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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 […]

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

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

March 29, 2018 by Jordan Jones

One of the best aspects of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is its unabashed affection for the past. Reading the book feels like a freefall into the 1980s, with each page packed to the brim with nostalgia. With that said, any film adaptation of Ready Player One would need access to this wealth of pop-culture […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg, Zak Penn

Ready Player One to win Easter weekend with $42 million at the box office

March 28, 2018 by Samuel Brace

Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is looking to come out of the Easter weekend the victor with a projected $42 million at the US box office. Now that Black Panther is finally slowing down at the box office, other movies are starting to come into the frame. Once such feature is Ready Player One, the […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian and Javier Bardem team for miniseries Cortes

March 27, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Amazon Studios is reteaming Schindler’s List director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Steven Zaillian for Cortes, a new four-hour miniseries based around the exploits of the legendary Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. Created for television and written by Zaillian from an original screenplay by Dalton Trumbo (Roman Holiday), Cortes will see Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Cortes, Javier Bardem, Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian

Steven Spielberg won’t ‘George Lucas’ any more of his old films after E.T. backlash

March 25, 2018 by Gary Collinson

While his good pal George Lucas was fond of tweaking his Star Wars movies at every available opportunity, Steven Spielberg has revealed that he has no plans to revisit and digitally ‘enhance’ any of his old films after the backlash he received for doing just that to the 1982 classic E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. “I got […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg praises Marvel’s Black Panther and its cultural significance

March 25, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Marvel has scored a huge success this year with Black Panther. Not only has it proven to be a enormous hit at the box office, striking a chord with filmgoers to the tune of over $1.2 billion worldwide (not to mention topping the domestic haul of The Avengers to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Black Panther, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg insists Peter Jackson’s Tintin sequel “is not dead”

March 24, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

At the moment we’re getting a lot of exposure to one of the greatest directors of all time, as Steven Spielberg continues to do the rounds on the Ready Player One (read our review here) press circuit. Now, in-between discussing whether Netflix movies deserve awards recognition, or the importance of the MeToo movement, Spielberg has squeezed […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Tintin

Second Opinion – Ready Player One (2018)

March 24, 2018 by Rafael Motamayor

Ready Player One, 2018. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Hannah John-Kamen, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, Win Morisaki, and Philip Zhao. SYNOPSIS: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all […]

Filed Under: Movies, Rafael Motamayor, Reviews Tagged With: Ben Mendelsohn, Hannah John-Kamen, Lena Waithe, Mark Rylance, Mckenna Grace, olivia cooke, Philip Zhao, Ralph Ineson, Ready Player One, Simon Pegg, Steven Spielberg, Win Morisaki

Check out an IMAX featurette for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One

March 24, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

With exactly a week to go until Ready Player One arrives in cinemas, IMAX has released a behind the scenes featurette for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Ernest Cline’s cult novel which includes interviews with director Steven Spielberg, author Cline, stars Lena Waithe, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, and Ben Mendelsohn, producers Kristie Macosko Krieger, Donald […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Ben Mendelsohn, Ernest Cline, Lena Waithe, olivia cooke, Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg, Tye Sheridan

Ready Player One gets yet another poster

March 23, 2018 by Ricky Church

Hot off the heels of a newly released poster, Warner Bros. has released yet another one-sheet for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. Instead of taking inspiration from several cult 80s film classics, the new poster features the main cast on the film and their online avatars. Check it out here… Ready Player One is set in […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Ben Mendelsohn, Ernest Cline, Lena Waithe, olivia cooke, Ready Player One, Simon Pegg, Steven Spielberg, T.J. Miller, Tye Sheridan, Warner Bros.

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