History Film / ReadyPlayerOne

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''Ready Player One'' is an upcoming film [[FilmOfTheBook based on the 2011 novel of the same name]] by Ernest Cline. Directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg, from a screenplay co-written by Cline, the film will be released on March 30, 2018.

View the teaser [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtwpjnuaVTE here]], and the first trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48 here]].

!!The film version of ''Ready Player One'' provides examples of:

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The book describes Wade Watts as a pudgy young man with acne and messy hair. The film will have him portrayed by a slender, clear-skinned, fair-haired Creator/TyeSheridan.
* AdaptationDistillation: Wade begins his story in Columbus, Ohio instead of starting in Oklahoma City and then moving to Columbus later.
* AscendedMeme: When the book was first released numerous reviews compared it to ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', to acknowledge this the teaser trailer features a score snippet similar to "Pure Imagination". And before his death, Creator/GeneWilder was also considered to play James Halliday.
* PragmaticAdaptation: Some of the many, many pop culture references aren't in the film due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal complications]]. To get around this, the movie makes use of substitutes instead (mostly in-house franchises from Creator/WarnerBrothers), such as WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant taking the place of Series/{{Ultraman}}. Creator/StevenSpielberg also confirmed he will be willingly excluding references to his own filmography to avoid "vanity."
* ReferenceOverdosed: Just like the novel, expect many a ShoutOut. There were so many in the teaser alone that author Ernest Cline ''could not'' identify all of them in one go.
* SerialEscalation: In the book, Halliday's fortune is estimated at $240 billion. In the first trailer, his VideoWill states it is half a ''trillion'' dollars.
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* SerialEscalation: In the book, Halliday's fortune is estimated at $240 billion. In the second trailer, his VideoWill states it is half a ''trillion'' dollars.

* SerialEscalation: In the book, Halliday's fortune is estimated at $240 billion. In the second trailer, his VideoWill states it is ''half a trillion dollars.''

* PragmaticAdaptation: Some of the many, many pop culture references aren't in the film due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal complications]]. To get around this, the movie makes use of substitutes instead (mostly in-house franchises from Creator/WarnerBrothers), such as WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant taking the place of Series/{{Ultraman}}. Creator/StevenSpielberg also confirmed he will be willingly excluding references to his own filmography to avoid "vanity."
** Notably, while [[Franchise/{{Macross}} some series]] can't be included, one of the trailers does confirm that they didn't substitute the granddaddy of them all, Franchise/MobileSuitGundam!!!

* SerialEscalation: In the book, Halliday's fortune is estimated at $240 billion. In the second trailer, he says it is ''half a trillion dollars.''

* PragmaticAdaptation: Some of the many, many pop culture references aren't in the film due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal complications]]. To get around this, the movie makes use of substitutes instead (mostly in-house franchises from Creator/WarnerBrothers), such as WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant taking the place of [[Series/SpiderManJapan Leopardon]]. Creator/StevenSpielberg also confirmed he will be willingly excluding references to his own filmography to avoid "vanity."

** Notably, while [[Franchise/{{Macross}} some series]] can't be included, one of the trailers does confirm that they didn't substitute the granddaddy of them all, [[Franchise/MobileSuitGundam]]!!!

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The book describes Wade Watts as a pudgy young man with acne and messy hair. The film will have him portrayed by a slender, clear-skinned, fair-haired Creator/TyeSheridan. A missed opportunity; Wade's virtual avatar is the primary character, so CGI akin to ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' could have been used on his real body, or simply makeup and prosthetics simulating weight and unnattractiveness -- especially since Wade starts using a virtual exercise program after finding the first key, which has dramatic effects.
-->The pounds began to melt off, and after a few months, I was in near-perfect health. For the first time in my life I had a flat stomach, and muscles. I also had twice the energy, and I got sick a lot less frequently.
** It was also a nice {{Aesop}} for dedicated gamers.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Some of the many, many pop culture references aren't in the film due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal complications]]. To get around this, the movie makes use of substitutes instead (mostly in-house franchises from Creator/WarnerBrothers), such as WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant taking the place of [[Series/SpiderManJapan Leopardon]]. Creator/StevenSpielberg also confirmed he will be willingly excluding references to his own filmography to avoid "vanity." (Which also conveniently removes a TakeThat directed at IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull and the sequel planned for 2020.)

''Ready Player One'' is an upcoming FilmOfTheBook based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Ernest Cline. Directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg, from a screenplay co-written by Cline, the film will be released on March 30, 2018.

View the teaser [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtwpjnuaVTE here]].

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The book describes Wade Watts as a pudgy young man with acne and messy hair. The film will have him portrayed by a slender, clear-skinned, fair-haired Creator/TyeSheridan.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Some of the many, many pop culture references aren't in the film due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal complications]]. To get around this, the movie makes use of substitutes instead (mostly in-house franchises from Creator/WarnerBrothers), such as WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant taking the place of [[Series/SpiderManJapan Leopardon]]. Creator/StevenSpielberg also confirmed he will be willingly excluding references to his own filmography to avoid "vanity."

* PragmaticAdaptation: Some of the many, many pop culture references aren't in the film due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal complications]]. To get around this, the movie makes use of substitutes instead (mostly in-house franchises from Creator/WarnerBrothers), such as WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant taking the place of [[Series/SpiderManJapan Leopardon]].

* PragmaticAdaptation: Some of the many, many pop culture references aren't in the film due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal complications]]. To get around this, the movie makes use of substitutes instead (mostly in-house franchises from Creator/WarnerBrothers), such as WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant taking the place of Series/{{Ultraman}}.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Some of the many, many pop culture references aren't in the film due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal complications]]. To get around this, the movie makes use of substitutes instead (mostly in-house franchises from Creator/WarnerBrothers), such as Film/TheIronGiant taking the place of Film/{{Ultraman}}.

* AdaptationDistillation: Wade begins his story in Columbus, Ohio instead of starting in Oklahoma City and then moving to Colombes later.

!!Tropes:

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The teaser's sweeping orchestral score that plays when Parzival is deliberately styled after "Pure Imagination" from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''. It's not a coincidence that Parzival describes OASIS with as a realm of just that.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Some of the many, many pop culture references aren't in the film due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal complications]]. To get around this, the movie makes use of substitutes instead, such as Film/TheIronGiant taking the place of Film/{{Ultraman}}.

* ShoutOut: Just like the novel, expect a '''ton'''.

* ShoutOut: Just like the novel, expect a '''ton'''.

!!Tropes: