Warner Brothers dropped the official trailer for their upcoming sci-fi adaptation, READY PLAYER ONE this weekend. It racked up over 3+ million views within the first 24 hours and included pop-culture buffet of easter eggs. Which is only fitting. Between the teaser and the new official trailer we have counted 30+ references. Let us know some of the things you may have seen that we didn’t catch in the comment section below.
One new cameo we had not seen before was Chucky from the CHILD’S PLAY franchise. Pretty rad!
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From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the science fiction action adventure READY PLAYER ONE, based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name, which has become a worldwide phenomenon.
The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.
Spielberg directed the film from a screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline. The film was produced by Donald De Line, Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger and Dan Farah; with Adam Somner, Daniel Lupi, Chris DeFaria and Bruce Berman serving as executive producers.
