Christopher Nolan approached for 'Ready Player One' adaptation by Warner Bros.

With his newest film Interstellar still soaring in theaters and IMAX cinemas across the country, Christopher Nolan has yet to decide, or announce, what's next. While the director may still be deciding, Warner Bros. at least has something in mind, as they have approached The Dark Knight filmmaker to helm their adaptation of Ready Player One.

The news of Nolan's potential involvement comes from The Tracking Board. Based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Cline, adapted by Zak Penn (The Avengers), Ready Player One centers on a teenage boy who enters an elaborate treasure hunt to win a fortune left to him in the will of the creator of Oasis, his favorite virtual reality game. Released in 2010, the book became a New York Times bestseller and a favorite among publishers and readers, sparking Random House to buy the book for a high six-figure sum.

While Nolan has now dipped into exploring sci-fi and the future with his new movie, this sounds out of Nolan's typical wheelhouse productions. That said, however, it's not unheard of for Nolan to try new things, so maybe this would be an ideal project for him to tackle next.

Multiple writers have tried tackling the screenwriting of this project, but have not been fruitful besides Penn. Nolan is not one to rush into his projects, and will likely rewrite the script to his favor if he accepts, much like he did to Jonathan Nolan's script for Interstellar. But it is not impossible to image the filmmaker behind this, and perhaps Warner Bros asking their top director to do Ready Player One should show the company's confidence in the project.

More details will obviously have to come in time. If Nolan does decide to pass, though—as Collider observes—Edgar Wright could definitely be a great pick, based on the property's multiple references to the '80s.

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