It has been confirmed that Ready Player Two, the sequel to the famous dystopian novel by American writer and screenwriter Ernest Cline, Ready Player One , has officially passed into the hands of Mondadori , who recently acquired the rights and will release the new act of the nascent saga. , completely in Italian, next 29 June 2021. Ready Player Two is set immediately after the end of the first novel, and will allow us to discover the new adventure of the protagonist of the first title, Wade Watts , who, a few days after the victory of the competition launched by the founder of the virtual universe OASIS , James Halliday, and the arrest ofNolan Sorrento , is informed of a new technology that the brilliant scientist has created and which he has decided never to officially release to the public. This new technology, called Oasis Neural Interface ( ONI ), allows all users not only to experience OASIS with all five senses, but also to record their own experiences in real life.

In America the novel was officially published in November 2020 , riding on the success of the film adaptation of the first book. In fact, Ready Player One also arrived in cinemas thanks to the skilled hands of Steven Spielberg ( Lo Squalo, ET L’extra-terreste, On the edge of reality ) in 2018, immediately succeeding in impressing the public and critics positively, reaching the first place both in the Italian and in the US box office. The author immediately declared that, given the success of the first film adaptation, even Ready Player Two would have reached the big screen, thus officially kicking off a new franchise in the world of cinema. Below you can find the official synopsis of the novel.

Days after OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden in Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find him, lies a technological advance that will once again change the world and make the OASIS even more wonderful and compelling. With it comes a new riddle and a new quest, a latest “Easter egg” from Holiday, which suggests a mysterious prize and an unexpected and incredibly powerful rival willing to kill millions to get what he wants. Wade’s life and the future of OASIS are at stake again, but this time the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.