Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Finally Found Its Lead Actor

Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ernie Cline's sci-fi Ready Player One just found its main star: Tye Sheridan —whom we'll see playing Cyclops in Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse—is set to play the lead character of Wade, AKA Parzival.

The report comes from Deadline. Sheridan joins Olivia Cooke, who'll play Art3mis, and Ben Mendelsohn, who'll play the villain, Nolan Sorrento.

Ready Player One is set in a near future and the story is mostly set online, in a virtual reality called the OASIS. When the creator of the OASIS dies, he creates a Willy Wonka-esque treasure hunt for control of the company which several people, including the avatars Parzival and Art3mis, focus their lives to. It's an awesome futristic yet nostalgic adventure filled with a lot of pop culture-reference.

Sherdian's breakout was Mud, he was cast to play the young Cyclops for this year's X-Men: Apocalypse, and last year, he starred in Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse, which was terrible, but Sheridan performed well in it.

Sheridan debuted on the screen in 2011, and since then has gone on to appear in Mudand Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse.

Ready Player One will be released in theaters on March 30, 2018.