![]() Nearly everyone in the future is invested in the OASIS – a simulated fantasy land where the limits of reality are within the player’s own imagination. Now, he lives with his aunt and her troubled partner in “The Stacks,” a dystopian and futuristic slum in Columbus, Ohio, where reality is much less desirable than virtual reality. Ready Player One is advertised as “an adventure too big for the real world” and it follows an orphaned protagonist named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan, X-Men: Dark Phoenix ) in the year 2045, twenty years after his parents died. Steven Spielberg takes the basis of Ernest Kline’s inventive and sometimes abashing story and turned it into an epic CGI adventure that transports audiences into the very pixels of their favourite video game experiences. ![]() Ready Player One (the movie) does the same, but less crudely, and to the sounds of a nostalgic, Back To The Future- era soundtrack. Described as an “Exciting, funny, futuristic thriller about online games,” Ready Player One ( the book) is layered with inside jokes and cunning references that both celebrate and critique online gaming culture. Promotions haven’t helped answer these questions much, but that could be entirely on purpose as the audience Ready Player One is reaching already knows this movie is based on an arguably poorly written book by a celebrated yet disgruntled author, Ernest Cline. But how did we get here? How did this futuristic sci-fi/fantasy adventure set in a virtual reality come about? What is Ready Player One and why is everybody talking about it? With directing royalty at its helm and a mumble jumble of pop culture references, hidden Easter eggs, and impeccable CGI to keep your cravings satisfied, Ready Player One demands you buckle up and enjoy the ride. Now at the tail-end of March, and moving into Easter long weekend, Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is powered up and ready compete at the box office, too. More and more production studios are releasing big budget blockbusters in the month that brings us Spring Break, and in 2018, there’s been no exception: Love, Simon derailed stereotypical teen rom-coms, Lara Croft tried her best at raiding the big screen (yet again) with Tomb Raider, and though it was released back in February, Black Panther was officially crowned the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time ! Simultaneously, Pacific Rim Uprising opened last weekend with $28 million domestically, snagging the number one spot from Disney/Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) despite subpar reviews. Black Panther remains the top grossing Marvel title stateside and is fighting its way to the $700M finish line, currently at $699.4M, third highest of all-time after Force Awakens ($936.6M) and Avatar ($760.5M).“M arch Movie Madness” has become an alternatively popular time of year at the movies. Pic holds the record for biggest domestic debut ever with $257.7M in its opening weekend. Stateside, it’s still going strong, taking 5th place in weekend 7 with $7.2M for a running total of $656.1M, the fifth highest grossing title of all time through June 11. Infinity War completes the feat in its 48th day of release. Infinity War worldwide is Marvel’s highest release ever topping 2012’s Avengers ($1.5 billion), and followed by Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.4 billion) and Black Panther ($1.345 billion). As Deadline indicated on Sunday, Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity Warwas within a stone’s throw away from crossing the $2 billion worldwide box office mark, and it has officially done so, joining only three other titles to make that claim: Avatar ($2.78 billion), Titanic ($2.18 billion) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.06B).
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