The first footage from Steven Spielberg’s forthcoming thriller Ready Player One has been released onto the internet.
Spielberg revealed the trailer for the film as part of an event at Comic Con in San Diego, marking his first film since his Roald Dahl adaptation The BFG.
Ready Player One is an adaptation of a novel by Ernest Cline, set in the 2040s when society appears hooked on a giant virtuality reality experience called Oasis. Tye Sheridan, who appeared in Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, plays gamer Wade Watts, on a quest to track down “Easter eggs” inside a series of games.
Ready Player One is due for release on 30 March 2018 in the UK, US and Australia.
