Ready Player One: Every Pop Culture Reference In The Trailer

2. Gandalf

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You might have to squint your eyes a bit to make him out, but one of the best Lord of the Ring characters can be glimpsed during that scene on the zero-gravity dance floor.

The White Wizard, or at least somebody who's chosen him as their avatar, is there busting a move, but blink and you'll miss him.

Ogden Morrow, the co-creator of OASIS, uses Gandalf as his avatar in the Ready Player One novel, though it's unclear whether this is him.

There had to be a Lord of the Rings reference in there somewhere. All we need now is a nod to Star Wars and this glorious ode to geek culture is complete.

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