Ready Player Onewas released in 2018 , and of all its many cameos , Chucky was undoubtedly the best . Based on the hit 2011 novel of the same name by Ernest Cline , the book was adapted into a megahit by Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg . The new centers on a dystopian future where the majority of people hightail it into an   Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation - OASIS for short - to avoid the   desolation of the real world .

When the reclusive billionaire creator of the OASIS dies he triggers a literalEaster Egghunt within his instauration ; a Willy Wonka - style adventure through the haven where the prize is his destiny and possession of the integral simulation itself . Young pop - acculturation fancier Wade Watts ( Ty Sheridan ) finish up being one of the front blue runner in the ensue competition , using his avatar Parzival to take on the mighty tummy Innovative Online Industries and their army of indentured servant . Although the filmstrays from theReady Player Onenovelat multiplication , it was by - and - with child a faithful adaptation .

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What was unique about theReady Player Onebook was its power for Cline to joyfully cite all personal manner of tonic culture icons as playable and non - playable avatars within the straggly , highly - populated OASIS . What ’s even more telling is that Spielberg was able to cover a number of different Intellectual Property rights for slip in all of these characters into the same movie - even if it ended up taking himeight years .

From Freddy Krueger toStar Trek , the gossamer amount of dimension and characters referenced is staggering . Spielberg ’s producing partner , Kristie Macosko Krieger , said in an interview with theLA Timesthat the director was able to get 80 % of his desired wish lean for characters to admit in the movie , which is not forged inning - and for sure only made possible because of   Spielberg ’s pedigree . Luckily for fan , one of those characters was repugnance icon Chucky of theChild ’s Playfranchise . Original vocalization doer Brad Dourif was even bring back to provide his maniac laughter .

The serial - kill doll has experienced a revivification of late , receive a remake - whichreplaced Dourif with Mark Hamill- and an upcomingTV show on SyFyfrom the original creators of the franchise . InReady Player One , a scene where our Italian sandwich are in a pitched battle with IOI ’s force ( known as ' sextuplet ' ) shows the primary character ’s best protagonist Aetch ( Lena Waithe ) throw him a arm to be used in the plot . Within the OASIS , we see that weapon is Chucky himself , used as a wind - up murderous grenade of sorts , unleashed to take on a crowd of Sixers . The cameo is brief , but a whole luck of fun owe to the cult villain ’s random visual aspect .

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Thanks to the movie making a decent gain and perform well inChina , there ’s gamey potential for seeing a subsequence toReady Player One . Ernest Cline is write a sequel to his novel and distaff leadOlivia Cooke is signed on for multiple sequelsso who knows ? rooter might be seeing Parzival and Chucky together again sooner than they think .

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