

This attracted many players, but as nobody has successfully completed the first quest - a vehicle race across ever-shifting roadways in Manhattan - the only players still trying are a number of "Gunters" (egg hunters) and the video game conglomerate Innovative Online Industries (IOI), headed by Nolan Sorrento, who employs a large number of Halliday researchers, top gamers and indentured servants called "Sixers". Its co-founder, the late James "Anorak" Halliday, announces a contest in which players must find an Easter egg inside a gate that requires three keys hidden in OASIS the winner to receive full ownership and control of OASIS. In 2045, due to various geopolitical events, many of Earth's cities have become slums its inhabitants regularly escape into the virtual reality universe called OASIS.

The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its visuals, brisk pacing, and Rylance's performance. It has grossed $581 million worldwide, making it the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2018.

Pictures in the United States on March 29, 2018, in 2D, Real D 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D. Ready Player One premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2018, was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Orphaned teenager Wade Watts (Sheridan) discovers clues to a hidden game within the program that promises the winner full ownership of the OASIS, and joins several allies to try to complete the game before a large company run by businessman Nolan Sorrento (Mendelsohn) can do so. The film takes place in the year 2045, when much of humanity uses the virtual reality software OASIS to escape the desolation of the real world. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction adventure film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline, based on Cline's 2011 novel of the same name. –I-R0k informs Sorrento about Parzival's real-world identity
