
Like Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan, he began his career experimenting with the Super 8 format. Directed by Chris Weitz it earned a best actor nomination for star Demián Bichir. Back in 2010, a screenwriter by the name of Ernest Cline sold his first novel in a bidding war to Crown Publishing Group.
Zak Penn, 48, from New Jersey – whose credits include Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Action Hero (1993), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and Avengers Assemble (2012).Įric Eason, a New York writer-director who wrote A Better Life (2011). Published Geek icon Simon Pegg is reuniting with his Tintin director Steven Spielberg for the filmmaker's upcoming Ready Player One book adaptation. He is expected to be at Forbidden Planet in London on August 21 for a book signing. Ohio-born Ernie Cline, 44, a poetry slam champ whose Ready Player One novel was published in 2011. Who are the screenwriters of Ready Player One?
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Or Mr Spielberg might just fancy a night out in of those screens if he wants to relax by watching someone else's movie during a break in filming. If Ready Player One comes out in IMAX format as well, there would be three screens to choose from in Birmingham - Cineworlds Broad Street and Resorts World and Empire Great Park. Warner Bros bought the rights to the film a year before the book was published. It has been pushed back from Decemby Star Wars Episode VIII. The current date is Good Friday, March 30, 2018. IMAX logo at the entrance to Cineworld Broad Street, Birmingham (Image: Graham Young) Ready Player One will be stuffed with pop culture references, but director Steven Spielberg has said that he won’t be referring to any of his own movies.
Warner Bros preparing to shoot a second major feature film in Birmingham. When the creator dies, the first person to solve an Easter Egg puzzle will become the richest man or woman in the world. To escape this grim reality, they enter a virtual reality world called Oasis. Film legend Steven Spielberg is coming to Birmingham to shoot a new sci-fi thriller. It's 2044 and many people are living in depressing stacks of homes piled high on top of each other. Steven Spielberg in Digbeth: Live updates, pictures and reaction as Hollywood director films Ready Player One. It's not super uncommon for an actor to take a break after long months hopping from job to job, and Pegg has spent the last few years, as he put it, taking gigs that fit all of his "childhood dreams." But when Steven Spielberg comes calling, it's hard to say no, especially when the popular director is asking you to join a project filled with fantastic eighties references and Easter eggs, you don't really say no.What could be better than Steven Spielberg coming to Birmingham to shoot a science fiction thriller?Īnd turning the Jewellery Quarter into America? Read More Related Articles On Popcorn with Peter Travers, Simon Pegg explained how a joke to his agent became a reality, leading to the gig in Ready Player One. Don't call me unless Steven Spielberg rings. I said to my agent in the U.S., 'I'm going to take six months off and think about what comes next. I got back to the UK and I just thought, 'What do I do now?' I feel like I've fulfilled all of my sort of childhood dreams. Ready Player One In a dystopian future, people spend most of their time in a virtual-reality world called the OASIS. And we got that film made and finished shooting it in Dubai. It was incredibly daunting, emotionally taxing. It was like being given the key to the kingdom. I then got the gig writing Star Trek Beyond.