This is the first official photo, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, for Wade Watts AKA Parzival (Tye Sheridan) in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Ready Player One. It is being adapted from the 2010 novel of the same name, written by Ernest Cline. The book was a New York Times bestseller and won the 2012 Prometheus Award.



The setting in the photo is an old van that Parzival uses as a hideout, to escape his family life and keep the possessions that he values. He is wearing his VR visor and gloves that are used when playing the virtual game called Oasis. When the creator of Oasis (played by Mark Rylance) dies, he releases a video challenging all of the Oasis user to participate in an Easter egg challenge, with the winner gaining the creator's fortune. Corporate foes are also after the fortune and will do anything to obtain it, in and outside of the game.

The cast also includes Olivia Cooke, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Ben Mendelsohn, Win Morisaki, Philip Zhao, and Hannah John-Kamen. It is scheduled to be released on March 30, 2018. ﻿