The first trailer forMickey 17that debuted earlier this year lit the internet on fire, as movie fans everywhere were curious to see just howBong Joon-howould followParasite, the 2019 psychological thriller that made history as the first non-English film to win Best Picture.Parasitealso won Academy Awards for Best Directing, Best Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film, and was nominated in two other categories. Now, five years later, Joon-ho is back withMickey 17, which was originally slated for release in January 2025 but was laterdelayed to August 14, 2025.ScreenRanthas a new look at the film, showing leading starRobert Pattinsonfacing off against… Robert Pattinson? Yes, Pattinson will play multiple versions of himself in the movie, all of which are troubled and hilarious.
Mickey 17follows Mickey Barnes (Pattinson), who is known as an “expendable” on his treacherous adventure to settle an ice planet. In addition to Pattinson,Toni Collettewill also star in the film as Gwen Johansen. Colette is best known for her role inThe Sixth Sense, the classic 1999 psychological thriller starringBruce Willisthat was written and directed byM. Night Shyamalan. MCU veteranMark Ruffalowill also star alongside Pattinson and Collette inMickey 17as Heironymous Mashall. Ruffalo recently teamed up withRyan ReynoldsforThe Adam Projectand also featured oppositeEmma StoneandWillem DafoeinPoor Things.The Walking DeadveteranSteven Yeunwill also star inMickey 17as Berto. Yeun recently starred inNopebyJordan Peele, and he also voices Mark Grayson in the Prime Video animated superhero series,Invincible.
Another MCU Veteran One Starred in a Bong Joon-ho Picture
More than 10 years ago, Bong Joon-ho teamed up withChris EvansforSnowpiercer, the dystopian sci-fi conspiracy thriller set in a future where a failed climate-change experiment saw to it that the world is frozen over, and the only survivors travel around the globe on a long train known as Snowpiercer.Tilda SwintonandEd Harrisalso star inSnowpiercer, which is currently streaming for free on Tubi. Joon-ho also worked withPaul DanoandJake GyllenhaalonOkja, the Netflix Original movie about a young girl who sacrifices everything to keep her best friend, a mysterious beast named Okja, from being kidnapped.
Mickey 17hits theaters on July 20, 2025. Check out the new image from the film above and watch Joon-ho’s recent work,Parasite, onMax.
Adapted from the novel by Edward Ashton, Mickey 7 is a Sci-Fi film that follows Mickey 17 (Robert Pattinson) and his journey to the ice world Niflheim to colonize the planet. Mickey 17 is an “expendable” employee to be used and thrown away after completing their task - often a dangerous one - but when one iteration of Mickey dies, he is reborn in a new body with a large portion of his memories still intact. After six deaths, however, Mickey finally begins to understand the job and why it was always an unfilled position.
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