Steven Spielberg is such an untouchable badass at this point that he's working nostalgic tributes to his own movies into the giant pop-culture crossover that is Ready Player One.
A new teaser for the master filmmaker's adaptation of Ernest Cline's post-apocalyptic novel includes too many film references to count, but the T Rex-sized cameo stands out:
In case you missed it, there's a brief shot of the Rexy reenacting the classic chase from Jurassic Park in Ready Player One's virtual alternate reality.
Among the other pop culture references that stand out are the clever choice to set the trailer to 'Pure Imagination' from Willy Wonka, and cameos from the Iron Giant and even a rampaging King Kong.
There's also a brief shot near the end featuring characters from DC, Lord of the Rings and various video games waging war in the virtual-reality world known as OASIS.
The big-budget fantasy movie centres around young Wade (Tye Sheridan) and his girlfriend Samantha (Olivia Cooke) unleashing a revolution in OASIS while the real world crumbles around them.
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They're opposed by evil tech executive Nolan Sorrento, who's played by Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Captain Marvel baddie Ben Mendelsohn.
If the blockbuster is the success that Warner Bros is banking on, expect a sequel to be commissioned in short order because author Ernest Cline is already at work on a follow-up novel.
Ready Player One crashes into UK and US cinemas on March 29. Watch a prior trailer below:
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