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Ready Player One (2018)
Where Ready Player One says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The film is set in Columbus, Ohio, but the streets of Wade's world are in Birmingham, England, and the rest is a computer-made world with no place on Earth.
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Scenes and places
Wade's home in the Columbus Stacks
Wade lives in Columbus in 2045 in a tower of stacked trailers, in a world where most people escape into the OASIS. He is one of the egg hunters chasing the prize James Halliday left behind.
Set in The Stacks, Columbus, Ohio — Wade's neighborhood of stacked trailers in Columbus in 2045, where he lives with his aunt.
A neighborhood of stacked trailers invented for the film; in real life the scene was staged in a Birmingham car park.
The streets of Columbus, built in Birmingham
Outside the OASIS, Wade moves through the crowded streets of Columbus, where everyone else has a headset on. The real world is the part nobody wants to look at.
Set in Streets of Columbus, Ohio — The real-world streets around Wade's neighborhood in Columbus.
Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter and Digbeth, old industrial districts of brick streets and canals.
Filmed at Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham (Birmingham, United Kingdom) — Named as a filming area of Birmingham standing in for Columbus. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there:
Filmed at Floodgate Street, Digbeth, Birmingham (Birmingham, United Kingdom) — Named as a filming street in Digbeth; the coordinate is for the Digbeth district. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The unbeatable race
Wade enters the OASIS race that no one has ever finished. He wins by driving backward, and Anorak hands him the Copper Key.
Set in The race course in the OASIS — A virtual race inside the OASIS; there is no real place for it.
A computer-made course; no real location is tied to it.
The Shining challenge
Wade and Art3mis work out that the clue points to The Shining and to Halliday's regret over Kira. Inside the recreated hotel, Art3mis asks Kira to dance and wins the Jade Key.
Set in The Overlook Hotel recreation in the OASIS — A virtual recreation of the Overlook Hotel from The Shining.
A computer-made hotel; no real location is tied to it.
Castle Anorak on Planet Doom
The third challenge asks players to guess Halliday's favorite Atari 2600 game. The hunters and IOI both start working through the game's thousands of possibilities.
Set in Castle Anorak, Planet Doom — A virtual castle on a virtual planet in the OASIS.
A computer-made castle on a made-up planet; no real location is tied to it.
Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden — Studio scenes (not stated in the sources) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Wade Watts / Parzival — An orphan from a trailer stack in Columbus who hunts Halliday's hidden Easter egg in the OASIS.
- Samantha Cook / Art3mis — A well-known egg hunter who works to keep the OASIS out of IOI's hands.
- Helen Harris / Aech — Wade's long-time friend, a mechanic in the OASIS.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was Wade's Columbus really filmed in Ready Player One?