Fan Casting Ready Player One (1998)

In 2045, the planet is on the brink of chaos and collapse, but people find salvation in the OASIS: an expansive virtual reality universe created by eccentric James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he promises his immense fortune and ownership of the OASIS to the first person to discover a digital Easter Egg somewhere in the OASIS. When young Wade Watts joins the contest, he finds himself an unlikely hero in a reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastic world of mystery, discovery and danger.