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Exclusive Interview – Author Ernest Cline on Ready Player One and working with Steven Spielberg

March 28, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Coinciding with its UK release, Flickering Myth’s Thomas Harris has been chatting to author Ernest Cline about Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed adaptation of his cult novel Ready Player One, and collaborating with Spielberg on the movie; watch the interview below, or check it out over on our YouTube channel here…

SEE ALSO: Steven Spielberg’s involvement allowed Ready Player One to be crammed with pop-culture references, according to writer Zak Penn

SEE ALSO: Read our reviews of Ready Player One here, here and here

Ready Player One is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse.  But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance).  When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world.  When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.

Ready Player One sees Steven Spielberg (The BFG) directing a cast that includes Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse) as Parzival, Olivia Cooke (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) as Art3mis, Lena Waithe (Master of Nine) as Aech, Simon Pegg (Star Trek Beyond) as Ogden Morrow, Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) as Nolan Sorrento, T.J. Miller (Deadpool) as i-R0k, Hannah John-Kamen (Game of Thrones) as F’Nale Zandor, Win Morisaki as Diato, newcomer Philip Zhao as Shoto and Mark Rylance (The BFG) as James Halliday.

Filed Under: Exclusives, Gary Collinson, Interviews, Movies, Thomas Harris Tagged With: Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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