New Character Created For "Ready Player One" Movie

One of the biggest original science fiction novels to come out over the last decade was Ready Player One, written by Ernest Cline.  It was such a success that it came as no surprise that the movie rights were picked up, and it was soon announced that Steven Spielberg would direct the film.  Due to the number of different movie, television, and video games (not to mention Dungeons and Dragons), Spielberg admitted that not everything from the book would make it into the film.  One of the reasons is due to copyrights, and the other is Spielberg himself.  There are a lot of references to movies that he's done in the past, and he said he didn't want it to seem like it was a love film to all of his work.  One of the changes that should be a positive for the movie is the introduction of a new character that wasn't in the book, i-R0k.  This new character will be played by TJ Miller, and the actor recently sat down with Fandango to spill a little bit about the movie and his character:


“I’m not in the book. Some plot points are different, but I’m the only new character. I play i-R0k and basically I am a funny, or at least mildly amusing, Boba Fett. In the OASIS, I am a better player than Aech or Daito or any of those guys. I am sort of unequivocally the best bounty hunter, but I work freelance. While all the Sixers work for IOI and Sorrento [Mendelsohn], he has to commission me and I get an incredibly high fee to either find people and kill them or make them starve in the game.


My character in the movie wants to be Boba Fett. Like that’s his hero, his idol, which isn’t far off for many Star Wars fans, myself included.


I actually mimicked Boba Fett’s voice. And in the original Star Wars he only ever speaks four or five times in the movies, so I could only learn from ‘What about me? He’s no good to me dead.’ And then ‘As you wish.’ And I used the British actor’s voice instead of the f***ing Australian’s from the prequels – Lucas, you son of a bitch! – and so, I think it’s actually a really fun character.”


Not much else has been revealed about the film, except for a few images that have made their way online.  If you haven't read the book, I highly recommend it.  This will be one of the few new movies that will be coming out that is original, is a stand alone, and isn't a reboot or a sequel. 


Ready Player One is scheduled for release March 30, 2018.