThe Lake HouseDeath NoteSuperman ReturnsLady in the WaterThe Ant BullyBeerfestThe Wicker ManThe DepartedPan's LabyrinthThe PrestigeFlags of Our FathersDeath Note 2: The Last NameGoya's GhostsHappy FeetThe FountainBlood DiamondUnaccompanied MinorsLetters from Iwo JimaWe Are Marshall
2007: The ReefMusic and LyricsThe Astronaut FarmerZodiac300TMNTThe ReapingAqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for TheatersIn the Land of WomenLucky YouOcean's ThirteenNancy DrewLicense to WedHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixNo ReservationsThe InvasionThe OrphanageThe Brave OneThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordMichael ClaytonReturn to House on Haunted HillFred ClausBeowulfAugust RushBen 10: Race Against TimeI Am LegendP.S. I Love YouSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetThe Bucket List
2008: One Missed CallFool's GoldL: Change the World10,000 BCBroken AngelThe Red BaronHarold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo BaySpeed RacerSex and the CityGet SmartKit Kittredge: An American GirlJourney to the Center of the EarthThe Dark KnightThe Sky CrawlersThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2Star Wars: The Clone WarsThe WomenNights in RodantheAppaloosaRocknRollaBody of LiesPride and GloryIchiSlumdog MillionaireFour ChristmasesGran Torino ½ Knights: In Search of the Ravishing Princess HerzelindeYes Man The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009: The Ramen GirlInkheartThe Secret of MoonacreHe's Just Not That Into YouFriday the 13thMord ist mein Geschäft, LieblingWatchmenObserve and Report17 AgainCoco Before ChanelGhosts of Girlfriends PastGoemonChériTerminator SalvationThe HangoverThe Cell 2My Sister's KeeperHarry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceOrphanThe Time Traveler's WifeSummer WarsShortsThe Final DestinationWhiteoutThe Informant!The FirmThe Hills Run RedThe Invention of LyingTrick 'r TreatWhere the Wild Things AreMicmacsThe BoxBen 10: Alien SwarmThe Blind SideNinja AssassinThe Descent Part 212 Paces Without a HeadInvictusSherlock Holmes

2010s
2010: The Book of EliEdge of DarknessValentine's DayCop OutAtithi Tum Kab Jaoge?HubbleLahoreTekkenTurk's HeadClash of the TitansJaane Kahan Se Aayi HaiThe LosersBird IdolCenturionA Nightmare on Elm StreetSex and the City 2SpliceOutrageJonah HexInceptionCats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreFlippedLottery TicketThe IllusionistNo eres tú, soy yoGoing the DistanceThe TownLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleLife as We Know ItYoung Goethe in LoveRamayana: The EpicMahpeyker: Kösem SultanThe Incite MillDus TolaHereafterDue DateTi presento un amicoHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1Phas Gaye Re ObamaThree Steps Above HeavenHunting SeasonVater MorganaLa bellezza del somaroYogi BearThe Last Circus

2011: 127 HoursCousinhoodThe RiteKokowäähHow to Get Rid of CelluliteUtt PataangHall PassAnd Then What?IroncladRed Riding HoodKolpaçino: BombaSucker PunchArthurBorn to Be WildSomething BorrowedTürkanThe Hangover Part IIGreen LanternNicostratos the PelicanHorrible BossesHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2Crazy, Stupid, LoveFinal Destination 5The Skin I Live InContagionTop Cat: The MovieDolphin TaleDream HouseThe ArtistThe Worst Week of My LifeA Very Harold & Kumar ChristmasJ. EdgarHappy Feet TwoBlack GoldMy Grandfather's PeopleDam 999New Year's EveSherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2012: Joyful NoiseJourney 2: The Mysterious IslandLoveGhost Rider: Spirit of VengeanceProject XWrath of the TitansThe Lucky OneTo the Arctic 3DDark ShadowsChernobyl DiariesRock of AgesMagic MikeThe Dark Knight RisesThe CampaignThe ApparitionRurouni KenshinNow Is GoodTrouble with the CurveÇanakkale ÇocuklarıGuardiansArgoOğlum Bak GitMeasuring the WorldCloud AtlasDance with the Jackals 2 (Çakallarla Dans 2: Hastasıyız Dede)The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyLudwig II
2013: Gangster SquadMiffy the MovieBullet to the HeadBeautiful CreaturesA Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of EndymionJack the Giant SlayerHititya: Madalyonun SırrıI'm So Excited!Gallipoli: End of the RoadThe Incredible Burt WonderstoneThe Last DaysSelam42Shield of StrawThe Great GatsbyThe Hangover Part IIIMan of SteelGintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever YorozuyaPacific RimThe ConjuringWe're the MillersFamily UnitedUnforgivenPrisonersGravityVay Başıma GelenlerR100MindscapeFrau EllaIt All Began When I Met YouThe Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugHerKedi ÖzlediGrudge MatchSenin Hikayen - Your Story
2014: Kadın İşi: Banka SoygunuBlack ButlerJoy of FatherhoodThe LEGO MovieWinter's TaleA Small September AffairRecep İvedik 4300: Rise of an EmpireVeronica MarsZaman Makinesi 1973Island of Lemurs: MadagascarHayat Sana GüzelTranscendencePanzehir - The AntidoteGodzillaBlendedEdge of TomorrowJersey BoysTammyInto the StormWild TalesIf I StayDolphin Tale 2Dabbe: Zehr-i CinThis Is Where I Leave YouMarshlandThe MissionariesComing SoonAnnabelleThe Good LieThe JudgeComing InInterstellarHorrible Bosses 2Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission ImplausibleHadi İnşallah - Let's Hope SoGet SantaInherent ViceKırımlıHead Full of HoneyThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesAmerican SniperYusuf Yusuf
2015: Mazlum KuzeyKöstebekgiller: Perili OrmanSevimli TehlikeliJupiter AscendingTraumfrauenFocus8 SaniyeOff CourseRun All NightThe MannyGet HardGhosthunters: On Icy TrailsLost RiverPolis Akademisi: AlaturkaThe Water DivinerHot PursuitNothing in ReturnMad Max: Fury RoadSan AndreasEntourageBatkid BeginsMaxMagic Mike XXLThe GallowsVacationThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.We Are Your FriendsSpy TimeThe HiddenBlack MassThe InternRetributionPanGit BaşımdanTop Cat BeginsOur Brand Is CrisisThe 33CreedIn the Heart of the SeaI'm Off ThenPoint BreakPalm Trees in the SnowDelibal
2016: Köstebekgiller 2: Gölgenin TılsımıHer Şey AşktanHow to Be SingleOsman PazarlamaMidnight SpecialSeytan TüyüBatman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeJulietaThe Man Who Knew InfinityBarbershop: The Next CutAt the End of the TunnelKeanuTerra FormarsThe Nice GuysMe Before YouThe Conjuring 2Central IntelligenceThe Legend of TarzanLights OutSuicide SquadWar DogsThe Age of ShadowsSullySMS für DichStorksThe Girl with All the GiftsCanım Kardeşim BenimThe AccountantWithinMay God Save UsRus'un OyunuMuseumFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemVillaviciosa de al ladoMonster Strike The MovieCollateral BeautyLive by NightVier gegen die Bank
2017: The Invisible GuestThe LEGO Batman MovieFist FightA Single RiderKanavu VariyamKong: Skull IslandCHiPsGoing in StyleKırık Kalpler BankasıWolves at the DoorUnforgettableBlade of the ImmortalMax 2: White House HeroKing Arthur: Legend of the SwordEverything, EverythingThe SummitWonder WomanMemoirs of a MurdererThe HouseGintamaDunkirkJoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter IAnnabelle: CreationThe Nut Job 2: Nutty by NatureMonster FamilyBingo: O Rei das ManhãsItThe LEGO Ninjago MovieBlade Runner 2049Toc TocComo se tornar o pior aluno da escolaGeostormAyla: The Daughter of WarMy TeacherJustice LeagueIn the FadeThe Disaster ArtistWonder WheelForget About NickFather FiguresNaples in Veils
2018: Paddington 212 StrongThe 15:17 to ParisGame NightTomb RaiderReady Player OneRampageLife of the PartyRainbow DaysOcean's 8Maybe a Love StoryTagBleachTeen Titans Go! To the MoviesKabir AzabıThe MegCrazy Rich AsiansThe NunThe AccusedReal GirlSmallfootA Star Is BornFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldCreed IIMowgli: Legend of the JungleExterminadores do Além Contra a Loira do BanheiroHead Full of HoneyThey Shall Not Grow OldThe MuleAquaman
2019: White SnakeThe LEGO Movie 2: The Second PartIsn't It RomanticThe Golden GloveNancy Drew and the Hidden StaircaseShazam!The Curse of La LloronaThe WonderlandDetective PikachuThe Sun Is Also a StarGodzilla: King of the MonstersShaftAnnabelle Comes HomeThe KitchenBlinded by the LightThe InformerIt Chapter TwoThe GoldfinchThe Battle of JangsariJokerWestern StarsMotherless BrooklynDoctor SleepMy ZoeThe Good LiarRichard JewellJust MercyWhen Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

2020s
2020: Birds of PreyThe Way BackScoob!An American PickleBill & Ted Face the MusicTenetUnpregnantCharm City KingsThe WitchesSuperintelligenceLet Them All TalkWonder Woman 1984

2021: Locked DownThe Little ThingsJudas and the Black MessiahTom & JerryZack Snyder's Justice LeagueGodzilla vs. KongMortal KombatRurouni Kenshin: The FinalThose Who Wish Me DeadThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do ItDream HorseRurouni Kenshin: The BeginningIn the HeightsNo Sudden MoveTokyo RevengersSpace Jam: A New LegacyThe Suicide SquadReminiscenceMalignantCry MachoThe Many Saints of NewarkDuneKing Richard8-Bit ChristmasBoxing DayThe Matrix Resurrections
2022: The FalloutParallel MothersKimiThe DukeThe BatmanThe Nan MovieMoonshotNavalnyFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of DumbledoreOperation MincemeatBubbleFullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter – The Avenger ScarFather of the BrideElvisFullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter – The Last TransmutationNotre-Dame on FireDC League of Super-PetsDon't Worry DarlingThe Lost KingEmilyBlack AdamA Christmas Story ChristmasBones and AllHoliday HarmonyA Christmas MysteryA Hollywood Christmas
2023: House PartyMagic Mike's Last DanceMummiesCreed IIIShazam! Fury of the GodsAirEvil Dead RiseThe FlashBarbieMeg 2: The TrenchBlue BeetleThe Nun 2WonkaAquaman and the Lost KingdomThe Color Purple

Upcoming
Dune: Part TwoMickey 17Godzilla x Kong: The New EmpireChallengersFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaThe WatchersHorizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1TwistersTrapHorizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2Beetlejuice 2Joker: Folie à DeuxAlto KnightsThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimMortal Kombat 2MinecraftSuperman: LegacyThe Batman – Part IIThe AuthorityThe Brave and the BoldSupergirl: Woman of TomorrowSwamp ThingFunko