Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster grossed 607 million and is continuing – but there’s a catch

Six years ago, Steven Spielberg filmed a pop culture phenomenon: his science fiction blockbuster Ready Player One plunged into the video game world of virtual realities. It has now been announced that the second part of the bestselling novel will also be made into a film: Ready Player Two.

Steven Spielberg confirms sci-fi sequel to Ready Player One – with a catch

There are more than 3 reasons to get excited about Ready Player One, but the fast-paced action, Spielberg’s palpable sci-fi passion and the countless Easter eggs from well-known films are a good start.

As a reminder: In Ready Player One, the main character Wade (Tye Sheridan) comes from a poor background, but escapes the overpopulated world with the help of OASIS technology: Within it virtual gaming reality he is one of the most talented players. When the OASIS inventor dies and wants to leave control of his computer world to the person who owns his digital scavenger hunt successfully completed, Wade sees his hour as having come.

There has been speculation about a sequel to Ready Player One for a long time. Ultimately, Part 1 grossed an impressive $607 million worldwide on a budget of $175 million, according to Box Office Mojo. But just last week, Steven Spielberg confirmed in a sidebar to Showbiz 411 that Ready Player Two was indeed in planning is. The only downer for the fans: instead of returning as a director Spielberg only as a producer back.

Part 2 is most likely based on the one published in 2020 Sci-fi novel sequel Ready Player Two * by Ernest Cline. The author had already published the acclaimed first book in 2011 and delighted gamers and film fans alike with pop culture references through his Easter egg hunt.

What is the sci-fi sequel Ready Player Two about?

The future of Ready Player One has now almost become a reality thanks to augmented reality technology and VR glasses. So the sequel has to take another step into the future in order to remain science fiction. Readers of the book Ready Player Two already know what to expect in the sequel if one New technological achievement Wade and Co. once again go on an Easter egg hunt sends.

Be careful, follow it slight spoilers for the book Ready Player Two.

Wade and the remaining highest-placed “High Five”, i.e. Samantha (Olivia Cooke), Aech (Lena Waithe) and Sho (Philip Zhao), have won the competition run by OASIS inventor Halliday (Mark Rylance) and thus have the power to make decisions about virtual gaming -world acquired. However, Wade finds an inscription on the egg he inherited from Halliday that makes him one extraordinary invention leads: dem ONI headset.

The OASIS Neural Interface (ONI) can take over a user’s head and do so within the virtual world real sensory impressions reproduce. However, the use has one Time limit of 12 hours, because otherwise death will occur due to synaptic overload. The friends disagree about how to deal with this discovery (and its even greater addictive potential) and put their strength into it in parallel Building a real spaceship.

When a certain number of ONI headsets are finally sold, it appears new puzzle to the “seven shards of the siren’s soul” on. This “shard puzzle” unleashes a new Easter egg hunt in the world of the OASIS. But this time Wade and the High Five find themselves on the other side of the power equation and have to assert themselves against a mysterious group of gunters (egg hunters) who call themselves the “Low Five”.

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