Draft:Ready Player Two (film)

Ready Player Two
Based onReady Player Two
by Ernest Cline
Produced bySteven Spielberg
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CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ready Player Two is an upcoming American science fiction action-adventure film based on Ernest Cline's 2020 novel of the same name. It serves as the sequel to the 2018 film Ready Player One.

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Right after the release of Ready Player One, Ernest Cline said he was working on a sequel.[1][2] For 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".[3][4] Zak Penn, who wrote the film adaptation of the novel alongside Cline, spend time with Cline discussing the possibilities of a film adaptation for the sequel novel, expressing interest in returning to write such film.[5] Co-star Olivia Cooke, and presumably the rest of the cast, is "contracted to sequels".[6] In December 2020, during an interview with Inverse, Cline stated that a film adaptation of the sequel novel is in early stages given Hollywood's frozen state due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

In March 2024, Spielberg confirmed that he would not be directing the film, but would only serve as a producer.[8]

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  1. ^ "Ernie Cline Reportedly Writing Ready Player One Sequel". /Film. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  2. ^ "Ready Player One Is Getting A Sequel". CINEMABLEND. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  3. ^ Radish, Christina (2018-03-29). "Ernest Cline on 'Ready Player One', Working with Spielberg, and Hopes for a Sequel". Collider. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  4. ^ "There Could Actually Be A Ready Player Two". ScreenRant. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  5. ^ Couch, Aaron (March 29, 2018). "Ready Player One Screenwriter Zak Penn Looks Back at His Hits (and Famous Early Miss)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "Ready Player One Star Is Signed On For Sequels". ScreenRant. 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  7. ^ "READY PLAYER TWO MOVIE IS IN "EARLY STAGES," ERNEST CLINE REVEALS". Inverse. 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  8. ^ Friedman, Roger (March 12, 2024). "Oscars: Why Spielberg Couldn't Give Best Picture Award, Oppenheimer Gang Is The Bomb at Universal Gala". Showbiz411. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
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