With production scheduled to begin this June, the cast is starting to fill out forSteven Spielberg’sReady Player One.The Hollywood Reporterreveals thatSimon Peggis in talks to star in the adaptation ofErnest Cline’s novel as Orgen Morrow, the co-creator of avirtual gamingworld known as Oasis. The adaptation was originally set to hit theaters next December, but it was pushed into 2018 last month, to avoid competing withStar Wars: Episode VIII.
If a deal is finalized,Simon Peggwill join a cast that includesTye Sheridan,Olivia CookeandBen Mendelsohn.Ready Player Onecenters on a teenager named Wade Watts, who becomes obsessed with a virtual reality world known as Oasis, that allows players to live out their fantasies. After thegame’s creator suddenly dies, an elaborate treasure hunt is held within the Oasis world, with the winner emerging to take control of the entire company.
Along with gamers from around the world, Wade joins the adventure, and quickly finds himself pitted against powerful corporate foes and other ruthless competitors who will do anything, in the oasis or the real world, to reach the treasure first.Olivia Cookewill play Sam, a Canadian blogger who is known in the Oasis world as Art3mis, and will become alove interestfor the lead character.Ben Mendelsohnis playing the executive of an Internet company who is trying to take control of Oasis.
Steven Spielbergis directingReady Player Onefrom a screenplay byZak Penn(Marvel’s The Avengers), with the director also producing alongside Donald De Line, Dan Farah and Kristie Macosko Krieger. The project will be the filmmaker’s first at Warner Bros. since 2001’sA.I.: Artificial Intelligence. The adaptation currently doesn’t have any direct competition in its June 06, 2025 release date.
This project reunites Simon Pegg withSteven Spielbergafter they both worked together on the 2011 adventureThe Adventures of Tintin. Simon Pegg most recently starred in the action blockbusterMission: Impossible Rogue Nationand the comedyAbsolutely Anything, along with an unrecognizable role as Unkar Plutt inStar Wars: The Force Awakens. He reprises his role as the iconic Scotty in this summer’sStar Trek Beyond, which he also co-wrote the script for alongsideDoug Jung. Do you thinkSimon Peggis the perfect actor to portray Orgen Morrow inReady Player One?
