'Silicon Valley' star T.J. Miller joins the cast of 'Ready Player One' - CNET

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Excitement for the film adaptation of Eaest Cline's dystopia sci-fi novel "Ready Player One" has been mounting ever since Steven Spielberg was aounced last March.

Now we have another reason to get keen, with T.J. Miller, a recent standout in "Deadpool" and HBO's "Silicon Valley" TV series, has joined the film's cast, according to EW. The entertainment publication added that he'll play a forum troll whose handle is i-Rok.

He'll join Simon Pegg ("Shaun of the Dead", "Star Trek"), Tye Sheridan ("X-Men: Apocalypse"), Elle Faing ("Super 8", "Maleficent") and Mark Rylance ("Bridge of Spies").

Cline's best-selling novel takes place in a dystopian 2044 and follows a teen who discovers the first clue to finding an Easter egg hidden in the massive virtual online utopia called The OASIS. That first clue, tied to the OASIS creator's obsession with the 1970s and '80s, leads him on a quest that could change (and possibly prematurely end) his life.