Sure, Robert Pattinson can get killed over and over again in “Mickey 17“, but the real resurrection story comes from films musical chairs of release dates.
After being delayed by strikes, post-production and just plain old calendar shuffling, “Mickey 17” will finally open on March 7; on Wednesday 22 January we got a new trailer.
Bong Joon Ho’s “next groundbreaking cinematic experience” (as promised by Warner Bros. Discovery) revolves around Pattinson’s titular character Mickey Barnes, who finds himself in the extraordinary situation of working for an employer who demands the ultimate dedication to the job…to die, for a living.
Mark Ruffalo, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Naomi Ackie also star.
“Parasite” writer/director Bong wrote the screenplay based on the novel “Mickey 7” by Edward Ashton. Bong is also producing alongside Dooho Choi. “Mickey 17” will be screened at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival and opens in South Korea on February 28 before debuting in the US
“Mickey 17” is produced by Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, with Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins executive producing.
Bong reunites with his “Okja” director Darius Khondji, “Snowpiercer” costume designer Catherine George and “Parasite” editor Yang Jinmo. The music is by Jung Jaeil (“Parasite”, “Squid Game”), with visual effects supervisor Dan Glass (“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore”, “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”). The production designer is Fiona Crombie (“The Favorite”, “Cruella”).
“Mickey 17” is a film from Warner Bros. Pictures and a production of Plan B Entertainment, Offscreen and A Kate Street Picture Company.
Pattinson recently shared Vanity Fair that “Mickey 17” is being released “in a period of enthusiasm for cinema” after the break in “ambitious” films in the midst of covid and strikes.
“It’s weird because the last few years for the film industry, starting with covid and then the strikes, everyone was constantly saying that film is dying. And quite convincingly. I was literally almost turned off,” Pattinson says of acting. worrisome. Then looking at the last few months, there’s a plethora of very ambitious films. I feel like the stuff that’s going to be nominated for the Oscars this year is going to be really interesting suddenly there’s a new group of directors that audiences are also excited about. (…) Hopefully ‘Mickey’ will come out in a period of enthusiasm for cinema.”
“Mickey 17” premieres in theaters on March 7. Check out the trailer below.
