"When that was happening, he was still focused on this movie and he more wanted to know what I had planned, as it relates to the ending of this film, but what I have planned is set up very nicely, by the end of this movie," he outlined.īut Cline noted that Spielberg also told him that the movie was the "third hardest" he's made, behind Jaws and Saving Private Ryan, and if he was to do the sequel, then we might have a wait a while for it. "I told him what I had planned and bounced that idea off of him. It's not a guarantee that Spielberg will return for the sequel, although Cline told Collider that the director did give him some notes on the book sequel. Ready Player One 2 director: Would Steven Spielberg return? Whether Ben Mendelsohn or Hannah John-Kamen will be back as the villainous Nolan Sorrento and F'Nale Zandor, respectively, remains to be seen though as they were arrested for their misdeeds at the end of the movie.
We're going to leave that a mystery and open-ended, but I will tell you that the sequel I've been working on, it flows right into that." "When Steven and I were talking about that scene he asked me, what do you think Anorak is? I told him, and I told him how I thought that might play into the sequel, and I think that's why he included it in the movie. It's never really explored, but it's hinted at," he told Empire. A lot of Gunters think that he's somehow an AI copy of Halliday left to roam the Oasis, that he's left in charge of the contest. "Anorak, in the novel, is described as a ghost in the machine. "I've signed my life away, so I'm contracted to sequels but I don't know. Olivia Cooke will definitely be back as Art3mis (AKA Samantha Cook) as she revealed to Digital Spy that she's signed up for a sequel. Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance." Ready Player One 2 cast: Who's coming back? With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest – a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize.Īnd an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants. "Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous – and addictive – than even Wade dreamed possible. We'll soon find out whether he achieved his goal as details of his second novel were released, and the plot is as follows: "Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything.