To these Mickeys about to die, we salute you. Robert Pattinson is killed again and again within the first trailer for Mickey 17, Bong Joon Ho‘s lengthy awaited followup to finest image winner for Parasite.
Within the movie, Pattinson performs Mickey Barnes, an area colonist generally known as an expendable. Expendables do probably the most harmful jobs the colony has to supply, and sometimes die within the course of, solely to be introduced again to life through human printing know-how.
Edward Ashton originated this world in his 2022 novel Mickey 7, which facilities on the seventh iteration of Mickey Barnes. Within the film, that quantity has been elevated to 17. “The quantity is the variety of instances he dies. I killed him 10 instances extra,” Bong stated to laughs at CinemaCon in April, when he launched the primary footage. “It’s a sci-fi film, however it’s a human story.”
Pattinson performs Mickey 17 and Mickey 18 in many of the story. At CinemaCon, Pattinson stated he gave the lads completely different traits. Mickey 17 is crushed down by life, however glad to be a part of the time, whereas Mickey 18 is like “an evil brother” who “is uncontrolled.”
The trailer has been lengthy awaited, because the movie was initially slated for March 2024, however it moved to Jan. 31, 2025 on account of post-production delays. The discharge date shocked observers, on condition that it takes Mickey 17 out of awards season following Parasite‘s huge wins.
Mark Ruffalo, Steven Yeun, Naomie Ackie and Toni Collette additionally star within the characteristic. Ackie just lately instructed The Hollywood Reporter for a canopy story of the venture: “It’s heightened feelings and tonally completely different than what I’ve performed earlier than, so I’m fairly scared to see it and hoping I balanced it proper.”