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Spielberg trained with James Cameron for Ready Player 1

Photo credit: Entertainment Weekly
Photo credit: Entertainment Weekly

From Digital Spy

With Steven Spielberg taking on the acclaimed virtual reality novel Ready Player One, he had only one person to turn to when it came to delivering the best in special effects.

The legendary director worked with another master of the art, Avatar's James Cameron, to prepare for his adaptation of Ernest Cline's bestselling book.

"Steven will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe he trained with James Cameron while he was doing Avatar and learned how to use [motion capture technology]," said screenwriter Zak Penn during the film's Comic-Con panel.

"The idea that Steven Spielberg is going out there and saying, 'Oh, I'd better go learn something new from a different filmmaker', is pretty amazing."

Penn explained that the motion capture technology gave Spielberg hundreds of angles to choose from when putting together his shots.

Ready Player One's first trailer also debuted at San Diego Comic-Con.

The film is set around a virtual reality world called Oasis in the year 2045. When Oasis's creator dies, a competition to find a hidden Easter egg that will make its discoverer his heir attracts talented and shady individuals from across the (real) world.

Photo credit: Warner Bros.
Photo credit: Warner Bros.

Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, and TJ Miller will star in the movie.

Ready Player One will be released on March 30, 2018 in the US and April 6, 2018 in the UK.


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