Ready Player One



Ready Player One is a 2011 novel by Ernest Cline about a boy who engages in a virtual scavenger hunt in the future. The story, which has been adapted into a movie in 2018, references dozens of entertainment properties from the 1980s including Back to the Future, Star Wars, Pac-Man, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Stephen King, Douglas Adams, and The Lord of the Rings, among many, many others.

Mentions

 * The marketing campaign for movie featured a poster spoofing promotional art for Jim Henson's 1986 film Labyrinth.