8CN: Zak Penn was assigned to write the screenplay, and four years later, he's turned in a draft that the studio is reportedly very happy with. So happy in fact, that their shortlist of potential directors is basically a "who's who" of fantastic genre directors.
All of them would be pretty incredible choices if WB can land them, but I think some are definitely more fitted to the material than others. Here is how I would rank WB's shortlist, in order of increasing Ready Player One-ness (accompanied by some cool art inspired by the novel).
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Zak Penn certainly doesn't get nearly the amount of work I'd expect of him after the stuff he's done. Think his last big break was writing the story for The Avengers, and that was alongside Joss Whedon. In terms of a full screenplay, haven't seen much from him in years. Regardless of if Nolan or Jackson picks it up, hopefully Penn will get more of a hand in it than the Hulk script Edward Norton shredded up.