Will There Be A Ready Player Two Movie?

Ready Player One is often credited with kicking off a wave of '80s nostalgia projects including Netflix's universally loved Stranger Things and the more divisive two-part update of Stephen King's It. While the main story of Ready Player One takes place in 2045, much of the action happens within a virtual reality multiplayer video game called "The Oasis" that reflects the mind of its 1980s-obsessed creator. Ready Player Two promises to pick up where its progenitor left off, undoubtedly returning series protagonist Wade Watts to the digital world of The Oasis, which he now controls.

The best thing Ready Player Two has going for it is the fact that Hollywood never lets a hit property lie fallow. Ready Player One earned $583 million against a $175 million budget (via Box Office Mojo). That's a major blockbuster for both Spielberg and Warner Bros., which distributed the film domestically. Sequels have been built on far less, and now that the prose is finally ready to roll, we should expect an announcement regarding the film rights in short order.

Interestingly, Cline reported that one of his biggest difficulties writing the sequel was trying to return to his own original vision instead of attempting to write a novelized follow-up to Spielberg's 2018 film. Since he's apparently gotten over that hump and completed the latest act in Wade Watts' story, Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment is likely already setting the legal gears in motion to begin development on the film sequel.