A director whose film brought him international fame “Parasite”, winning four Oscars, including for director and film (for the first time in history, the statuette was awarded to a foreign-language film), after quite a long break, together with the Warner Bros. studio, he confirmed that his latest film “Mickey 17” will premiere in January 2025. This is a science fiction story that was announced at CinemaCon, and after the trailer there was no end of applause.
Bong Joon Ho is not the only big name who will be involved in this project. Robert Pattinson will play the main role. This extremely famous actor owes his current career to the role of Edward in the “Twilight” saga. Since then, he has been trying to break away from the label of a vampire that was attached to him for many years appearances in such works as: “Lighthouse”, “Tenet” and “Batman” certainly made his acting talents finally be appreciated.and not the recognition gained by his roles in films for young people.
This is a tagline from another movie: “Edge of Tomorrow”, but it proves that the idea that Bong Joon Ho intends to use has appeared before. Let's start with this “Mickey 17” will be an adaptation of the novel by Edward Ashton called “Mickey 7”. The differences in titles are not accidental, and everything is related to how many times the hero dies. The plot of both of these works focuses on the adventures of an astronaut whose task is to colonize a world with an extremely hostile environment. The only problem is that the pioneer is consumable. He dies again and again, and his mind re-uploads himself into new copies of his body.
The director himself referred to the number 17 in this way: “the film is an adaptation of a book Mickey 7but we named it Mickey 17. This number is the number of times he died. I kill him 10 times more. This is a story about a simple man. It's a science fiction movie. Although it's hard to call it that, it's a human story.” So we can expect Robert Pattinson to die on screen many times, the question is what will come of it and what issues the creator will raise.
The film's premiere is scheduled for January 2025, although it may be postponed due to some unforeseen obstacles. However The work is already considered a contender for the American Film Academy awards in several categories. In addition to Robert Pattinson, the cast will feature Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo and Thomas Turgoose.
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