![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He had written the first two drafts of the RPO script, but told me that "they couldn't wait to get rid of the guy who wrote the book, because I was too precious about everything." As the screenplay went through rewrites, it got further from Cline's original story-and lost a lot of his pop-culture references. It's now up to Spielberg to turn Ready Player One into a story told well.Īt Comic-Con International this summer, Cline spoke to me about the adaptation process and said something very interesting. (Cline, an admitted ’80s movie obsessive, came to prominence because of his script for Fanboys, a love letter to Star Wars). The characters are likable and the worldbuilding is impressive, but frankly, it reads like a movie treatment. Ready Player One, in fact, has a lot in common with The Martian: a good yarn told competently, but not astoundingly. If there's a future analog to what happened with Weir's book for The Martian, it could end up being Ready Player One. ![]()
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