{"id":574788,"date":"2026-08-04T19:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/574788\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:22:16","slug":"zak-penn-is-writing-ready-player-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/574788\/","title":{"rendered":"Zak Penn Is Writing &#8220;Ready Player Two&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zak-penn-is-writing-ready-player-two.jpg\" data-caption=\"Warner Bros. Pictures\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zak-penn-is-writing-ready-player-two.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"zak-penn-is-writing-ready-player-two\"\/><\/a>Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Screenwriter Zak Penn, who penned the Steven Spielberg-directed film \u201cReady Player One\u201d in 2018, is reportedly penning the sequel \u201cReady Player Two\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thedirect.com\/article\/ready-player-two-sequel-steven-spielberg-zak-penn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Direct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Ernest Cline\u2019s 2020 novel, the story is set after Wade Watts wins control of the virtual-reality system known as the OASIS.<\/p>\n<p>Wade and his friends discover a brain\u2013computer interface, created by OASIS founder James Halliday, and undertake another quest.<\/p>\n<p>The sequel was first announced in 2020, with Spielberg revealing in 2024 he would only produce the sequel, not direct.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the outlet on the red carpet for \u201cStuart Fails to Save the Universe,\u201d Penn confirms his involvement and says of the film\u2019s script, \u201cI am working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The original film grossed $608 million worldwide on a $175 million budget.<\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/star-wars-to-be-dubbed-into-welsh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStar Wars\u201d To Be Dubbed Into Welsh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. Pictures Screenwriter Zak Penn, who penned the Steven Spielberg-directed film \u201cReady Player One\u201d in 2018, is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[63746,146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-574788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}