• ?8 Years Later, Ready Player One Is Finally Getting A Movie Sequel?

    From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 5 16:02:08 2026
    ?8 Years Later, Ready Player One Is Finally Getting A Movie Sequel?
    https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ready-player-two-movie-sequel

    ?Steven Spielberg may have made a grand return to science fiction with Disclosure Day, but we can?t forget his previous addition to the sci-fi
    canon: Ready Player One, the multiversal, pop-culture-stuffed epic
    starring Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke based on Ernest Cline?s book of
    the same name. The result was the epitome of nostalgia-bait, and while
    it was an interesting world and a box-office success, it hasn?t been remembered in the most favorable terms.?

    ?But almost a decade later, Ready Player One is getting a sequel, aptly
    titled Ready Player Two, based on the book sequel by Cline of the same
    name, published in 2020. But could the film version recreate the magic
    of the original? Or, like the first film, will it generate even more
    debate??

    I would watch it. I read ?Ready Player Two? a while back.

    Lynn


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  • From Nuno Silva@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 6 00:41:23 2026
    On 2026-08-05, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?8 Years Later, Ready Player One Is Finally Getting A Movie Sequel?
    https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ready-player-two-movie-sequel

    ?Steven Spielberg may have made a grand return to science fiction with Disclosure Day, but we can?t forget his previous addition to the
    sci-fi canon: Ready Player One, the multiversal, pop-culture-stuffed
    epic starring Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke based on Ernest Cline?s
    book of the same name. The result was the epitome of nostalgia-bait,
    and while it was an interesting world and a box-office success, it
    hasn?t been remembered in the most favorable terms.?

    ?But almost a decade later, Ready Player One is getting a sequel,
    aptly titled Ready Player Two, based on the book sequel by Cline of
    the same name, published in 2020. But could the film version recreate
    the magic of the original? Or, like the first film, will it generate
    even more debate??

    I would watch it. I read ?Ready Player Two? a while back.

    How did you find the book? I've been told it isn't that good compared to
    the first one, but I haven't read it yet.

    --
    Nuno Silva

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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Wed Aug 5 19:41:59 2026
    On 8/5/2026 6:41 PM, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-08-05, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?8 Years Later, Ready Player One Is Finally Getting A Movie Sequel?
    https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ready-player-two-movie-sequel

    ?Steven Spielberg may have made a grand return to science fiction with
    Disclosure Day, but we can?t forget his previous addition to the
    sci-fi canon: Ready Player One, the multiversal, pop-culture-stuffed
    epic starring Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke based on Ernest Cline?s
    book of the same name. The result was the epitome of nostalgia-bait,
    and while it was an interesting world and a box-office success, it
    hasn?t been remembered in the most favorable terms.?

    ?But almost a decade later, Ready Player One is getting a sequel,
    aptly titled Ready Player Two, based on the book sequel by Cline of
    the same name, published in 2020. But could the film version recreate
    the magic of the original? Or, like the first film, will it generate
    even more debate??

    I would watch it. I read ?Ready Player Two? a while back.

    How did you find the book? I've been told it isn't that good compared to
    the first one, but I haven't read it yet.

    Here is my July 3, 2022 review:

    "Ready Player Two: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
    https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-Two-Ernest-Cline/dp/1524761346/

    Book number two of a two book fantasy series. I read the well printed
    and well bound trade paperback published by Ballantine Books in 2021. I suspect that there will be a third book in the series someday.

    Wade Watts, Parzival, won the OASIS test with the help of his three
    friends and became the heir to James Halliday. After taking a week off,
    Wade found that Halliday had created the ONI, the OASIS Neural
    Interface, that connected the OASIS computers directly to your brain. Everything feels real and your body feels like it is actually in the simulation. But your brain does not feel your body and it is therefore unprotected, depending on your autonomic system to survive. Once
    released, the ONI made the OASIS even more addictive for most of the inhabitants of Earth.

    Like the first book, the second book is a 1980s geekfest. The second
    book is reputedly being made into a movie. I don't know if Spielberg is directing it again.

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Amazon rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (37,573 reviews)

    Lynn

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 6 14:02:11 2026
    On 2026-08-06 00:41:59 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
    On 8/5/2026 6:41 PM, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-08-05, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    "8 Years Later, Ready Player One Is Finally Getting A Movie Sequel"
    https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ready-player-two-movie-sequel

    "Steven Spielberg may have made a grand return to science fiction with
    Disclosure Day, but we can't forget his previous addition to the
    sci-fi canon: Ready Player One, the multiversal, pop-culture-stuffed
    epic starring Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke based on Ernest Cline's
    book of the same name. The result was the epitome of nostalgia-bait,
    and while it was an interesting world and a box-office success, it
    hasn't been remembered in the most favorable terms."

    "But almost a decade later, Ready Player One is getting a sequel,
    aptly titled Ready Player Two, based on the book sequel by Cline of
    the same name, published in 2020. But could the film version recreate
    the magic of the original? Or, like the first film, will it generate
    even more debate?"

    I would watch it. I read "Ready Player Two" a while back.

    How did you find the book? I've been told it isn't that good compared to
    the first one, but I haven't read it yet.

    Here is my July 3, 2022 review:

    "Ready Player Two: A Novel" by Ernest Cline https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-Two-Ernest-Cline/dp/1524761346/

    Book number two of a two book fantasy series. I read the well printed
    and well bound trade paperback published by Ballantine Books in 2021.
    I suspect that there will be a third book in the series someday.

    Wade Watts, Parzival, won the OASIS test with the help of his three
    friends and became the heir to James Halliday. After taking a week
    off, Wade found that Halliday had created the ONI, the OASIS Neural Interface, that connected the OASIS computers directly to your brain. Everything feels real and your body feels like it is actually in the simulation. But your brain does not feel your body and it is therefore unprotected, depending on your autonomic system to survive. Once
    released, the ONI made the OASIS even more addictive for most of the inhabitants of Earth.

    Like the first book, the second book is a 1980s geekfest. The second
    book is reputedly being made into a movie. I don't know if Spielberg
    is directing it again.

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Amazon rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (37,573 reviews)

    Lynn

    The William Gibson "Jackpot Trilogy" book series has a similar idea
    (although the final book may have it's named changed from "Jackpot" by
    the time it gets published, if at all). The books currently have two in
    the series with the third supposedly coming. The short-lived TV series "Peripheral" got cancelled after one season and was "loosely based on"
    the first book (I don't know what differences there are).

    Books: <https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/TJ3/the-jackpot-trilogy/>

    TV Series: <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8291284/>





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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 6 07:51:58 2026
    On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:02:08 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?But almost a decade later, Ready Player One is getting a sequel,
    aptly titled Ready Player Two, based on the book sequel by Cline of
    the same name, published in 2020.?

    Sequels need more original names.

    ?Readier Player One?
    ?Ready Player One Again?
    ?Player One, I Said ?Get Ready?? (The first movie was all a dream.)
    ?Player One, Back From Unreadiness?
    ?Get Set Player One? (Setting the stage for the *next* sequel.)
    ?Ready Player Zero? (HAH! Bet you never saw that coming.)
    ?Stand Down Player One? (What would Ingmar Bergman do?)
    ?Ready Worker One? (The playing is over!)
    ?Ready Playa One? (Set in Salt Lake City.)

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  • From Nuno Silva@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 6 09:48:20 2026
    On 2026-08-06, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:

    On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:02:08 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?But almost a decade later, Ready Player One is getting a sequel,
    aptly titled Ready Player Two, based on the book sequel by Cline of
    the same name, published in 2020.?

    Sequels need more original names.

    ?Readier Player One?
    ?Ready Player One Again?
    ?Player One, I Said ?Get Ready?? (The first movie was all a dream.)
    ?Player One, Back From Unreadiness?
    ?Get Set Player One? (Setting the stage for the *next* sequel.)
    ?Ready Player Zero? (HAH! Bet you never saw that coming.)
    ?Stand Down Player One? (What would Ingmar Bergman do?)
    ?Ready Worker One? (The playing is over!)
    ?Ready Playa One? (Set in Salt Lake City.)

    "Ready Player Three" (as a sequel to the first novel)

    --
    Nuno Silva

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 6 08:51:54 2026
    On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:02:08 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    ?8 Years Later, Ready Player One Is Finally Getting A Movie Sequel?
    https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ready-player-two-movie-sequel

    ?Steven Spielberg may have made a grand return to science fiction with

    Disclosure Day, but we can?t forget his previous addition to the
    sci-fi
    canon: Ready Player One, the multiversal, pop-culture-stuffed epic
    starring Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke based on Ernest Cline?s book of

    the same name. The result was the epitome of nostalgia-bait, and while
    it was an interesting world and a box-office success, it hasn?t been >remembered in the most favorable terms.?

    ?But almost a decade later, Ready Player One is getting a sequel,
    aptly
    titled Ready Player Two, based on the book sequel by Cline of the same
    name, published in 2020. But could the film version recreate the magic
    of the original? Or, like the first film, will it generate even more >debate??

    I would watch it. I read ?Ready Player Two? a while back.

    I probably won't. I didn't really like the first one. All those "pop
    cultural references" merely reminded me of the originals -- and how
    much better the originals were than what I was watching.

    I still think /Free Guy/ is the best in-the-game (note that this
    excludes the original /Jumanji/) movie I have seen.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Thu Aug 6 08:54:56 2026
    On Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:48:20 +0100, Nuno Silva
    <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    On 2026-08-06, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:

    On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:02:08 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?But almost a decade later, Ready Player One is getting a sequel,
    aptly titled Ready Player Two, based on the book sequel by Cline of
    the same name, published in 2020.?

    Sequels need more original names.

    ?Readier Player One?
    ?Ready Player One Again?
    ?Player One, I Said ?Get Ready?? (The first movie was all a
    dream.)
    ?Player One, Back From Unreadiness?
    ?Get Set Player One? (Setting the stage for the *next* sequel.)
    ?Ready Player Zero? (HAH! Bet you never saw that coming.)
    ?Stand Down Player One? (What would Ingmar Bergman do?)
    ?Ready Worker One? (The playing is over!)
    ?Ready Playa One? (Set in Salt Lake City.)

    "Ready Player Three" (as a sequel to the first novel)

    That was tried with the /Hunger Games/ novels.

    The films used "Hunger Games" as a prefix for the film versions of the
    last two.

    Even when the author /is/ imaginative, the filmmakers are not.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Fri Aug 7 08:56:05 2026
    On 2026-08-06 08:48:20 +0000, Nuno Silva said:
    On 2026-08-06, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
    On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:02:08 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    "But almost a decade later, Ready Player One is getting a sequel,
    aptly titled Ready Player Two, based on the book sequel by Cline of
    the same name, published in 2020."

    Sequels need more original names.

    "??Readier Player One"??
    "??Ready Player One Again"??
    "??Player One, I Said '??Get Ready'" (The first movie was all a dream.)
    "Player One, Back From Unreadiness"
    "??Get Set Player One" (Setting the stage for the *next* sequel.)
    "??Ready Player Zero"?? (HAH! Bet you never saw that coming.)

    That will be the prequel's name.


    "Stand Down Player One" (What would Ingmar Bergman do?)
    "Ready Worker One" (The playing is over!)
    "Ready Playa One"?? (Set in Salt Lake City.)

    "Ready Player Three" (as a sequel to the first novel)

    "Set Player One!" followed by "Go Player One"
    (Plus the prequel "On Your Mark Player One")

    "Ready PlayAI".

    "Ready Player TRON-rip-off". :-p



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