Ready Player One

film by Spielberg [2018]

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  • Steven Spielberg
    In Steven Spielberg: The 2010s and beyond

    …after a 13-year absence with Ready Player One (2018). The film takes place in a dystopian 2045 when the inhabitants of a declining Earth find refuge in the exciting virtual world of OASIS. It follows Wade Watts, a 1980s-loving teen, as his avatar competes with other users to find the…

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role of Rylance

  • Mark Rylance
    In Mark Rylance: Film and TV credits

    …in the director’s sci-fi adventure Ready Player One (2018). Rylance later played defense attorney William Kunstler in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), a drama about a group of political activists who were tried for their antiwar activities during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. His later film credits included…

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