Warner Bros. has launched the trailer for Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17, the long-awaited follow-up to Finest Image winner “Parasite.” This sci-fi thriller is customized from Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel “Mickey 7” and stars Robert Pattinson as a “consumable” worker named Mickey Barnes.
Within the novel, Mickey is shipped on a harmful mission to colonize an ice planet. When one model of Mickey dies, a clone is created to switch him, retaining most of his recollections.
Along with Pattinson, the forged additionally contains Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.
“Mickey 17” is directed and written by Bong Joon-ho, who additionally serves as a producer by his firm Offscreen. Different producers embrace Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B and Dooho Choi of Kate Road Footage.
Warner Bros. has adjusted the discharge date of “Mickey 17” a number of occasions, most just lately delaying the movie’s launch date from March 29, 2024 to the present January 2025. In line with sources, after the transfer was introduced sort The choice was made to safe an Imax launch window and permit extra time to finish the undertaking, which was hampered by a Hollywood strike and varied manufacturing shifts.
“Mickey 17” is Bong Joon-ho’s first function movie following the massive success of the 2019 thriller “Parasite,” which tells the story of a working-class Korean household who deceitfully infiltrates a rich household. “Parasite” was the primary international language movie to win the Academy Award for Finest Image. The movie additionally received Oscars for Authentic Screenplay, Director and Worldwide Function Movie. Different notable Bong Joon-ho movies embrace “The Snowman,” “Okja,” “Recollections of Homicide,” “The Monster on the Han River” and “Mom.”
Pattinson, who most just lately starred in Matt Reeves’ 2022 The Batman, brings a deep sensibility to Bruce Wayne. His latest science fiction credit embrace Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and Claire Denis’ “The Excessive Life.”
“Mickey 17” might be launched in theaters on January 31, 2025.
