Steven Spielberg's READY PLAYER ONE Adds DEADPOOL & SILICON VALLEY Star T.J. Miller
With Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One gearing up to kick off production, they've added Deadpool & Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller to the cast in a role Erlich Bachman was born to play - a major troll.
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that T.J. Miller has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg's upcoming film adaptation of the popular Ernest Cline sci-fi novel Ready Player One. He'll portray i-R0k, an annoying troller that resides in the online forums of the virtual world known as OASIS.
Miller is best known for his hilarious role as Erlich Bachman on HBO's hit comedy series Silicon Valley and was most recently seen as Weasel in 20th Century Fox's critically acclaimed blockbuster Deadpool where he starred alongside Ryan Reynolds. He has a few comedy projects lined up next with FML, Office Christmas Party, and Goon: Last of the Enforcers.
Miller joins a cast headlined by X-Men: Apocalypse star Tye Sheridan with Olivia Cooke (Me And Earl And The Dying Girl), Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline), Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation), and Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies) on-board as his impressive supporting players. Production is expected to start at the end of this month.
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In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them.
But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.
Ready Player One features:
Director: Steven Spielberg
Tye Sheridan as Wade Owen Watts/Parzival
Olivia Cooke as Samantha Evelyn Cook/Art3mis
Ben Mendelsohn as Nolan Sorrento
Simon Pegg as Ogden "Og" Morrow
Mark Rylance as James Donovan Halliday
T.J. Miller as i-R0k
Ready Player One logs into the OASIS on March 30, 2018