Film adaptations of popular novels are a Hollywood tradition — especially when the novel is part of a series, making its financial prospects even more lucrative.
So, where’s the movie adaptation of “Ready Player Two”?Steven Spielberg directed “Ready Player One,” the 2018 film version of the 2011 novel of the same name by Ernest Cline.
The movie raked in a worldwide box office total of nearly $600 million and earned decent Rotten Tomatoes scores.
Such numbers seemed more than enough to move forward with follow-up installments based on sequel novels covering earlier eras.
“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” its series’ sophomore outing, debuted in theaters just one year after the first film.
The same was true for the film sequels to “Twilight” and “The Hunger Games.” More than five years after “Ready Player One” debuted in theaters, Wade Watts and his fellow High Five friends haven’t returned to cineplexes, despite the existence of a sequel novel,…
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