Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow have finally found a director that’s capable of putting their big screen adaption of Ernie Cline’s Ready Player One, none other than the man himself: Steven Spielberg! Spielberg is set to direct and produce the film from an adapted screenplay by Zak Penn.
“We are thrilled to welcome Steven back to Warner Bros,” said Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Warner Bros. Pictures. “We had an historic series of collaborations in the 80s and 90s and have wanted to bring him back for years. As for READY PLAYER ONE, we have always felt that Steven was the dream director for this project.”
Can’t say I can argue with Silverman at all. They needed a big name behind this project if they have any hope of bringing in even half of the licensing needed to pull this film off.
For those unfamiliar, the New York Times bestseller is describe as:
“In the near future, outcast teenager Wade Watts escapes from his bleak surroundings by logging in to the OASIS, a globally networked virtual utopia where users can lead idyllic alternate lives. When the eccentric billionaire who created the OASIS dies, he offers up his vast fortune as the prize in an elaborate treasure hunt. Along with gamers from around the world, Wade joins the adventure, and quickly finds himself pitted against powerful corporate foes and other ruthless competitors who will do anything, in the oasis or the real world, to reach the treasure first.”
