Steven Spielberg had a job on his hands bringing Ernest Cline’s bestselling novel Ready Player One to the big screen. Scooping aboard a strong cast that included Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg – with former Cyclops and Not-Miles-Teller Tye Sheridan taking the lead – the film was subject to many quality memes before it even hit cinemas back in March and tried to take us on an ambitious visual journey, along with our protagonist Wade Watts, deep into the heart and soul of virtual universe, the OASIS.
But in the end, Ready Player One was neither an outright disaster, nor a masterpiece, but somewhere in the middle. One of the lingering questions upon the movie’s release was “who is the movie for, exactly?” Most of the myriad pop culture references appealed to older viewers, but the plot was generally more geared towards the younger ones. Meanwhile, fans of the source material were left a little disappointed by changes made to certain areas of the story. Ready Player One then went on to fall into 3-star review territory. Fun, but perhaps a bit more uneven than audiences were expecting from a master of the mystical cinema arts like Spielberg.
If you fancy picking up Ready Player One to see what you missed, or you actually kinda loved it and want to add it to your home collection, it’ll be available via digital on 23rd July. On 6th August, the film will go on to get its physical release on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and 4K UHD here in the UK.
Here are the bonus features you can expect to find on the discs…
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray featurettes:
Game Changer: Cracking The Code
Effects For A Brave New World
Level Up: Sound For The Future
High Score: Endgame
Ernie & Tye’s Excellent Adventure
The 80s: You’re The Inspiration
The DVD version will just have the The 80s: You’re The Inspiration featurette on it.
As always, we remind you that bonus content can sometimes vary by retailer, format and territory.