Olivia Cooke scores female lead in Ready Player One

One week after her name appeared on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a shortlist for Steven Spielberg's next flick, sci-fi adventure Ready Player One, Olivia Cooke has al🧜ready skyrocketed to the top of the high score table. reports that after a series of tests she nabbed the part of Samantha Cook, a virtual reality gamer who befriends the film's hero Wade Watts.

Cooke recently delivered a solid performance in Me and Earl and The Dying Girl, a turn that no doubt influenced Spielberg and his casting team. Of course, her victory means Lola Kirke and Elle Fanning are out of the race and throws doubt on whether Cooke will 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:still be in contention for a part in Star Wars Episode VIII. Who knows? If the Amblin man's past behavior (ahem, Robopocalypse) is anything to go by; we're not gonna really let ourse꧋lves get excited until th𝐆e cameras roll.

Speaking of, production should be gearing up early next year on this pop culture savvy yarn, with Spielberg in the last throes of post on The BFG. Ready Player One boots up on December 15, 2017.

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Gem Seddon is GamesRadar+'s west coast Entertainment News Reporter, working to keep 🅠all of you updated on all of the latest and greatest movies and shows on streaming platforms likeꦛ Netflix and Amazon Prime. Outside of entertainment journalism, Gem can frequently be found writing about the alternative health and wellness industry, and obsessing over all things Aliens and Terminator on Twitter.