Virtual reality products are starting to hit the market this year, and the best chance to drive awareness of the technology beyond hardcore gamers and tech enthusiasts would have been Spielberg's adaption of Ready Player One, which is set in the metaverse.
Well it would have been, but in an ironic twist:
Warner Bros., the studio behind the tentpole, has moved the movie from Dec. 15, 2017, to March 30, 2018. Earlier this month, Disney moved Star Wars from Memorial Day weekend in 2017 to Dec. 15 of that year, pitting the box-office franchise behemoth against what is expected to be a grand Spielberg sci-fi extravaganza. The pic is set in a virtual world called Oasis, in which a teenager finds himself competing in a treasure hunt against ruthless foes after the game's founder dies and offers his fortune as the grand prize. Ready Player One will now open on Easter weekend, with the studio planting the film after the Winter Olympics in South Korea and before the commencement of the World Cup in Russia.
So that misses 2017's whole holiday season, the period when people are most likely to make big ticket retail purchases. Though we will start seeing trailers for the movie coming out around then (or even a bit earlier), so VR as a concept will still get some mass market play.
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Loved the book. I'll actually believe the film is coming when it starts shooting. I waited decades for Fury Road (and it was well worth the wait!). I waited a few years for the Hobbit films (and they were, well...I never bothered to see the third one).
Still, I never expected to see Mad Max or Hobbit films, so I hope to be wrong again.
Does Spielberg have any projects in front of RPO? If not, it may indeed by real!
Posted by: Iggy | Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 08:03 PM
i have to thank Hamlet for recc. this book on this blog. This is where i found it, great book
Posted by: metacam oh | Friday, February 12, 2016 at 08:44 AM