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‘See the Future’ with new featurette for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One

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Warner Bros. has released a new featurette for Ready Player One, entitled ‘See the Future’ which includes interviews with director Steven Spielberg and Ernest Cline, and sees the author discuss how he was influenced by Spielberg’s films while writing the New York Times best-selling sci-fi novel; check it out below along with a new TV spot… […]

Take a VR tour around Aech’s garage from Ready Player One

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Ernest Cline has invited people to take a VR tour around Aech’s garage from the forthcoming Steven Spielberg adaptation of his cineliterate nostalgic adventure Ready Player One. The author tweeted a link to the virtual experience, with an accompanying video in case you didn’t want to rummage through 80’s paraphernalia yourself. You can now explore […]

Steven Spielberg talks Ready Player One nostalgia and the OASIS

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As part of its 2018 movie preview feature, USA Today has shared a few comments from director Steven Spielberg about his upcoming adaptation of Ernest Cline’s cult sci-fi fantasy novel Ready Player One. “[It’s] a cautionary tale but also an exhilarating adventure,” said Spielberg. “[The ’80s] had a refreshing lack of cynicism, and in our story, […]

We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!

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George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]

The Highest Grossing Movies of 2017

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Luke Owen explores the highest grossing movies of 2017… Another movie year has come to a close, and what a year it has been. We’ve had five movies from the Marvel and DC movie universes, another entry into Star Wars cannon, and several horror films break into the mainstream media and earn huge money at […]

Why is everybody hating on Ready Player One?

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Anghus Houvouras on Ready Player One… Ready Player One. Ernest Cline’s huge hit of a novel came out in 2011 and was embraced by the geek community like few other novels in the 21st century. It was a highly coveted book even before it’s release when publishers engaged in a bidding war for the rights. […]

Ready Player One author Ernest Cline is working on a sequel

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Author Ernest Cline is set to hit continue on Ready Player One, with the writer revealing during a Facebook Livestream for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming movie adaptation of his cult novel that he is working on a sequel to the 2011 novel. “It’s true,” said Cline when asked about the rumours that he was working on […]

Justice League star unhappy with theatrical cut, new Ready Player One trailer, Carrie Fisher’s script re-writes on The Last Jedi and more – Weekend News Roundup

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MORE UNHAPPINESS IN THE LEAGUE We’ve heard a lot from the cast and crew of Justice League since the film’s release, with a lot of people unhappy with the final theatrical cut that was released with Joss Whedon’s edits. Cinematographer Fabian Wagner has asked for Warner Bros. to release the Zack Snyder cut of the film, […]

Watch the latest trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One

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The latest trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One has just landed.  Based upon the critically acclaimed novel, written by Ernest Cline, this latest trailer already seems to have caught the essence of the critically acclaimed book.  Check it out for yourself below… The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink […]