A movie adaptation of Ready Player Two is in early development according to author Ernest Cline. His original nostalgia-fueled novel was released in 2011 and it caught the attention of Steven Spielberg not too long after. Spielberg set his sites on directing a big-screen adaptation of Ready Player One, and it finally hit theaters in 2018. The movie received only moderately positive reviews but it became a decent box office success for Warner Bros, earning over $580 million worldwide.
The popularity of Ready Player One came while Cline was in the middle of writing the sequel novel, Ready Player Two, which was announced in 2015. This made the possibility of a movie adaptation of the next installment quite likely. Ready Player Two has now been released, and as readers begin to dive into the next chapter of Wade Watts’ story, many are already wondering what the future could hold for a movie.
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Cline is currently doing press for the release of Ready Player Two and that means addressing the status of the book becoming the inspiration for a sequel movie. During an interview with Inverse, Cline confirmed that development is underway on the sequel. It is in the early stages right now and has yet to be announced by the studio. But Cline seems to believe that most of the original team will return after having a good experience making Ready Player One. Here’s his full quote:
It’s in the early stages right now, especially since Hollywood is in limbo right now. But I can tell from the experience of making the first movie that everybody had a lot of fun.
The plot of Ready Player Two picks up shortly after the events of the first book/movie. Wade learns of a new secret invention from OASIS creator James Halliday. The Oasis Neural Interface allows users to experience the OASIS with all five senses and record their real-life experiences. The popularity of ONI leads to a new riddle planted in the OASIS by Halliday to appear, sending Wade on a quest to recover the Seven Shards of the Siren’s Soul.
Even though WB has yet to officially announce a Ready Player Two movie, Cline would be in the know if an adaptation of his novel is coming. Whether or not Spielberg returns to direct the sequel remains to be seen, but he did help Cline with writing the book, so he likely already has ideas for how he’d bring the story to life with a movie. For what it’s worth, Ready Player One star Tye Sheridan has expressed hope in returning for a sequel movie, while Olivia Cooke confirmed she’s contracted for a sequel too. Now it’s just a matter of seeing if Ready Player Two actually gets made.
Source: Inverse
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