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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Feb 25, 2016 12:29:17 GMT -6
variety.com/2016/film/news/tye-sheridan-ready-player-one-steven-spielberg-1201705172/ Tye Sheridan Tapped to Star in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ After a lengthy search, Steven Spielberg has found his male lead for his adaptation of “Ready Player One.” Sources tell Variety that “Mud” star Tye Sheridan will star in Spielberg’s next pic, which will be distributed by Warner Bros. “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” star Olivia Cooke has already been cast in the female lead, and Ben Mendelsohn is also on board for a role. The Warner Bros., Village Roadshow and DreamWorks release is based on the buzzy Ernest Cline book of the same name. Spielberg, Donald De Line, Dan Farah and Kristie Macosko Krieger will produce, with Bruce Berman serving as exec producer. Warner Bros. had no comment. Cline’s novel, published in 2011, follows the rise of virtual-reality universe the Oasis, which humans living in the not-too-distant future begin to value above the real world. Zak Penn adapted the story for the screen. Sheridan will play Wade Watts, a poor orphan from the “stacks” surrounding metropolitan Oklahoma who joins the Oasis. Pic is slated to bow on March 30, 2018. Sheridan broke out in Jeff Nichols’ “Mud,” holding his own opposite Matthew McConaughey, and has followed up that performance with roles in adult dramas including David Gordon Green’s “Joe” and Gillian Flynn’s “Dark Places.” He is set to play Cyclops in “X-Men: Apocalypse” this May. He is repped by WME and Mosaic. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 6, 2016 8:38:50 GMT -6
variety.com/2016/film/asia/win-morisaki-joins-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-1201789189/ Japan’s Win Morisaki Joins Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ Japanese singer-actor Win Morisaki has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow. He will play the role of Daito in the story of teenagers on a quest for riches in a futuristic virtual world. Morisaki joins a cast that includes Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Simon Pegg, Ben Mendelsohn, T.J. Miller and Mark Rylance in the virtual universe Oasis, created in the 2011 novel by Ernest Cline. Morisaki, 25, previously appeared in 2008 TV series “Gakko Ja Oshierarenai!” and the same year joined as lead vocalist of the boy band PrizmaX. He has had previous movie roles in Japanese features “Sherry” and “Gokusen: The Movie.” Represented by Japan’s Stardust Promotion, Morisaki won the role after an extensive audition process. Spielberg is directing, with shooting expected to start later this month. Producers of “Ready Player One” are Spielberg (through his Amblin Partners shingle), Donald De Line, Kristie Macosko Krieger and Dan Farah.
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