Ready Player One | March 29, 2018 | Spielberg directing | No untagged spoilers allowed

[Durden]

Steven Spielberg To Direct Cult Favorite ‘Ready Player One'; Back At Warner Bros.

 

http://deadline.com/2015/03/ready-player-one-movie-steven-spielberg-ernest-cline-warner-bros-1201398299/

[grim22]

Didn't see that coming, but Spielberg would be perfect for this movie.

[antovolk]

Why am I not seeing groans of “ugh yet another dystopian YA adaptation”

Edited March 25, 2015 by antovolk

[Durden]

Peter Sciretta ‏@slashfilmHá 6 minutos

Worried about rights issues with the many references? Spielberg got Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse on screen together - he can do anything.

[Plain Old Tele]

Killer.

[Jonwo]

Spielberg not directing a DreamWorks SKG film is unusual but I guess he'll try and get them onboard as coproducer

[Travod]

Yassssss

[bapi]

It's a perfect summer novel, 10/10 for me!

[BadAtGender]

I haven't read the book. Is it worth the bother?

[Plain Old Tele]

I haven't read the book. Is it worth the bother?

 

It's very entertaining.

[BadAtGender]

It's very entertaining.

 

Hmm... I'm gathering opinions and the response is mixed.

[Plain Old Tele]

Hmm... I'm gathering opinions and the response is mixed.

 

Really? I mean, it doesn't have a lot of thematic depth or anything, but taken just basically as the book equivalent of a summer movie, it's very fun.

[BadAtGender]

Really? I mean, it doesn't have a lot of thematic depth or anything, but taken just basically as the book equivalent of a summer movie, it's very fun.

 

I dunno. I'm getting less and less tolerant of geek nostalgia and this doesn't sound like it's anything more than that.

[Ezen Baklattan]

Speilberg has been dropped from a lot of projects he was supposed to direct, so I'll wait for a moment before anything is set in stone.

[BadAtGender]

Maybe the trailer will pull me around, though. Spielberg is usually pretty damn entertaining.

[Plain Old Tele]

I dunno. I'm getting less and less tolerant of geek nostalgia and this doesn't sound like it's anything more than that.

 

It's been a little while since I read it, but I've never been that big on geek nostalgia either. I say give it a try, and ditch it if it doesn't catch your fancy.

[BadAtGender]

It's been a little while since I read it, but I've never been that big on geek nostalgia either. I say give it a try, and ditch it if it doesn't catch your fancy.

 

Sure. I can throw it on the stack somewhere.

[grim22]

I dunno. I'm getting less and less tolerant of geek nostalgia and this doesn't sound like it's anything more than that.

 

I read it just last week actually. It is filled with 80s references, video games, comics, anime, movies etc. There is a major issue with the plot that is the same issue in every single "chosen one" narrative (although this isn't exactly a chosen one narrative, more like a 'I worked real hard for this' narrative), and that is that our hero is smarter and better than literally everyone else.

 

The ending fight though, will look awesome on screen, and the twists are pretty well executed in the end as well.

[Jack Nevada]

All the film bloggers on my Twitter are SUPER FUCKING PISSED about this.

[Plain Old Tele]

All the film bloggers on my Twitter are SUPER FUCKING PISSED about this.

 

What sort of bloggers do you follow?