Nolan Sorrento (Ben Mendelsohn)

Every good story needs a villain, and Ready Player One has one in the form of Nolan Sorrento. Not only does Wade Watts have to contend with other individual Egg-obsessed gunters nipping at his heels every step of the way, a number of groups and companies are after the prize as well. The biggest of these is Innovative Online Industries, a multinational corporation which wants OASIS because, simply, it's the most valuable commodity on the planet and would instantly make them the most powerful entity to ever exist. While James Halliday wanted OASIS to be for the people, IOI would use it to make all of the money. A high-ranking official with IOI, Nolan Sorrento is the head of their Oology division, the sector charged with searching for the Egg. He's a scheming company stooge and is the primary antagonist of Ready Player One, serving as the embodiment of corporate greed. Although, some comments from the actor playing Sorrento seem to suggest that there may be some changes to the character for the purposes of the movie.