The Art of Ready Player One

by Gina McIntyre, Ernest Cline (Introduction), Steven Spielberg (Foreword by)

Overview

Discover the captivating art of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One.

Our dystopian world lies on the brink of chaos and collapse, but the people have found their salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune in the form of a digital Easter egg hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world.

Wade Watts, an unlikely young hero, decides to join the contest and embarks on a reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical world of action, danger, and mystery.

Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on author Ernest Cline’s internationally best-selling book, Ready Player One is a hugely imaginative sci-fi adventure set in a rich virtual world. The Art of Ready Player One explores the creation of the incredible design work for this much-anticipated film, showcasing a wealth of concept art, sketches, storyboards, and other stunning visuals. The book also features exclusive interviews and commentary from the creative team, forming the perfect companion to one of the most exciting films of 2018.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683832096
Publisher:	Insight Editions
Publication date:	04/03/2018
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Gina McIntyre is the New York Times best-selling author of Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down. Other award-winning books include Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water: Creating a Fairy Tale for Troubled Times, Star Wars Icons: Han Solo, Game of Thrones: The Costumes and more. A longtime entertainment journalist, her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly and The Hollywood Reporter.

Ernest Cline is a best-selling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. His work has been published in fifty-seven countries and translated into more than three dozen languages. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.

Editorial Reviews

The upcoming Art of Ready Player One book by Gina McIntyre explains it in detail. It’s out on April 17, and we highly recommend it if you’re a fan of the movie or if you’re just curious about how all its many, many, many disparate parts were put together, which is a fascinating process unto itself—but none more fascinating than the second challenge.

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Written by Gina McIntyre, the book hails from Insight Editions, which has published some of the best and most insightful making-of books in recent memory.

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"For those wanting to catch as many references, Easter eggs and pieces of your childhood as possible in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, there’s an artifact created to help you in your search: Insight Editions’ The Art of Ready Player One."

The Hollywood Reporter