>>> THE YEAR IS 2045.
THE ONLY WAY TO ESCAPE YOUR HARSH REALITY IS TO DISAPPEAR
INTO THE VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF
OASIS.
OASIS.
>> ITS A WORLD CREATED BY NONE
OTHER THAN STEPHEN SPIELBERG.
IN THE NEW FILM "READY PLAYER
ONE" --
>> THE MOVIE IS A GLIM WANTSPSE
THE FUTURE THAT MAY NO BE TOO
FAR OFF.
GAMES ARE TURNING FUN INTO
FORTUNE. THE BUSINESS OF VIDEO GAMES HAS
ALREADY BECOME A GLOBAL
PHENOMENON.
LAST YEAR IN THE U.S., THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY HIT $36 BILLION IN
REVENUE, BUT ITS NOT JUST THE
MANUFACTURERS WHO ARE RAKING IN THE DOUGH.ERS WHO ARE RAKING IN
THE DOUGH. ACCORDING TO "FORBES," VIDEO
GAMER DAN TDM RANKED AS THE
HIGHEST PAID PLAYER EARNING $16.5 MILLION AND OVER 12NG
$16.5 MILLION AND OVER 12 BILLION VIEWS FOR HIS VIDEOS,
WHICH FEATURE HIM PLAYING
VARIOUS POPULAR GAME TITLES.
ENTHUSIASTS CAN ALSO TEST THEIR
SKILLS IN TOURNAMENTS LIKE THE
INTERNATIONAL DOTA 2
CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH LAST YEAR
BOASTED A PRIZE POOL OF OVER $24
MILLION.
MILLION.
EVEN COLLEGES LIKE ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY IN ILLINOIS AREMORRIS
UNIVERSITY IN ILLINOIS ARE AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TEAM
VIDEO GAME COMPETITION CALL
ESPORTS, COVERING UP TO 70% OF A
STUDENTS TUITION.
STUDENTS TUITION. >> WE CREATED SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL, JIM, BUT ITS
CHANGED.
CHANGED.
>> AND NOW VIDEO GAMES ARE
TAKING OVER POP CULTURE. THE MASSIVE VIRTUAL GAMING
YUANER HAVE OF OASIS IS HEADING
TO THE BIG SCREEN IN STEPHEN
SPIELBERGS NEW ACTION MOVIE
"READY PLAYER ONE."
>> AND WITH US NOW IS ONE OF THE
STARS OF "READY PLAYER
ONE", SIMON PEG.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> MAYBE THE BUSIEST MAN IN THE
ENTIRE INDUSTRY.
ENTIRE INDUSTRY.
YOU JUST WRAPPED "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 6."ED "MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE 6."
NICE OF YOU TO DROP BY. >> IVE ALWAYS GOT TIME FOR YOU
GUYS.
GUYS.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IS IT TRUE YOURE ON VACATION
SAYING, LOOK, NOBODY -- DONT
PUT ANY CALLS THROUGH TO ME
UNLESS ITS SPIELBERG?
>> ITS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
I FINISHED "STAR TREK BEYOND." THAT HAD BEEN A HUGE EXPERIENCE
BECAUSE WE WROTE IT, AND IT WAS
VERY INTENSE AND IT WAS
WONDERFUL, BUT AFTERWARDS I FELT
SO TIRED AND DIDNT KNOW WHAT I
WANTED TO DO WITH MY LIFE.
I THOUGHT, IVE KIND OF DONE EVERYTHING I WANTED TO DO.E
EVERYTHING I WANTED TO DO.
IM GOING TO TAKE JUST SIX
MONTHS OFF.
I CALLED MY AGENT AND SAID DONT
CALL ME FOR SIX MONTHS UNLESS STEPHEN SPIELBERG CALLS.NLESS
STEPHEN SPIELBERG CALLS. AND HE DID.
>> HE DID?
WHAT DID HE SAY?
>> HE SAID, HEY, COME OUT OF
RETIREMENT, YOU FOOL.
NO, HE JUST, YOU KNOW, WERE
DOING "READY PLAYER ONE," AND
ID LIKE YOU TO PLAY THIS ROLE.
OF COURSE I SAID YES BECAUSE
ITS STEPHEN SPIELBERG.
>> YOU CANT SAY NO TO HIM.
>> WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THIS?
>> I PLAY A GUY CALLED OGDEN
MORROW, WHO IS THE CO-CREATOR OF
THIS O WAYASIS.
THE ACTUAL CREATOR HAS DIED AND
LEFT HIS FORTUNE IN THE GAME FOR
ANYONE TO FIND.
ITS THIS BIG TREASURE HUNT.
OGDEN MORROW IS THE SURVIVING
PARTNER.
PARTNER.
HES THERE AS A KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OF INSPIRATION AND
HELP AND A MYSTERIOUS KIND OF
SANTA MEETS -- I CANT REMEMBER
HOW THEY DESCRIBE HIM.
BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO DO.
>> TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
TECHNICAL ASPECTS.
>> YEAH, THE POST-PRODUCTION -- HALF OF THE FILM IS VIRTUAL, SO
ITS PERFORMANCE CAPTURE.
HALF OF ITS LIVE ACTION.
ITS THE REAL WORLD AND THE
VIRTUAL WORLD.
VIRTUAL WORLD. ITS EXTRAORDINARY.
ITS EXTRAORDINARY. VISUALLY, I MEAN, I HAD TO SEE
IT TWICE.
IT TWICE. >> WOW.
>> WOW. YOU DONT PROBABLY WATCH YOUR
MOVIES OFTEN.
MOVIES OFTEN.
>> I DONT.
>> YOU SEEM LIKE THE KIND OF GUY THAT JUST MOVES ON.E KIND OF GUY
THAT JUST MOVES ON. >> I FIND IT QUITE DIFFICULT,
BUT --
BUT --
>> BUT YOURE NOT A VERY GOOD
ACTOR.
>> ITS TRUE.
ITS TRUE.
I ACTUALLY DID A DEAL WITH THE
DEVIL WHEN I WAS 25.
NO, I DO FIND IT HARD TO WATCH MYSELF, BUT THIS FILM WAS SOCH
MYSELF, BUT THIS FILM WAS SO KIND OF OVERWHELMING.
I WATCHED IT IN LONDON ON THE
PREMIERE AND WATCHED IT IN L.A.
JUST SO I COULD TAKE IT IN.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WERE ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.ERE ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO SEE
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GET A LITTLE BREAK.