Ready Player One (film)

2018 American science fiction action film

Ready Player One

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by|

* Zak Penn
* Ernest Cline

Based on| Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
Produced by|

* Donald De Line
* Kristie Macosko Krieger
* Steven Spielberg
* Dan Farah

Starring|

* Tye Sheridan
* Olivia Cooke
* Ben Mendelsohn
* T.J. Miller
* Simon Pegg
* Mark Rylance

Cinematography| Janusz Kamiński
Edited by|

* Michael Kahn
* Sarah Broshar

Music by| Alan Silvestri

Production
companies

* Warner Bros. Pictures[1]
* Amblin Partners[1]
* Amblin Entertainment[1]
* Village Roadshow Pictures[1]
* De Line Pictures[1]
* Farah Films & Management[1]

Distributed by| Warner Bros. Pictures

Release dates

* March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11) (SXSW)[2]
* March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29) (United States)

Running time

| 140 minutes[3]
Country| United States[4]
Language| English
Budget| $155–175 million[5][6][7]
Box office| $607.9 million[8]

Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction action film based on Ernest Cline's novel of the same name. The film was co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Cline and Zak Penn, and stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance. The film is set in 2045, where much of humanity uses the OASIS, a virtual reality simulation, to escape the real world. A teenage orphan finds clues to a contest that promises ownership of the OASIS to the winner, and he and his allies try to complete it before an evil corporation can do so.

Development of the film first began in 2010 when Warner Bros. acquired the rights to the book. In July 2015, Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, with casting commencing in September 2015. Filming began in England in June 2016 and was completed in September that year. The visual effects were handled by Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Domain, and Territory Studio, with some pre-visualization work done by The Third Floor. As with the novel, many popular culture references appear throughout the film, including references to The Shining, the Back to the Future franchise, Godzilla and The Iron Giant.

Ready Player One premiered at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 29, 2018, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Spielberg's direction, the visual effects, brisk pacing, and the performances of both Sheridan and Rylance.[9][10] It was also a commercial success, grossing around $607 million worldwide against a $155–175 million budget, and earned a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards, 24th Critics' Choice Awards, and 72nd British Academy Film Awards. Ready Player One was awarded the title of Best Science Fiction Film at the 45th Saturn Awards, and a further two Outstanding Achievement Awards from the Visual Effects Society. A sequel is in development.

## Plot

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In 2045, people seek to escape from reality through a virtual reality entertainment universe called the OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation), created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Games.

After Halliday's death, a pre-recorded message left by his avatar Anorak announces a contest, granting ownership of the OASIS to the first to find the golden Easter egg within it, which is, however, locked behind a gate requiring three keys which players can obtain by accomplishing three challenges. The contest has lured several "Gunters", or egg hunters, and the interest of Nolan Sorrento, the CEO of Innovative Online Industries (IOI) who seeks to control the OASIS himself by inserting intrusive online advertising. IOI uses an army of indentured servants, and employees called "Sixers" to find the egg.

Teenage orphan Wade Watts' avatar Parzival, an avid Gunter, participates in the first challenge, an unbeatable race, along with his best friend Aech, and Art3mis, a female avatar on whom Parzival has a crush. Parzival regularly visits Halliday's Journals, a simulated archive of Halliday's life and hobbies run by the Curator. Wade receives the Copper Key from Anorak after he wins by driving backward, while Art3mis, Aech, and his friends Daito and Sho, all win the race afterward, later being collectively named the High-5 on the OASIS' scoreboard.

Sorrento asks mercenary i-R0k to learn Wade's true identity, intending to bribe him to win the contest on IOI's behalf. Wade and Art3mis discover from the Journals that Halliday once dated Morrow's wife Karen "Kira" Underwood. Wade and Art3mis visit the Distracted Globe night club to look for clues, where Wade confesses his love and true name to Art3mis. They survive an IOI raid in which Art3mis abandons Wade, explaining that her father died in debt to IOI. i-R0k, who was eavesdropping on their conversation, informs Sorrento of his findings. Sorrento contacts Wade with his offer. When rejected, Sorrento bombs Wade's home, killing his aunt Alice and her boyfriend Rick among others.

Art3mis' player Samantha Cook takes Wade in. Together, they realize the second challenge relates to Halliday's regret of not pursuing a relationship with Kira. Along with Aech, Daito, and Sho, Parzival and Art3mis search for the recreation of the Overlook Hotel. Art3mis asks Kira to dance and wins the Jade Key. Sorrento's subordinate F'Nale Zandor storms the Gunters' hideout and captures Samantha to pay off her father's debt. Wade escapes with the help of the other High-5 users, Helen Harris (Aech), Toshiro (Daito), and Zhou (Sho) in Helen's truck. Samantha escapes confinement after Aech and Parzival hack Sorrento's OASIS rig with Aech recording his confession of the bombing.

The third challenge is found in Castle Anorak on Planet Doom, where players must guess Halliday's favorite Atari 2600 game to earn the Crystal Key. i-R0k places a forcefield around the castle using the Orb of Osuvox, but Art3mis soon disables it. The High-5 lead an army of OASIS players against IOI's forces. Parzival kills Samantha's avatar, allowing her to flee IOI with the High-5 picking her up nearby. Parzival and Sorrento fight in the OASIS with Sorrento detonating the Cataclyst bomb, wiping out every avatar on Planet Doom, including himself.

Parzival respawns using an extra life coin given to him earlier by the Curator in a bet. He plays Adventure, winning the Crystal Key by locating Warren Robinett's Easter egg. He uses the three keys to enter a treasure room, where Anorak offers him a contract to sign. However, he refuses to sign it, recognizing it as the one Morrow signed when Halliday forced him out of Gregarious. Anorak transforms into Halliday, who expresses his regrets in life and awards Parzival the Easter egg.

Sorrento and F'Nale are arrested for the bombing as Morrow appears, revealing himself as the Curator. Wade decides to run the OASIS with the High-5, inviting Morrow to join them as a consultant. As the IOI Loyalty Centers are shut down, the High-5 make the controversial choice to close the OASIS every Tuesday and Thursday for people to spend more time in the real world, including Wade and Samantha, who start a relationship.

## Cast

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* Tye Sheridan as Wade Watts / Parzival,[11] a Gunter who wishes to win so he can leave the stacks.
* Olivia Cooke as Samantha Cook / Art3mis,[12] a well-known Gunter who works with various allies to ensure the OASIS is kept free and out of the hands of IOI, both inside the game and in real life. Art3mis is Samantha's pink-skinned Avatar with pink hair.
* Ben Mendelsohn as Nolan Sorrento / IOI-655321,[13] the CEO of Innovative Online Industries who seeks full control over the OASIS. His avatar of IOI-655321 is an armored businessman.
* Lena Waithe as Helen Harris / Aech,[14] a Gunter and long-time friend of Wade's who works as a mechanic in the OASIS. Her avatar of Aech is a cyborg of indeterminate species.
* T.J. Miller as the voice and motion-capture of i-R0k,[15] a freelance dealer and mercenary often employed by IOI. He shares his name with a character from the novel, but is otherwise unrelated. Unlike the other characters, his true appearance outside of the OASIS isn't shown.
* Simon Pegg as Ogden Morrow / The Curator,[16] a co-creator of the OASIS who eventually left the company and is concerned that many people have developed an unhealthy dependency on the game. His avatar of the Curator works at the Halliday Journal archives.
* Mark Rylance as James Halliday / Anorak the All-Knowing,[17] the deceased co-creator of the OASIS who reveals after his death that an Easter Egg is hidden in the OASIS that grants control over the OASIS to its winner. His avatar of Anorak the All-Knowing is an old wizard.
* Philip Zhao as Zhou / Sho,[18] a young Chinese Gunter and one of the "High Five". He is based upon Akihide "Shoto" Karatsu, a Japanese Gunter featured in the novel. Zhou's avatar of Sho is a ninja.
* Win Morisaki as Toshiro Yoshiaki/ Daito,[19] a Japanese Gunter and one of the "High Five". His avatar of Daito is an armored samurai.
* Hannah John-Kamen as F'Nale Zandor,[20] IOI's head of operations in the physical world and for their indentured servant programs at IOI's Loyalty Centers.
* Susan Lynch as Alice,[21] Wade's aunt
* Ralph Ineson as Rick,[22] the boyfriend of Alice who mistreats Wade
* Perdita Weeks as Karen "Kira" Underwood,[23] Morrow's wife who Halliday also loved
* Turlough Convery as IOI's chief ology expert who leads the other IOI ology experts at finding the right video game to grant the Sixers access to the Easter egg

Lulu Wilson, Letitia Wright, Mckenna Grace, and Jane Douglas of YouTube group OutsideXbox make cameo appearances in the film, with Wright as a rebel who can be seen at Samantha's safe house, Grace and Wilson as students using the OASIS, and Douglas as a Sixer.[24][25][26]

## Production

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### Development and casting

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Director Steven Spielberg (far left) and Ernest Cline with the cast of Ready Player One at San Diego Comic-Con. From third of left: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, T.J. Miller, and Ben Mendelsohn.

Warner Bros. bought the film rights for producers Dan Farah and Donald De Line in June 2010, one year before the book was published.[27] Ernest Cline was set to write the script for the film, which De Line and Farah would produce.[28] Eric Eason rewrote Cline's script,[29] and Zak Penn was hired to rewrite the previous drafts by Cline and Eason (who became uncredited for the final draft), along with Village Roadshow Pictures coming aboard.[30] Warner Bros. attempted to convince Christopher Nolan to direct the film as his next project after Interstellar (2014), but he declined.[31] Afterwards the studio made a shortlist of potential directors including Robert Zemeckis, Edgar Wright, Matthew Vaughn, and Peter Jackson.[32][33] A directorial offer was also sent to Josh Trank, who turned it down twice.[34] Steven Spielberg finally signed on to direct and produce the film, which Kristie Macosko Krieger also produced, along with De Line and Farah.[35] Cline and Penn made several revisions while adapting the novel to film. Most of these changes were to eliminate scenes that would be uninteresting in a visual format, such as when Wade beats a high score in Pac-Man, or recites all the lines from the film WarGames.[36][37] In 2016, American musician Moby said he had tried to make the book into a movie, but discovered that Spielberg had taken the role before him.[38]

Elle Fanning, Olivia Cooke, and Lola Kirke were the frontrunners for the role of Art3mis;[39] with Cooke announced as having been cast in the role by September 2015.[12] In January 2016, Ben Mendelsohn joined the cast.[13] In February 2016, Tye Sheridan was confirmed to play Wade, after a lengthy casting search for the role.[40] Barry Keoghan screen-tested for the part.[41] Simon Pegg was added to the cast in March,[16] with Mark Rylance joining in April.[17] By June, T.J. Miller, Hannah John-Kamen, and Win Morisaki had also been cast in the film.[15][19][20] In July, Philip Zhao joined the cast,[18] with Lena Waithe, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, and Letitia Wright being revealed as appearing in the film over time prior to the film's release.[14][22][24][25]

In October 2019, Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan revealed that Jack Nicholson, who portrayed Jack Torrance in The Shining, was approached to appear in the film, but declined the offer due to his retirement.[42]

### Filming

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Production was slated to begin in July 2016,[43] but on July 1, 2016, screenwriter Zak Penn confirmed that the first week of filming had already been completed, meaning that filming began on June 24, 2016.[44] In August and September 2016, filming took place in Birmingham, England, standing in for Columbus, Ohio.[45] Birmingham filming included on Livery Street in the Jewellery Quarter area of the city, which was used for multiple scenes in the film. Ludgate Hill Car Park on Lionel Street, in which caravan homes were partially built, was also used, and a planned explosion there caused some local businesses and residents to call emergency services as no prior notice was given by the production team. Other locations in the city included the former industrial area of Digbeth, and some of the city's landmarks were erased and replaced with CGI buildings to create a dystopian future Ohio.[46][47] Outside of Birmingham, filming also took place at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden and at Solaris House, the former Sun Microsystems headquarters in Surrey.[45][48] Principal photography wrapped on September 27, 2016.[49][50]

### Visual effects

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Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Digital Domain, and Territory Studio developed the visual effects, with some pre-visualization work done by The Third Floor.[51][52] For three hours three days a week, Spielberg met with ILM, which was in charge of the OASIS segments and produced the bulk of the visual effects shots, with 900 in total; Spielberg remarked that "this is the most difficult movie I've done since Saving Private Ryan", as three 3-hour long meetings a week were necessitated to discuss the visual effects.[50] Visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett stated that the VFX team would collaborate with Spielberg and writers Cline and Penn:[53]

> What we did at one point was to have a card for every single character that we considered to be a "hero" character within the movie, and we put them up on a board and Steven and everyone else spent hours assigning them to scenes. We'd say, "This is where we want whoever it would be … Batman, Chun-Li, or whoever." And then we went through the whole movie doing that. As the scenes developed, we got an understanding of how many characters we needed.

Part of the film takes place in a virtual space based on the Overlook hotel in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film The Shining. It was mostly a digital recreation using high-quality telecine of the original film, allowing new camera angles and shots that did not appear in the original. Some original footage from The Shining was also used, with ILM's modifications. Only a few scenes involved real actors (such as the appearance of the Grady twins) and required reproduction of The Shining's physical sets. The Shining sequence was post-processed with film grain and other aging effects to make the new footage closely resemble the original.[54] The VFX team built the Overlook Hotel sequence in the digital realm, consulting Kubrick's blueprints.[55]

ILM also produced digital versions of Ready Player One's many cultural references, including the DeLorean time machine from the Back to the Future films; the Iron Giant; Chucky; and King Kong, modeled after the 1933 film version.[56] The Tyrannosaurus rex from Jurassic Park was created from the base model ILM had created.[56] Digital Domain facilitated pre-visualization (with The Third Floor), motion capture, and virtual sets, and also created 300 visual effects shots for the primarily live-action portions of the film. The virtual sets were powered by game engines and were used congruently with the motion-capture process, with previsualization supervisor Scott Meadows explaining that in real time Spielberg would "put on a headset and scout the sets and make adjustments."[51][52]

## Music

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Main article: Ready Player One (soundtrack)

On June 9, 2016, John Williams was initially going to compose the film's score.[57] However, in July 2017, Williams left the project in favor of scoring Spielberg's The Post, and Alan Silvestri took over scoring duties.[58] The score was released by WaterTower Music as a two-CD set on March 30, 2018,[59] with vinyl and cassette releases projected.[60] At Spielberg's request, Silvestri references his own music from Back to the Future within the film's score, as well as quoting music by other composers, including Max Steiner's theme from King Kong, Akira Ifukube’s main theme from Godzilla, and the score by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind from The Shining.[61][62]

## Cultural references

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Director Steven Spielberg was reluctant to include references to his own movies for the film, but would eventually include references to Back to the Future and Jurassic Park.

Ready Player One pays homage to popular culture from various time periods, mainly the 1970s and 1980s but also extending to the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s; reviewers have identified over a hundred references to films, television shows, music, toys, video games, anime, and comics from these eras.[63][64][65] Cline did not have any issues with these copyrighted elements when he published the book, but was aware that securing all necessary rights would be a major obstacle for a film adaptation. This task was eventually made easier thanks to Spielberg's reputation in the film industry.[36][66][67] In the end, Spielberg estimated that they managed to get about 80% of the copyrighted elements they desired.[36] The production was not able to secure the rights to Spielberg's own Close Encounters of the Third Kind from Columbia Pictures.[68]

The Dungeons & Dragons module Tomb of Horrors features in an important episode of the book, the "Copper Key challenge", but that reference was excluded from the film, where the challenge features a huge car race in New York instead. However, the movie does reference the module: artwork of the Tomb of Horrors demon appears on the back of Aech's van.[69]

Similarly Blade Runner, which was integral to the plot of the book, was shelved as Blade Runner 2049 was in production at the same time as Ready Player One and the producers at Alcon Entertainment feared that Spielberg's film could damage the commercial prospects of their film; as a replacement, the creative team had the players play through the events of The Shining, to which Spielberg was able to secure the rights, as an homage to his friend Stanley Kubrick.[36] Penn and Cline also thought that the film could be the opportunity to replace such a lengthy sequence with a more action-heavy one. Once they decided to use The Shining, they were doubtful at first that Spielberg would accept the change, but Spielberg did go for it.[70] While Cline's original work heavily used the character of Ultraman, the rights over the character were still under legal dispute, requiring them to replace Ultraman with the titular robot from The Iron Giant and RX-78-2 Gundam.[71] Spielberg recognized that his past films were a significant part of the 1980s popular culture cited in the book, and to avoid being accused of "vanity", he opted to remove many of the references to his own work.[72] Cline stated that he believed Spielberg wanted to avoid self-references to films he directed, due to the criticism he received for his film 1941, which lampooned his own previous works Jaws and Duel. Cline said he had to convince Spielberg to include some iconic elements, such as the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future, which Spielberg conceded as the film was one he produced rather than directed.[73] Spielberg also allowed the Tyrannosaurus rex from his own Jurassic Park to be included.[56] Cline also asked ILM to include a reference to Last Action Hero, one of Penn's first screenplays, without Penn's knowledge; a movie marquee in the Manhattan race segment bears the name "Jack Slater", the character Arnold Schwarzenegger played in that film.[74]

## Release

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### Theatrical

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Ready Player One was originally scheduled to be released on December 15, 2017.[75] However, on February 9, 2016, it was delayed to March 30, 2018, to avoid competition with Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[76] In January 2018, it was announced the film's release date had been moved up one day to March 29.[77] The film had its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018 (as part of the South by Southwest Film Festival).[5] Warner Bros. distributed the film worldwide, with Village Roadshow Pictures distributing in several overseas territories.[78] Around the same time, the massively multi-player online game platform Roblox held an event based on it. The winner of the event was the user r0cu.[79]

### Home media

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Ready Player One was released on digital copy on July 3, 2018, and on 4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on July 24, 2018.[80] The film debuted at the top of the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, a tracker of combined domestic Blu-Ray and DVD unit sales, for the week ending on July 27, 2018.[81] It retained the No. 1 spot on the chart for the week ending on August 4, 2018.[82]

## Reception

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### Box office

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Ready Player One grossed $137.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $469.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $607 million.[8] Deadline Hollywood had estimated it would need to gross at least $440 million to break even, given its $175 million budget.[83]

In the United States and Canada, Ready Player One was projected to gross $40–50 million from 4,100 theaters over its first four days.[7] It made $12.1 million on its first day, including $3.75 million from Wednesday night previews. It ended up grossing $41.8 million in its opening weekend (for a four-day total of $53.7 million).[84] It made $24.6 million in its second weekend, finishing second behind newcomer A Quiet Place, and $11.5 million in its third weekend, finishing in fourth.[85][86]

### Critical response

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On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 72% with an average score of 6.8/10, based on 443 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ready Player One is a sweetly nostalgic thrill ride that neatly encapsulates Spielberg's strengths while adding another solidly engrossing adventure to his filmography."[87] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 56 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[88] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, and those at PostTrak gave the film an 82% overall positive score and a 65% "definite recommend".[83]

In a review for RogerEbert.com, Brian Tallerico wrote that the film's "overwhelming" nature and non-stop action will likely thrill fans of pop culture; while he observed narrative weaknesses, such as a lack of depth among the supporting characters, he felt that they ultimately do not hinder the film from working "on the level of technical, blockbuster mastery that Spielberg helped define".[89] Writing for Variety, Owen Gleiberman called the film a "coruscating explosion of pop-culture eye candy" and found the sequence based on The Shining to be "irresistible". However, he criticized Spielberg's separation of fantasy and reality, and he said the film has "more activity than it does layers".[90] IndieWire's Eric Kohn characterized the film as "an astonishing sci-fi spectacle and a relentless nostalgia trip at once" and praised both the sequence based on The Shining and Penn's screenplay, particularly with respect to Mendelsohn's character. Nevertheless, he remarked that the film "drags a bunch in its final third".[91] Alissa Wilkinson, writing for Vox, praised both the quality and quantity of the worldbuilding. She also commented on just how dystopian the future portrayed is, where the main characters fight to save the OASIS and the escape from reality it represents, with arguably less concern for the problems of the real world.[92] Film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz praised Ready Player One and noted the undercurrent of sadness present in the film, stating that "I don't think Spielberg gets enough credit for making sad films that most people interpret as happy, and complex films that are immediately dismissed as simple or confused".[93][94][95] Seitz concluded that the film "is a mess, but it is a fascinating and complex one..."[96] In March 2019, a year after the film's release, Seitz determined that with Ready Player One's images commenting on capitalism and popular culture, the film was the second-most "interesting [and] substantive" big-budgeted fantasy in 2018 after Black Panther, admitting that "I still think about [Ready Player One] a lot, especially concerning the world around me."[97][98]

Monica Castillo was more critical of the film in her review for The Guardian and drew attention to the absence of character arcs, the lack of resolution for plot holes in the novel, and the bloating of scenes in the film by trivia.[99] Alonso Duralde, writing for TheWrap, found the usage of pop culture references lacking, and found his experience watching the film as "feeling bombarded with images, bored by the lack of an interesting story, and irritated with my own cultural past. I've never been much of a video-game player, but by the finale, I was ready to 'Leeroy Jenkins!' my way out of the theater".[100]

### Accolades

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Award  | Date of ceremony  | Category  | Recipient(s)  | Result  | Ref(s)

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Teen Choice Awards | August 12, 2018 | Choice Sci-Fi Movie | Ready Player One | Nominated  | [101]
Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor | Tye Sheridan | Nominated
Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress | Olivia Cooke | Nominated
Choice Breakout Movie Star  | Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 13, 2019 | Best Visual Effects | Ready Player One | Nominated  | [102]
Visual Effects Society Awards | February 5, 2019 | Outstanding Visual Effects in a
Photoreal Feature  | Roger Guyett, Jennifer Meislohn, Dave Shirk,
Matthew E. Butler, Neil Corbould | Nominated  | [103]
Outstanding Animated Character
in a Photoreal Feature | Dave Shirk, Brian Cantwell, Jung-Seung Hong and
Kim Ooi for "Art3mis"  | Nominated
Outstanding Created Environment
in a Photoreal Feature | Mert Yamak, Stanley Wong, Joana Garrido and
Daniel Gagiu for "Overlook Hotel"  | Won
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography
in a Photoreal Project  | Daniele Bigi, Edmund Kolloen, Mathieu Vig and
Jean-Baptiste Noyau for "New York Race"  | Won
Outstanding Model in a
Photoreal or Animated Project  | Giuseppe Laterza, Kim Lindqvist, Mauro Giacomazzo
and William Gallyo for "DeLorean DMC-12"  | Nominated
Satellite Awards | February 17, 2019 | Best Visual Effects | Ready Player One | Nominated  | [104]
BAFTA Awards | February 10, 2019 | Best Special Visual Effects | Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett,
Dave Shirk  | Nominated  | [105]
Academy Awards | February 24, 2019 | Best Visual Effects | Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and Dave Shirk  | Nominated  | [106]
Saturn Awards | September 13, 2019 | Best Science Fiction Film | Ready Player One | Won  | [107]
Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominated
Best Music | Alan Silvestri | Nominated
Best Special Effects | Ready Player One | Nominated

## Legacy

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Ready Player One's depiction of a pop culture-dominated virtual world has drawn comparisons to Meta's investments in the metaverse in the 2020s.[108] Upon the unveiling of the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset in 2023, many commentators compared its design to the headsets seen in Ready Player One.[109] A promotional video produced by Apple that accompanied the Vision Pro's announcement also mirrored a scene in Ready Player One in which Wade Watts uses his headset to enter the OASIS.[110]

## Sequel

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When asked about a sequel to the film, Cline stated: "I think there's a good chance that, if this one does well, Warner Bros. will want to make a sequel. I don't know if Steven [Spielberg] would want to dive back in, because he would know what he is getting into. He's said that it's the third-hardest film he's made, out of dozens and dozens of movies".[111][112][113] Cline wrote a book sequel, titled Ready Player Two, which was released on November 24, 2020, stating in the acknowledgments that he had consulted Spielberg on the final draft of the book and where to take a potential film adaptation.[114][115]

On December 22, 2020, Cline announced that a sequel was in the early stages of development.[116] Spielberg confirmed that the film was still in development as of March 2024, stating that he wouldn't direct the film unlike its predecessor, just produce it.[117]

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* Mighty Joe Young (1998)

* Ready Player One (2018)
* Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Television|

* The King Kong Show (1966–1969)
* Kong: The Animated Series (2000–2001)
* Kong: King of the Apes (2016–2018)
* Skull Island (2023)

Stage|

* King Kong (2013)

Attractions|

* Kong (1972; rebuilt 2015)
* King Kong Encounter (1986)
* Kongfrontation (1990)
* King Kong: 360 3-D (2010)
* Skull Island: Reign of Kong (2016)

Video games|

* King Kong (1982)
* King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch (1986)
* King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu (1986)
* Konami Wai Wai World (1988)
* Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (2005)
* Skull Island: Rise of Kong (2023)

Related|

* King Kong in popular culture
* Comics
* King Kong statue
* Skull Island
* Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd.
* King Kong vs. Tarzan
* Monsterverse
* Godzilla (franchise)
* Tarzan and Jane, "Return of the King" (2018)

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Godzilla

* Monsterverse
* Godzilla in popular culture
* -zilla
* Comics
* Video games
* Creators
* Tomoyuki Tanaka
* Eiji Tsuburaya
* Ishirō Honda

Films

| Japanese|

| Shōwa era|

* Godzilla (1954)
* Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
* King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
* Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
* Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
* Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
* Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
* Son of Godzilla (1967)
* Destroy All Monsters (1968)
* All Monsters Attack (1969)
* Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
* Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
* Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
* Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
* Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

|

Heisei era|

* The Return of Godzilla (1984)
* Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
* Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
* Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
* Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
* Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
* Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era|

* Godzilla 2000 (1999)
* Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
* Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
* Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
* Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
* Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era|

* Shin Godzilla (2016)
* Planet of the Monsters (2017)
* City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
* The Planet Eater (2018)
* Godzilla Minus One (2023)

American|

* Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
* Godzilla 1985 (1985)
* Godzilla (1998)
* Godzilla (2014)
* Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
* Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
* Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Television

| Japanese|

* Zone Fighter (1973)
* Godzilland (1992–1996)
* Godzilla Island (1997–1998)
* episodes
* Godzilla Singular Point (2021)
* Chibi Godzilla Raids Again (2023)

|

American|

* Godzilla (1978–1979)
* Godzilla: The Series (1998–2000)
* Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023)

Music

| Soundtracks|

* "Godzilla (Main Theme)"
* Godzilla: The Album (1998)
* Final Wars
* Godzilla (2014)
* King of the Monsters
* Godzilla vs. Kong
* Godzilla Minus One
* Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

|

Related|

* "Godzilla" (Blue Öyster Cult)
* "Godzilla" (Eminem)

Miscellaneous

| Related films|

* The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
* Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)
* Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D (unproduced)
* Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley (1992)
* Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994)
* Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
* Ready Player One (2018)
* Shin Ultraman (2022)

|

Kaiju|

* Godzilla
* Heisei
* Monsterverse
* Shin
* Minus One
* Anguirus
* Rodan
* Varan
* Mothra
* King Kong
* King Ghidorah
* Baragon
* Minilla
* Hedorah
* Gigan
* Megalon
* Mechagodzilla
* Biollante
* Godzilla Junior
* SpaceGodzilla
* Megaguirus
* Zilla
* MUTO

Other|

* The Movie Monster Game
* Battle Soccer: Field no Hasha
* Godzilla Game
* Godzilla (Ciencin novel series)
* Godzilla (Cerasini novel series)
* Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again
* G-Fest
* Rhedosaurus
* Gotengo
* Miki Saegusa
* Super X
* Toho
* SciFi Japan TV
* King Kong franchise
* Hibiya Godzilla Square
* Shin Japan Heroes Universe
* Kamen Rider franchise
* Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise
* Ultraman franchise
* Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Mortal Kombat

Video games|

| Main series|

* Mortal Kombat (1992)
* Mortal Kombat II
* Mortal Kombat 3
* Ultimate
* Trilogy
* Advance
* Mortal Kombat 4
* Gold
* Deadly Alliance
* Deception
* Armageddon
* vs. DC Universe
* Mortal Kombat (2011)
* Mortal Kombat X
* Mobile
* Mortal Kombat 11
* Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

|

Spin-offs|

* Mythologies: Sub-Zero
* Special Forces
* Shaolin Monks
* Onslaught

Compilations|

* Arcade Kollection

Films|

| Theatrical films|

* Mortal Kombat (1995)
* Annihilation (1997)
* Mortal Kombat (2021)
* Mortal Kombat 2 (2025)

|

Legends|

* Scorpion's Revenge
* Battle of the Realms
* Snow Blind
* Cage Match

Other media|

| TV / web series|

* Defenders of the Realm
* Conquest
* Rebirth
* Legacy
* episodes

|

Music|

* The Album
* Mortal Kombat (1995 soundtrack)
* Mortal Kombat (1995 score)
* More Kombat
* Annihilation
* Songs Inspired by the Warriors
* Mortal Kombat (2021 soundtrack)

Other|

* Live Tour
* Epic Battles

Characters|

* Cassie Cage
* Ermac
* Jade
* Jax
* Johnny Cage
* Kenshi
* Kitana
* Kung Jin
* Kung Lao
* Liu Kang
* Mileena
* Nightwolf
* Raiden
* Reptile
* Scorpion
* Shang Tsung
* Shao Kahn
* Sonya Blade
* Sub-Zero

Related|

* Controversies
* Fatality
* Midway Games
* NetherRealm Studios
* Injustice
* Gods Among Us
* 2
* "Immortal"

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Street Fighter

by Capcom

| Video games
and characters|

| Street Fighter|

* Ryu
* Ken
* Birdie

|

Final Fight|

* Final Fight 2
* Mighty Final Fight
* Final Fight 3
* Revenge
* Streetwise
* Mike Haggar
* Poison

Street Fighter II|

* Champion Edition
* Turbo
* Super
* Super Turbo
* Hyper
* HD Remix
* Ultra
* Akuma
* Blanka
* Cammy
* Chun-Li
* Dee Jay
* Dhalsim
* E. Honda
* Guile
* M. Bison
* Vega
* Zangief
* Sheng Long

Street Fighter Alpha|

* Alpha 2
* Alpha 3
* Dan
* Sakura
* R. Mika

Street Fighter III|

* 2nd Impact
* 3rd Strike
* Elena
* Makoto

Street Fighter IV|

* Super
* Arcade Edition
* 3D Edition
* Ultra
* Juri
* Rufus

Street Fighter V|

* F.A.N.G.
* Laura

Street Fighter 6|

* Kimberly
* Mai (Guest)
* Terry (Guest)

Other games|

* Rival Schools: United by Fate
* Project Justice
* characters
* Saturday Night Slam Masters

Related|

* The Movie (arcade)
* The Movie (console)
* The Interactive Movie
* Mouse Generation
* EX
* 2
* 3
* Cannon Spike
* Captain Commando
* Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight

Compilations|

* Collection
* Capcom Generations
* Anniversary Collection
* Capcom Classics Collection
* Alpha Anthology
* Capcom Puzzle World
* Capcom Digital Collection
* 30th Anniversary Collection
* Capcom Arcade Stadium
* Capcom Fighting Collection
* Capcom Fighting Collection 2

Media|

| Animated|

* II: The Animated Movie
* Alpha: The Animation
* Alpha: Generations
* IV: The Ties That Bind
* Street Fighter II V
* Street Fighter

|

Live-action|

* Street Fighter (soundtrack)
* The Legend of Chun-Li
* Assassin's Fist
* Resurrection

Print media|

* Manga
* Street Fighter II
* Sakura Ganbaru!
* Comics
* Malibu Comics
* UDON
* IDW
* The Storytelling Game

Further reading|

* Fighting game community
* Evo Moment #37
* Fiasco versus Umehara
* Hadouken
* "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to"
* Capcom U.S.A. Inc. v. Data East Corp.

People|

* Takashi Nishiyama
* Yoshiki Okamoto
* Akira Nishitani
* Akira Yasuda
* Kinu Nishimura
* Yoshinori Ono
* Masaomi Kanzaki

Unofficial|

* Human Killing Machine
* "Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick"
* City Hunter
* Future Cops
* Hi Score Girl
* Street Fighter II: Rainbow Edition
* Street Chaves
* "Chun-Li"

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Sonic the Hedgehog

* List of games
* Music
* Features
* Printed media
* Unofficial media

Main series|

| Console|

* Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
* 2
* CD
* 3
* & Knuckles
* 3D Blast
* Adventure
* Adventure 2
* Heroes
* Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
* Unleashed
* 4
* Episode I
* Episode II
* Colors
* Generations
* Shadow Generations
* Lost World
* Mania
* Forces
* Frontiers
* Superstars

|

Handheld|

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* 2
* Chaos
* Triple Trouble
* Blast
* Pocket Adventure
* Advance
* Advance 2
* Advance 3
* Rush
* Rush Adventure

Spin-offs|

| Platformers|

| Sonic Boom|

* Rise of Lyric
* Shattered Crystal
* Fire & Ice

|

Mobile|

* Jump
* Dash
* Jump Fever
* Runners
* Runners Adventure
* Dream Team

Other|

* SegaSonic the Hedgehog
* Knuckles' Chaotix
* Tails Adventure
* Shadow the Hedgehog
* Secret Rings
* Black Knight
* Speed Simulator

Racing|

* Drift
* Drift 2
* R
* Riders
* Rivals
* Rivals 2
* Riders: Zero Gravity
* All-Stars Racing
* Free Riders
* All-Stars Racing Transformed
* Team Sonic Racing

Mario & Sonic|

* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
* Olympic Winter Games
* London 2012
* Sochi 2014 Winter
* Rio 2016
* Tokyo 2020

Other|

* Educational games
* Spinball
* Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
* Labyrinth
* Tails' Skypatrol
* Fighters
* Shuffle
* Pinball Party
* Battle
* Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
* The Murder

Unreleased games|

* X-treme
* Extreme

Compilations|

* Jam
* Mega Collection
* Gems Collection
* Ultimate Genesis Collection
* Classic Collection
* Origins

Characters|

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Doctor Eggman
* Tails
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Shadow the Hedgehog
* Chao

Related|

| Video games|

* Flicky
* Puyo Puyo
* Nights into Dreams
* Fighters Megamix
* Super Monkey Ball
* Sega Superstars
* Tennis
* Super Smash Bros.
* Lego Dimensions
* Sega Heroes
* Fall Guys
* Angry Birds

|

Other|

* Green Hill Zone
* Sonic Team
* Yuji Naka
* Naoto Ohshima
* Hirokazu Yasuhara
* Takashi Iizuka
* Retro Engine

* v
* t
* e

Spawn

Todd McFarlane

Characters|

| Protagonist|

* Spawn

|

Heaven|

* Angela
* Redeemer
* Tiffany
* Zera
* Disciple
* Domina

Hell|

* Violator
* Malebolgia
* Cogliostro
* Billy Kincaid
* Mammon
* Phlebiac Brothers
* Satan

Other characters|

* Curse
* Freak
* Sam and Twitch
* Chapel
* Haunt
* Jason Wynn
* Jessica Priest
* Tremor
* The Heap
* Man of Miracles
* Wanda Blake
* Nyx
* Terry Fitzgerald
* Overtkill
* Urizen
* List of Spawn villains

Spin-offs|

* Angela
* Curse of the Spawn
* Hellspawn
* Sam and Twitch
* Shadows of Spawn
* The Adventures of Spawn
* Spawn: Godslayer
* Violator

Media|

| Film and TV|

* Spawn (1997)
* Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999)

|

Video games|

* Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Video Game (1995)
* Spawn: The Eternal (1997)
* Spawn (1999)
* Spawn: In the Demon's Hand (2000)
* Soulcalibur II (2003)
* Spawn: Armageddon (2003)
* Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2023)

Writers and artists|

* Todd McFarlane
* Brian Holguin
* David Hine
* Greg Capullo
* Angel Medina
* Philip Tan
* Brian Haberlin

Related articles|

* Neil Gaiman
* Alan Moore
* Image Comics
* Image Universe
* McFarlane Toys
* Spawn/WildC.A.T.S.
* Spawn/Batman
* Batman/Spawn: War Devil
* The Dark Saga

* v
* t
* e

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies

Studios|

* Harman-Ising Productions (1930–1933)
* Leon Schlesinger Productions (1933–1944)
* Warner Bros. Cartoons (1944–1964)
* DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (1964–1967, 1979–1980)
* Format Films (1965–1967)
* Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967–1969)
* Chuck Jones Enterprises (1976–1980, 1994–1997)
* Warner Bros. Animation (1980–present)

People|

* Tex Avery
* Bea Benaderet
* Mel Blanc
* Bernard B. Brown
* Arthur Q. Bryan
* John Burton
* Daws Butler
* Bob Clampett
* Cal Dalton
* Arthur Davis
* David H. DePatie
* Earl Duvall
* Milt Franklyn
* Stan Freberg
* Friz Freleng
* June Foray
* Ben Hardaway
* Hugh Harman
* Ken Harris
* William L. Hendricks
* Cal Howard
* Rudolf Ising
* Chuck Jones
* Jack King
* William Lava
* Abe Levitow
* Michael Maltese
* Frank Marsales
* Norman McCabe
* Robert McKimson
* Tom Palmer
* Hawley Pratt
* Virgil Ross
* Leon Schlesinger
* Rod Scribner
* Edward Selzer
* Norman Spencer
* Carl W. Stalling
* Frank Tashlin
* Ben Washam

Characters|

| Major|

* Bugs Bunny
* Development
* Daffy Duck
* Duck Dodgers
* Elmer Fudd
* Foghorn Leghorn
* Granny
* Lola Bunny
* Marvin the Martian
* Pepé Le Pew
* Porky Pig
* Speedy Gonzales
* Sylvester the Cat
* Tasmanian Devil (Taz)
* Tweety
* Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
* Yosemite Sam

|

Secondary|

* Babbit and Catstello
* Barnyard Dawg
* Beaky Buzzard
* Beans
* Bosko
* Buddy
* Cecil Turtle
* Charlie Dog
* Claude Cat
* Clyde Bunny
* Colonel Shuffle
* Conrad the Cat
* Cool Cat
* Egghead Jr.
* Foxy
* Goofy Gophers
* Goopy Geer
* Gossamer
* Henery Hawk
* Hippety Hopper
* Hubie and Bertie
* Hugo the Abominable Snowman
* Inki
* Marc Antony and Pussyfoot
* Merlin the Magic Mouse
* Michigan J. Frog
* Miss Prissy
* Nasty Canasta
* Penelope Pussycat
* Petunia Pig
* Piggy
* Quick Brown Fox and Rapid Rabbit
* Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog
* Sniffles
* Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier
* Sylvester Jr.
* The Three Bears
* Willoughby
* Witch Hazel

Shorts|

* 1929–1939
* 1940–1949
* 1950–1959
* 1960–1969
* 1970–present
* Featuring Bugs Bunny
* Featuring Daffy Duck
* Featuring Elmer Fudd
* Featuring Marvin the Martian
* Featuring Porky Pig
* Featuring Speedy Gonzales
* Featuring Sylvester
* Featuring Yosemite Sam
* Blue Ribbon reissues
* Censored Eleven

Feature films|

| Compilations|

* The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
* The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
* Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
* Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
* Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
* The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

|

Feature-length theatrical animated|

* The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Live-action/animation|

* Space Jam
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action
* Space Jam: A New Legacy
* Coyote vs. Acme

Direct-to-video|

* Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
* Tweety's High-Flying Adventure
* Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure
* Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
* Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
* Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam
* King Tweety
* Taz: Quest for Burger

Documentaries|

* Bugs Bunny: Superstar
* Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
* Chuck Amuck: The Movie

Television
series|

| Compilations|

* The Bugs Bunny Show
* The Porky Pig Show
* The Road Runner Show
* The Merrie Melodies Show
* Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends
* Bugs 'n' Daffy

|

Originals|

* Tiny Toon Adventures
* Taz-Mania
* The Plucky Duck Show
* Animaniacs
* Pinky and the Brain
* The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
* Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
* Baby Looney Tunes
* Duck Dodgers
* Loonatics Unleashed
* The Looney Tunes Show
* Wabbit/New Looney Tunes
* Looney Tunes Cartoons
* Animaniacs 2020
* Bugs Bunny Builders
* Tiny Toons Looniversity

Television
specials|

* Meet the Groovie Goolies
* Carnival of the Animals
* Easter Special
* Bugs Bunny in Space
* Howl-oween Special
* King Arthur's Court
* Thanksgiving Diet
* Looney Christmas Tales
* Bustin' Out All Over
* The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
* Battle of the Music Video Stars
* Overtures to Disaster

Music/songs|

* "Camptown Races"
* "Dance of the Comedians"
* "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)"
* "Merrily We Roll Along"
* "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"
* "Powerhouse"

Attractions|

* Looney Tunes River Ride
* Road Runner Express (Six Flags Fiesta Texas)
* Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
* Road Runner Rollercoaster
* Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure!

Other|

* Private Snafu
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit
* Animaniacs
* Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
* Video games

* Category

* v
* t
* e

RoboCop

Characters|

* RoboCop
* ED-209

Films|

* RoboCop (1987)
* RoboCop 2 (1990)
* RoboCop 3 (1993)
* RoboCop (2014)

Television|

| Animated|

* RoboCop (1988)
* Alpha Commando (1998–1999)

|

Live-action|

* RoboCop (1994)
* Prime Directives (2001)

Soundtracks|

* RoboCop (1987)
* RoboCop 2 (1990)
* RoboCop 3 (1993)
* A Future to This Life: Robocop – The Series Soundtrack (1995)

Comics|

* RoboCop
* RoboCop Versus The Terminator

Video games|

* RoboCop (arcade)
* RoboCop 2
* RoboCop 3
* RoboCop Versus The Terminator
* RoboCop (2003)
* Rogue City

Related|

* Bobo Cop
* Capital Combat
* The Mobile Cop Jiban
* Mortal Kombat 11
* RoboCop statue
* Tokusou Robo Janperson

Category

* v
* t
* e

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Films|

* A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
* A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
* A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
* A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
* A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
* Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
* Wes Craven's New Nightmare
* Freddy vs. Jason
* A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Characters|

* Freddy Krueger
* Nancy Thompson
* Tina Gray
* Jesse Walsh
* Kristen Parker
* Alice Johnson

Comics|

* Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street
* Nightmares on Elm Street
* Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash
* Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors

Music|

* "Dream Warriors"
* "Are You Ready for Freddy"
* "A Nightmare on My Street"
* "Nightmare"
* "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"
* "I'm Awake Now"
* Freddy vs. Jason (soundtrack)
* Freddy vs. Jason (score)
* A Nightmare on Elm Street (soundtrack)

Novels|

* Suffer the Children
* Dreamspawn
* Protégé
* The Dream Dealers

Other media|

* Freddy's Nightmares
* episodes
* NES video game

Documentaries|

* Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
* I Am Nancy
* Nightmares in the Makeup Chair
* Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

Related topics|

* 1428 Elm Street
* Behind the Screams
* Cast list
* "Freddy Kreuger"
* List of media

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Friday the 13th

* Media

Films|

* Friday the 13th (1980)
* Friday the 13th Part 2
* Friday the 13th Part III
* Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
* Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
* Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
* Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
* Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
* Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
* Jason X
* Freddy vs. Jason
* Friday the 13th (2009)

Television|

* Friday the 13th: The Series
* episodes

Novels|

* The Experiment
* Planet of the Beast
* Church of the Divine Psychopath
* Hell Lake
* Death Moon
* Carnival of Maniacs

Comics|

* Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash
* Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors

Music|

* "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)"
* Freddy vs. Jason
* soundtrack
* score

Video games|

* Friday the 13th: The Computer Game
* Friday the 13th (1989)
* Friday the 13th: The Game
* Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

Characters|

* Jason Voorhees
* Pamela Voorhees
* Alice Hardy
* Ginny Field
* Chris Higgins
* Tommy Jarvis

Related|

* 13 Fanboy
* MultiVersus

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Warner Bros. theatrical animated feature films

Warner Bros. Cartoons|

* The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
* The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)

Warner Bros.
Animation|

* The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
* Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
* Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983)
* Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
* Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
* Batman: The Killing Joke (2016; limited release)
* Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)

| Upcoming|

* The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
* The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

|

Warner Bros.
Feature Animation and
Turner Feature
Animation|

* Space Jam (1996)
* Cats Don't Dance (1997)
* Quest for Camelot (1998)
* The Iron Giant (1999)
* Osmosis Jones (2001)
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

Warner Bros. Pictures
Animation*|

* The Lego Movie (2014)
* Storks (2016)
* The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
* The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
* Smallfoot (2018)
* The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
* Scoob! (2020)
* Tom & Jerry (2021)
* Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
* DC League of Super-Pets (2022)

Cartoon Network Studios
Adult Swim
Williams Street|

* The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)
* Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)
* Regular Show: The Movie (2015; limited release)

Co-productions/
Distribution only|

* Gay Purr-ee (1962)
* Treasure Island (1973)
* Oliver Twist (1974)
* Animalympics (1980)
* Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
* Twice Upon a Time (1983)
* Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985)
* The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
* Rover Dangerfield (1991)
* Thumbelina (1994)
* A Troll in Central Park (1994)
* The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
* The Fearless Four (1997)
* The King and I (1999)
* Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)
* South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
* Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (2000)
* Pokémon 3: The Movie (2001)
* Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
* Boo, Zino & the Snurks (2004)
* Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light (2004)
* Laura's Star (2004)
* The Polar Express (2004)
* Corpse Bride (2005)
* The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island (2005)
* A Scanner Darkly (2006)
* The Ant Bully (2006)
* Happy Feet (2006)
* The Reef (2007)
* TMNT (2007)
* Two Times Lotte (2007)
* Beowulf (2007)
* Little Dodo (2008)
* The Sky Crawlers (2008)
* Summer Wars (2009)
* Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian (2009)
* Bird Idol (2010)
* Ramayana: The Epic (2010)
* Gintama: The Movie (2010)
* Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
* The Prodigies (2011)
* Laura's Star and the Dream Monsters (2011)
* Happy Feet Two (2011)
* Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King (2012)
* Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II – The Battle for Doldrey (2012)
* The Life of Budori Gusuko (2012)
* Top Cat: The Movie (2012)
* Miffy the Movie (2013)
* Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – The Advent (2013)
* Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part III: Rebellion (2013)
* A Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of Endymion (2013)
* Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya (2013)
* A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2013)
* No-Eared Bunny and Two-Eared Chick (2013)
* Giovanni's Island (2014)
* Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible (2014)
* Top Cat Begins (2015)
* Accel World: Infinite Burst (2016)
* Monster Strike The Movie (2016)
* Napping Princess (2017)
* White Snake (2019)
* The Wonderland (2019)
* NiNoKuni (2020)
* Gintama: The Very Final (2021)
* Mummies (2023)
* Buffalo Kids (2024)

Franchises|

* Looney Tunes (since 1979)
* Tom and Jerry (since 1993)
* Batman (since 1993)
* Pokémon (1999–2019)
* Scooby-Doo (since 2002)
* Happy Feet (2006–2011)
* Top Cat (2012–2015)
* The Lego Movie (2014–2019)

Related lists|

* Unproduced films
* Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography

* * Previously Warner Animation Group

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Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film

1970s|

* Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
* Soylent Green (1973)
* Rollerball (1974/75)
* Logan's Run (1976)
* Star Wars (1977)
* Superman (1978)
* Alien (1979)

1980s|

* The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
* Superman II (1981)
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
* Return of the Jedi (1983)
* The Terminator (1984)
* Back to the Future (1985)
* Aliens (1986)
* RoboCop (1987)
* Alien Nation (1988)

1990s|

* Total Recall (1989/90)
* Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
* Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1992)
* Jurassic Park (1993)
* Stargate (1994)
* 12 Monkeys (1995)
* Independence Day (1996)
* Men in Black (1997)
* Armageddon/Dark City (1998)
* The Matrix (1999)

2000s|

* X-Men (2000)
* A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
* Minority Report (2002)
* X2: X-Men United (2003)
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
* Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
* Children of Men (2006)
* Cloverfield (2007)
* Iron Man (2008)
* Avatar (2009)

2010s|

* Inception (2010)
* Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
* The Avengers (2012)
* Gravity (2013)
* Interstellar (2014)
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
* Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
* Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
* Ready Player One (2018/19)
* Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019/20)

2020s|

* Nope (2021/22)
* Avatar: The Way of Water (2022/23)

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Extended reality (XR)

* Augmented reality (AR)
* Virtual reality (VR)
* Mixed reality (MR)

Concepts|

* Cinematic virtual reality
* Computer-mediated reality
* Immersion
* Metaverse
* On-set virtual production
* Persistent world
* Projection augmented model
* Real life
* Room-scale
* Simulation hypothesis
* Six degrees of freedom
* Spatial computing
* Telepresence
* Virtual reality applications
* Virtual reality sickness
* Virtual world

Technologies|

| Display|

* EyeTap
* Head-mounted display
* optical
* Head-up display
* Smartglasses
* Virtual reality headset
* list
* Virtual retinal display

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3D interaction|

* Eye tracking
* Finger tracking
* Pose tracking
* Simultaneous localization and mapping

Software|

* Asynchronous reprojection
* Foveated rendering
* Image-based modeling and rendering

Photography|

* 360-degree video
* Free viewpoint television
* Omnidirectional (360-degree) camera
* VR photography

Other|

* Haptic suit
* Omnidirectional treadmill
* Wearable computer

Peripherals|

* Cyberith Virtualizer
* Leap Motion
* Oculus Touch
* PlayStation Move
* Razer Hydra
* Virtuix Omni
* Wired glove
* Wizdish ROVR

Devices|

| Current|

* Apple Vision Pro
* Golden-i headsets
* HTC Vive
* Magic Leap
* Meta Quest 3
* 3S
* Microsoft HoloLens
* 2
* OSVR
* PICO 4 Ultra
* Pimax
* PlayStation VR2
* Valve Index
* Vuzix Blade
* Windows Mixed Reality

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Former|

* AntVR
* castAR
* EyePhone
* Google Cardboard
* Google Daydream
* Google Glass
* Liquid Image
* Oculus Go
* Oculus Quest
* Oculus Rift
* CV1
* Rift S
* Meta Quest 2
* Pro
* PICO 4
* PlayStation VR
* Samsung Gear VR
* Sensorama
* SixthSense
* The Sword of Damocles
* VFX1 Headgear
* Virtual Boy
* Virtual fixture
* Virtuality
* VR-1

Unreleased|

* Project Iris
* Sega VR

Software|

| General|

* ARCore
* ARToolKit
* Interactive art
* virtual graffiti
* Meta Horizon OS
* OpenVR
* OpenXR
* Pervasive game
* Software related to augmented reality
* Virtual reality game
* visionOS
* Vuforia Augmented Reality SDK
* WebXR

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Games|

* List of HTC Vive games
* List of Meta Quest games
* List of Oculus Rift games
* List of PlayStation VR games
* VR2

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Spain

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