Screenwriter Zak Penn, who's written the Ready Player One adaptation, has revealed that Ernest Cline is currently working on a second novel.
NewsErnest Cline's 2011 novel Ready Player Oneis something of a cult classic: a sci-fi dystopia that expertly mixes a convincingly dark future world with lots of geeky references to 80s videogame and movie culture.
The allure of its premise was such that the rights to a movie adaptation were snapped up almost as soon as the novel was purchased by its publisher. Warner's currently working on translating the book to the silver screen, with Zak Penn recently turning in his finished screenplay.
We recently spoke to Penn, who's also completed a documentary steeped in the same '80s culture as Ready Player One - Atari: Game Over - and he told us a little bit about his process of adapting Cline's book.
During that interview, Penn almost casually mentioned something quite exciting: Ernest Cline is currently "working on a sequel" to his 2011 novel.
"Ernie's working on a sequel to it [Ready Player One], and it is one of those great ideas that has endless possibilities," Penn said. "And to a certain extent, the longer it exists and the more Ernie thinks about it, the more he comes up with."
It's only a brief bit of news, admittedly, but the thought of a new Ready Player One novel sounds exciting to us.
More on this as we hear it.
