<P> Parzival and Sho find Sixers lining up to play on an Atari 2600 console, but failing on each game after time expires, even when one of them beats Adventure . Sorrento activates the Cataclyst, which zeroes out everyone on Planet Doom (including himself). However, the curator's coin spares Parzival as an extra life . Parzival deduces that the goal is not to win Adventure but to simply find its own Easter egg, which Parzival completes to reveal the third key . Inside the gate, Anorak presents Parzival a contract; however, Wade declines as it is similar to the one Morrow had signed that dissolved his partnership with Halliday . Anorak transforms into Halliday and affirms Wade's decision to be correct . After showing Parzival a Big Red Button that would shut down the OASIS permanently, Halliday officially awards him the Golden Egg as the winner of the contest . </P> <P> Sorrento and Zandor are arrested after Aech had sent the police a recording of Sorrento's conversation with Wade that resulted in the bombing . IOI's indentured players are freed from their debts, heavily restructuring the company . The High Five share control of the OASIS, with Wade hiring Morrow, who is revealed to be the archive curator, as a consultant . The OASIS resumes operations, but is shut down on Tuesdays and Thursdays to force people to spend more time in the real world, including Wade and Samantha who have formed a relationship and bought an apartment together . </P> <Ul> <Li> Tye Sheridan as Parzival / Wade Watts, a Gunter and one of the "High Five", who wishes to win the Quest so he can leave the stacks . </Li> <Li> Olivia Cooke as Art3mis / Samantha Cook, a famous Gunter and one of the "High Five", who works with various allies to ensure the OASIS is kept free and out of the hands of IOI . </Li> <Li> Ben Mendelsohn as Nolan Sorrento, the recently appointed CEO of Innovative Online Industries, who seeks full control over the OASIS . He leads the Sixers, an army of indentured servants in the OASIS . </Li> <Li> Lena Waithe as Aech / Helen Harris, a Gunter and one of the "High Five", who is male in the OASIS and longtime friend of Wade's . Aech runs a virtual garage in her free time to create and fix various vehicles and items . </Li> <Li> T.J. Miller as i - R0k, a freelance weapons and magic item dealer and bounty hunter, who is often employed by IOI . </Li> <Li> Simon Pegg as Curator / Ogden Morrow, a co-creator of the OASIS, who eventually left the company due to personal reasons . He harbors a concern about how many people have developed an unhealthy dependency on the game . </Li> <Li> Mark Rylance as Anorak / James Halliday, the deceased co-creator of the OASIS, who includes an Easter Egg hidden in the OASIS after his passing that grants control over the OASIS to its winner . </Li> <Li> Philip Zhao as Sho / Zhou, a Gunter and one of the "High Five", an 11 - year - old in reality . </Li> <Li> Win Morisaki as Daito / Toshiro, a Gunter and one of the "High Five". </Li> <Li> Hannah John - Kamen as F'Nale Zandor, the head of IOI's operations in the physical world, as well as their indentured servitude programs . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Tye Sheridan as Parzival / Wade Watts, a Gunter and one of the "High Five", who wishes to win the Quest so he can leave the stacks . </Li>

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