2018 Hollywood Release: Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg back with Sci-Fi masterpiece!

The very reason why Steven Spielberg is so iconic in the cinema world is his ideological association with the kind of films he delve in to, and his name in association with a film is enough! And as he went back to his director seat, rather than being just in executive producer ring, all Hollywood fans were expecting some visionary projects from such a cine-genius! At the peak of the anticipation, Warner Bros. unveiled the first trailer of Ready Player One, a futuristic Sci-fiction film, directed by Steven Spielberg starring Tye Sheridan, who previously played Cyclops in X-man series. Just take a look at the trailer and you’ll know why Spielberg is such a cinematic-supremo!

The premise of the film is based upon science-fiction novel by Ernest Cline, and it is set in a dystopian 2044, where narration follows Wade Watts as he searches for an Easter egg in a virtual reality game, the discovery of which will lead him to inherit a valuable fortune in a world torn by an energy crisis. Despite set in such a grim setting the film will take you to the immersive world, which is makes you forget the distressed world you are living in, as an escape tendency.

It is no doubt that the visuals are immersive and it is based on virtual reality and everyone in the Hollywood is trying to tap in to this technology of film making. But Steven Spielberg, being what he is, one step ahead, to co-produced and direct this film. The trailer itself takes you to the journey when a shot pan through Wade’ eyes and left you gasping when he put down the VR headset! Every scene, every frame being carefully crafted to give detailed view of another world! Don’t know whether Wade would find his ester egg but we found The Iron Giants in one of the destructive robot in the trailer, go find it!

The film also features cast of Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg and T. J. Miller. The release date of the Ready Player one is yet to be announced by the film makers but it is expected to be released in March 2018, and we are also hoping it would be released on both platforms, including VR!