WB isn't happy with the current script for Ready Player One, so a rewrite has been ordered from Eric Eason.
According to Variety, WB is still moving forward with the adaptation of Ernie Cline's novel and now Eason has signed on to rewrite the script. WB won the rights to the project in a "heated bidding war" in June 2010.
The popular book released in 2010 is about a gamer in a virtual world who's on a dangerous treasure hunt to find the fortune of the creator of the virtual world. The teenager then has to deal with rival players and corporations that also want that prize.
Eason is known for writing and directing Manito in 2002 and Journey to the End of the Night with Brendan Fraser starring. Currently he's getting acclaim for A Better Life.
