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In the year 2044, teenager Wade Watts feels most alive when jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual utopia where he studies the puzzles left by its creator, James Halliday, whose obsession with decades-old pop culture promises massive power and fortune to whoever unlocks them. When Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he is pitted against powerful corporations and rival gamers in a high-stakes quest. A jaw-droppingly cinematic debut that is part virtual space opera, part coming-of-age story, and part pop-culture mashup.