Unfortunately, Steven Spielberg's feud with Carl's Jr. is definitely phony
Ready Player One is all about paying homage to the things you love with little regard for what anyone else thinks, and hamburger store Carl’s Jr. seems to have taken that concept a little too far with its Ready Player One tie-in campaign. In a fun (if on-the-nose) nod to the name of Ready Player One director Steven Spielberg, Car’s Jr. announced that it would be changing the name of its Charbroiled Sliders to “SpielBurgers.” A tweet about the campaign said that Spielberg himself hadn’t approved it yet, but the restaurant chain was “pretty sure he’ll be down with it.”