Steven Spielberg’s $607M Sci-Fi Ready Player One Dominates the Prime Video Streaming Charts

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Get ready! If you’re a sci-fi enthusiast, let’s rewind to March 2018. That month was a fantastic time for fans of the genre, largely due to the release of Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of the popular 2011 novel of the same name.

Spielberg’s film Ready Player One, much like the book it’s based on, was a big success, earning around $607 million worldwide. Critics generally liked it, giving it a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but audiences loved it even more. That’s likely why, almost ten years later, it recently became a top-10 movie on Prime Video in mid-January.

Looking back, Ready Player One was an amazing experience, and honestly, it felt like a glimpse into the future! It showed us Wade Watts, a young orphan played by Tye Sheridan, discovering a hidden clue that launched him into this incredible virtual world called OASIS. And if playing in the OASIS now feels similar to what we have with VR headsets like the Meta Quest or Apple Vision Pro, well, that’s probably because the movie predicted it all along – that’s just how good sci-fi can be!

Released before its time, Ready Player One is often considered a hidden gem of science fiction. Despite earning over half a billion dollars and attracting a large streaming audience – first on Netflix, and now on Prime Video where it’s quickly become popular – a sequel has never been made, leaving fans wondering why.

What’s the Latest on Ready Player Two?

Unfortunately, there isn’t much positive news regarding a sequel. While director Steven Spielberg remains hopeful the project will eventually happen, development has stalled in the past – Ready Player Two made some initial progress but then lost momentum. Eight years after the first film, Ready Player One, there’s still no estimated release date for the follow-up, which was originally intended as a story set in 2045.

Sources say Steven Spielberg is likely to return for the sequel, but only as a producer. He directed and produced the first film, but recent reports suggest he’ll focus solely on producing this time around. A bigger challenge is getting Warner Bros. to approve ‘Ready Player Two,’ but that’s currently on hold. The studio seems more concerned with figuring out the future of its films after the upcoming acquisition by Netflix.

The biggest hurdle to making a sequel to Ready Player One isn’t creative—it’s bureaucratic. Fans are determined to repeatedly watch the original film, hoping to demonstrate to Warner Bros. that demand for a second movie is still incredibly high, just as it was when the first film came out in 2018. Everything is set for ‘Player One’ to continue, but ‘Player Two’ is waiting for Warner Bros. to give the go-ahead.

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2026-01-14 23:06