Cline's RPO: Spielberg, Amblin, Dreamworks slated for movie

ruouttaurmind shared some links said Wed, Dec 30th 2015 at 1:02pm ET

I recently finished reading Ernest Cline's Ready Player One. Today I learned Steven Spielberg has signed on to direct the movie.

Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel) is being considered for the role of Art3mis, and Jurrasic World's Nick Robinson is being considered for Parzival.

Like with any favored book, I'm looking forward to the movie with mixed emotions. Anxious to see it in movie form, worried they're going to eff it up (remembering back to Koontz' book Watchers mangled into a movie by Jon Hess, and starring Corey Haim as Travis; #WorstMovieEver).

I'm thinking Paul Giamatti as Og, maybe Elija Wood as Sorrento, and how about Rami Malik as Haliday?

I'm curious, who you might cast as the various characters?

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djslack said Thu, Dec 31st 2015 at 1:18am ET:

I don't do the casting thing but excited to see this is being made into a movie... Read it a while back and enjoyed it.

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- @djslack I was happy to learn of the Spielberg, Amblin & DreamWorks association. At least they have the resources & experience to do justice to the story in blockbuster fashion. So if the film flops, it's because they didn't have the vision, not because they didn't have the power.
  
  In my vision, the film is a combination of live action and CGI (ala Avitar), though I read a rumor Spielberg is considering a fully animated approach.
  
  ruouttaurmind said Thu, Dec 31st 2015 at 9:45am ET
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- @ruouttaurmind i hope not fully animated. that would be very very sad
  
  Cerridwyn said Thu, Dec 31st 2015 at 9:44pm ET
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- @Cerridwyn Claymation? Like Wallace & Grommit? ;-)
  
  ruouttaurmind said Thu, Dec 31st 2015 at 10:34pm ET
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- @ruouttaurmind can i go sob in my coffee now
  
  Cerridwyn said Thu, Dec 31st 2015 at 11:29pm ET
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