Yesterday, the official X/Twitter account of director Bong Joon Ho for the upcoming sci-fi film Mickey 17 uploaded an abbreviated clip featuring a chilling Robert Pattinson teasing the long-awaited arrival of the film’s trailer. “What’s it like to die?”, Pattinson’s character is asked as he repeatedly perishes. The trailer is here and our excitement couldn’t be higher for this one.
Mickey 17based on the book by Edward Ashton Mickey 7follows a man named Mickey Barnes who, after being scanned by a machine, is tasked with helping to assemble an ice planet. The purpose of the mysterious machine is to reprint his body over and over again until his job is done. If Mickey meets his unexpected end by drowning, freezing to death, or zombie buffalo, no biggie. There’s only so much Mickey to go through if there’s only one at a time—a paradox that becomes a problem when a reprint survives its scheduled termination. The following are many versions of Mickey Fighting (or playing rock paper scissors) to decide who will stay alive while opposing the dangerous nature of the ice planet and hostile lifestyles. In short, Mickey 17 it’s an A-level speculative fiction with plenty of baker Pattinsons to add to the next game.
In addition to Pattinson(s), the film stars Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo. At the end of production, Mickey 17 will also see Oscar-nominated director of photography Darius Khondji (That’s right) on board, along with Oscar-nominated production designer Fiona Crombie (Cruella), Oscar-nominated editor Jinmo Yang (A parasite), fashion designer Catherine George (The snowpiercer), visual effects director Dan Glass (The Matrix), and Jae-il Jung (A parasite) to provide a film score.
Mickey 17 was scheduled to be released on March 29, 2024, but was postponed. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. delayed it due to production changes during the SAG-AFTRA strike—though its new release window was much better, considering it would have had to fight Elio, Kung Fu Panda 4, A Quiet Place: Day Oneagain Godzilla and Kong.
Mickey 17 released in theaters on January 31, 2025.
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