Which One Will Play Art3mis In Ready Player One?

Unless you've been living under a rock, then you are familiar with the amazingly popular novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.  You also know that the movie rights have been picked up, it's going to be a major motion picture that will release in December 2017, and that Steven Spielberg is going to direct.  Outside of that, details on the movie have been scarce...

...That is until the other day when The Wrap reported that there is a short list of three actresses up for the role of Art3mis.  They are Ellie Fanning, Olivia Cooke, and Lola Kirke.  Each one would make a powerful Art3mis, and each one has things that fall in their favor for the role.  Let's take a look at each of them.

Ellie Fanning has a little bit of an in with Spielberg.  She starred in the movie Super 8, which Spielberg produced, and he also has experience working with her older sister who starred in his adaptation of War of the Worlds.  In my personal opinion, this would be my third choice out of the group.

A lot of fans of the book may be pulling for Olivia Cooke.  Cooke is mostly known for her work on Bates Motel, and more recently starred in this summer's movie Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, which won her huge praise for her role as a cancer-stricken patient.  Her name recognition alone could be a big help for the film.  Give her an Art3mis haircut, and she could pull this role of with no problem whatsoever.  One thing that may work against her?  She's been reported to be on the short list for Rian Johnson's Star Wars: Episode VIII which would be released at the same time as Ready Player One, December of 2017.

Lola Kirke is an up-and-comer that wowed audiences with her appearance in last year's Gone Girl.  This helped her land a role opposite Greta Gerwig in the Noah Baumbach-directed Mistress America.

Ellen Lewis, Ready Player One's casting director definitely has her work cut out for her.  It should be noted that there are also two other unnamed actresses that are being considered for the role, as well.

So who do you think should get the role as Art3mis?  Leave your comments in the section below!