Parasite director Bong Joon Ho, who had his first Oscar award, will bring another hit project to the big screens starring Robbert Pattinson.
As per THE CREDITS, Warner Bros will be releasing Mickey 17 in South Korea first. The movie which is slated to be released world wide on January 31, 2025 will be released in South Korea on January 28, 2025.
This means the movie will be released three days earlier than its global release. It’s a suitable choice for its world premiere location, considering Bong is one of South Korea’s most beloved filmmakers.
According to Warners president of international distribution Andrew Cripps, Mickey 17 will surprise audiences with its original story and characters, unpredictable plot development and humor, as well as great production qualities.
Mickey 17 is based on the sci-fi genre in which the Korean director has made some of his most ambitious films, from 2006’s The Host to 2013’s Snowpiercer and his 2017 Netflix film Okja.
The film is based on the novel “Mickey7” by writer Edward Ashton, published in February of 2022, about the titular protagonist who works as a “disposable employee” on a dangerous mission.
In Ashton’s novel, Mickey7 works on a human expedition setting out to colonize the frozen planet of Niflheim, and his role is to step in on any mission deemed too dangerous or borderline suicidal for a human being and sacrifice his body for the cause.
The genius of the “disposable employee” design is that while they can regenerate an entirely new body, most of their memories will remain intact. That is, until after six deaths when a replacement clone takes over.
The key inflection point in Ashton’s book is when Mickey7 refuses to let Mickey8 take over his job.
The movie apart from Pattison, stars Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.
