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?
