Warner Bros. has revealed the release date for the Ready Player One movie.

According to Variety, Ready Player One is slated to hit theaters on December 15, 2017.



Steven Spielberg will be directing the adaptation of Ernest Cline's novel in which humans spend the majority of their days in OASIS, a massive multiplayer online simulation, in order to escape the dystopian real world.

"Any film from Steven Spielberg is an event film, so it felt right to date this thrilling new project from one of our greatest filmmakers for the holiday season," said Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman.

Screenwriter Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand) is adapting the 2011 bestselling book. Last year, Penn said it was too early to confirm what licensed properties would appear in the movie since the book is so full of pop culture and gaming references.