Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His work has transcended from decade to decade, though perhaps his most iconic era occurred during the 1980’s. Nearly every blockbuster that debuted during that decade had Steven involved in one way or another. From ‘Indiana Jones’, to ‘Poltergeist’, Spielberg touched it all.
The new trailer for ‘Ready Player One’ highlights the cultural impact that Spielberg, who also directed this film, had on the development and writing of the source material. Even though the author had never previously met him. The trailer frames the film in such a way that it’s seemingly the next step in Speilbergs decades-long legacy by highlighting some the films that Steven has played a role in that directly inspired the book. The film is set to debut this March, and only time will tell if it truly is the next all-time classic in Spielberg’s historic catalog.
We’ve attached the new trailer and full synopsis of ‘Ready Player One’ below.
‘The year is 2044 and the world is in near-ruins. The Great Recession has taken its toll on the world’s economy, and resources are scarce. The Internet and gaming culture have evolved into a creation known as OASIS, a massive multiplayer online simulation game created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Simulation Systems (GSS), formerly known as Gregarious Games. Halliday, with no heirs or other living family, dies suddenly and leaves a video will to those in OASIS and a book that was dubbed Anorak’s Almanac, which purports to be a volume written by James Halliday’s avatar Anorak in OASIS. The video says that whoever can collect three keys (Copper, Jade, and Crystal) that are hidden throughout the universe of OASIS and pass through the matching gates will receive his fortune and controlling stock in GSS. This becomes known as the Hunt and people immediately begin the search for Halliday’s Easter Egg. Those searching for the Egg are referred to as “gunters,” a truncation of “egg hunters.” Gunters devote an enormous amount of time to studying 1980s pop culture, the decade Halliday grew up in and was perpetually obsessed with, in the hope it will assist them with locating and solving the puzzles involved with the Egg.’ Via Wiki
