Movie Rights to Ernie Cline's 'Armada' Sold

Seven figures paid for local author's follow-up to 'Ready Player One'

"...needs another Delorean, but the feature film rights to Ernie Cline's upcoming novel, Armada, have already been sold to..."

Dec. 6, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Ernie Cline Gets His Game on With Armada

Novelist Ernie Cline's Eighties arcade love fuels his new sci-fi blockbuster, Armada

"...Austin-based author Ernest Cline hit the literary jackpot on his first attempt at..."

July 31, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Ernest Cline Is Taking The Bridge to Bat City

Ready Player One author making kid lit debut

"...nerdy pop culture futures, Ready Player One author Ernest Cline is one of Austin's biggest-selling authors. Now he's stepping..."

June 13, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Ernest Cline: Kings of the Nerds

Austin author adapts his Spielberg homage Ready Player One with Spielberg himself

"...Austinite Ernest Cline went from "local author" to "bestselling author of Ready..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Moisés Chiullán

Fanboys

This shaggy comedy is an earnest, sweetly geeked tribute to fandom.

"...time by their Episode I countdown clock. (Austin scriptwriter Ernie Cline wrote the first draft prior to The Phantom..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fan Favorite

How the geekdom came together to save a love song to Star Wars from the dark side

"...In 1997 local slam poet and writer Ernie Cline wrote a script called Fanboys. It was the..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth

A dystopian future meets a pop-culture obsessed past in Ready Player One

"...Looking at Ernest Cline's North Austin home, it's easy to imagine the man..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Books Feature by James Renovitch

Wizard World: Wil Wheaton Versus the Burrito

'ST:TNG' star explains how Twitter helps bind the geekverse

"...out Wheaton has a local connection. "I helped break Ernie Cline," Wheaton said. Yup, that Ernie Cline, author of..."

Oct. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Ready Player One Experience at SXSW

Step into the Oasis from the new Steven Spielberg film

"...from director Steven Spielberg and writers Zak Penn and Ernie Cline tells the story of a near future where..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Post by Moisés Chiullán

Texas Book Festival

First look at the TBF lineup

"...Louis Sachar (The Cardturner), and recent Chronicle cover boy Ernie Cline (Ready Player One)...."

Sept. 9, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Classic Game Fest Returns

In our day, controllers had one button, and we liked it

"...that lemon. He will be joined by local author Ernie Cline, whose books Ready Player One and the recently..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Old Is the New New

Classic Game Fest

"...special guests like the author of Ready Player One, Ernie Cline, shaking hands and being his usual awesomely nerdy..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Free Comic Book Day 2013

The 11th giveaway of four-color fun runs the gamut from 'Archie' to 'The Walking Dead'

"...Guests: writers Ernie Cline (Ready Player One), 10am-noon, and Aaron Allston (Star..."

May 3, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Comic Con 2012

October 26-28, 2012. 37 Photos

"...Ready Player One author Ernie Cline was bithcin' enough to share his prize 80's..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Photo Gallery

Voyage to the 'Hearts of Dorkness'

Patrick Read Johnson and the strange oddysey of 5-25-77

"...becoming a film maker. It's kin to local writer Ernie Cline's Fanboys (and it suffered an equally tough trip..."

July 1, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postscripts

Austin literary agent Jim Hornfischer hasn't been sleeping. He's taking the bar at the end of the month, he and his wife have three children, and he recently founded his own agency, Hornfischer Literary Management, Inc., after eight years with The Literary Group, an agency headquartered in New York known for handling celebrity books.

"...The 2001 Slam Team has been chosen for Nationals: Ernie Cline, Ragan Fox, Jeff Knight, Sara Sutterfield Winn, and..."

July 13, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Smells Like Team Spirit

National Poetry Slam Comes to Austin

"...(Clockwise from top left) Ernie Cline, Susan B. Anthony Somers-Willet, Karyna McGlynn, and Genevieve..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Spike Gillespie

Profiling the Locals

"...ERNIE CLINE..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature

AFF2012: Attacking the Nitty Gritty Panel

Should psychedelics fail...

"...which, he said, he has "mixed feelings"); and Austin's Ernie Cline (Fanboys, Ready Player One)...."

Oct. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Recap: Ready Player One Premiere

Tech problems fail to dampen the excitement at star-studded event

"...the enormous fandom that loves the book, by Austin's Ernie Cline, but the film representing a triumphant homecoming for..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Moisés Chiullán

Film Flam: Local Screens News

Mr. Kaplan closes Cine Las Americas, Ernie Cline scores big, and more

"...arrived this week via the trades that local author Ernie Cline’s novel Ready Player One has been nabbed by..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

South by Spoken Word

No Slam, Thank You, Ma'am

"...ERNIE CLINE: There's been a recent infusion of new talent..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature by Phil West

Getting Behind The Tender Bar With Lily Rabe and Tye Sheridan

The challenges of authenticity (and George Clooney's acting class)

"...did Ready Player One, which is an adaptation of Ernie Cline's book, and that was confusing because I kept..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Gaming Expo Opens Today

Free gaming extravaganza continues through weekend

"...games at various panels near the expo. Highlights include Ernie Cline discussing his new novel, Armada today (Friday) at..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Free Comic Book Day: Local Stores, Local Artists

Austin and beyond, where to get your free comic books Saturday

"...joined by a couple of novelists: Chronicle cover star Ernie Cline (Fan Boys, Player One) and Star Wars: X-Wing..."

May 4, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

A Comic-Book Sidekick of Your Very Own?

Without ever having to wear a single bit of Spandex

"...who knows, maybe one day you'll see him or Ernie Cline or Kristin Hogan or Uncle Staple rummaging through..."

July 5, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Still Working It

Actor Brian O'Halloran on the enduring appeal of Clerks

"...the screening of Clerks on Thursday, Aug. 4; filmmaker Ernie Cline will introduce his 2008 debut, Fanboys, on Thursday,..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Words for Words

Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another

"...out of that scene: Gene­vieve Van Cleve, Ragan Fox, Ernie Cline, Andy Buck, Wammo, Susan B.A. Somers-Willett, to name..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

Postscripts

In Memoriam

"...1999 Austin Poetry Slam Team: Phil West, Vicky Charleston, Ernie Cline, and Karyna McGlynn. You can catch them Tuesdays..."

May 14, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Bloomin' Poets

"...will be the winner of the Austin Poetry Slam, Ernie Cline, and Susan Sommers-Willett, Karyna McGlynn, and Genevieve Van..."

June 5, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

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