Steven Spielberg’s latest blockbuster Ready Player One is a blend of futurism and nostalgia.
The film, getting its European premiere at Leicester Square on Monday, takes Ernest Cline’s novel and imagines a world where people can enter Oasis, a system that allows people to live out their fantasies.
That is the cue for a wallow in some favourites of popular culture, including Superman and Back To The Future.
Steven Spielberg cuts a dash on the blue carpet at Leicester Square (Ian West/PA)The film is based on a novel by Ernest Cline (Ian West/PA)Hannah John-Kamen turns out for Ready Player One’s first showing in Europe (Ian West/PA)Donald De Line attending the European premiere of Ready Player One (Ian West/PA)Win Morisaki at the Vue West End in Leicester Square, central London (Ian West/PA)The cast and crew of Ready Player One (from left to right) Ben Mendelsohn, Hannah John-Kamen, Win Morisaki, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Steven Spielberg, Lena Waithe, Philip Zhao and Simon Pegg (Ian West/PA)Philip Zhao on the blue carpet ahead of the European premiere (Ian West/PA)Dan Farah arrives at the premiere (Ian West/PA)Tallia Storm adds some colour to the blue carpet (Ian West/PA)Simon Pegg points the way (Ian West/PA)Olivia Cooke shimmers on the blue carpet (Ian West/PA)Tye Sheridan strikes a pose (Ian West/PA)
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