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The Madballs Easter Egg You Didn’t Notice On the ‘Ready Player One’ Poster
Like Ernest Cline’s novel, Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is going to be loaded with Easter eggs and nostalgic references to the past, many of which – including Freddy Krueger, Chucky and killer car Christine! – have already appeared in the various trailers for the film. What else? How about the beloved ’80s toys known as Madballs?!
The official Madballs account over on Instagram just tipped us off to something we completely missed in the latest poster for Ready Player One. Even though we had scoured the poster for Easter eggs when it originally hit, it required a *much* closer examination to spot this one. On the poster, Art3mis is holding a Madball!
More specifically, she’s holding Horn Head, one of the original Madballs characters who was introduced in the first series of the original AmToy line. Check it out below!
Ready Player One arrives on March 29, 2018.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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