Warner Bros. has formally announced the US home video release for Ready Player One. The release was announced via the movies official twitter account. In doing so the studio released a new short, mini-trailer.
The announcement was followed by our first looks at the cover art and special features which you can find detailed below.
No news yet on international release dates.
Welcome to the Oasis. Are you ready?
Own #ReadyPlayerOne on Digital 7/3 & on Blu-ray™ 7/24. https://t.co/kZHXusZE0f pic.twitter.com/Lebw8pwzcg
— Ready Player One (@readyplayerone) May 22, 2018
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 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 ’80’s: You’re The Inspiration
BD Languages: English, Latin Spanish, Canadian French, Brazilian Portuguese
BD Subtitles: English, Latin Spanish, Canadian French, Brazilian PortugueseThe 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc of READY PLAYER ONE will feature Dolby VisionTM HDR that dramatically expands the color palette and contrast range and uses dynamic metadata to automatically optimize the picture for every screen, frame by frame.
Also, the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and 2D Blu-ray disc of READY PLAYER ONE will feature a Dolby Atmos® soundtrack remixed specifically for the home theater environment to place and move audio anywhere in the room, including overhead. To experience Dolby Atmos at home, a Dolby Atmos enabled AV receiver and additional speakers are required, or a Dolby Atmos enabled sound bar. Dolby Atmos soundtracks are also fully backward compatible with traditional audio configurations and legacy home entertainment equipment.
READY PLAYER ONE will also be available on Movies Anywhere. Using the free Movies Anywhere app and website, consumers can access all their eligible movies by connecting their Movies Anywhere account with their participating digital retailer accounts.
The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.
Ready Player One is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tye Sheridan as Wade Owen Watts/Parzival, Olivia Cooke as Art3mis, Ben Mendelsohn as Nolan Sorrento, Simon Pegg as Ogden “Og” Morrow, Mark Rylance as James Donovan Halliday/Anorak, T.J. Miller as i-R0k, Hannah John-Kamen in an undisclosed role, Lena Waithe as Aech, Win Morisaki as Toshiro Yoshiaki/Daito, Philip Zhao as Akihide Karatsu/Shoto, Ralph Ineson as Rick and Letitia Wright as Reb,
You can read our Ready Player One review here!
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