Since winning the Oscar in 2019 with Parasite, Bong Joon-ho is preparing a film that promises to take him back to the top. The South Korean director will return to the cinema in 2025 with Mickey 17, a film that will be shot in English again and with a very special protagonist: Robert Pattinson.
The also protagonist of Batman by Matt Reeves will take on the role of the next main character in Bong Joon-ho’s film, but we won’t be able to see it until January 31, 2025. Those who have been able to get a first look at what the movie will be like are the viewers of CinemaCon, who have been able to see the exclusive trailer. But what exactly have they seen?
A unique film in Bong Joon-ho’s filmography
As described in Variety, in the movie Robert Pattinson plays a dozen versions of the same character, something that has not been seen before in Bong Joon-ho’s filmography but promises to be spectacular. The director has described the film as “the story of a simple man who ultimately ends up saving the world. It’s a strange kind of hero’s journey“.
According to the trailer description, Mickey 17 is set in a future where its protagonist is cloned for the difficult mission of colonizing another planet. Although no further details have been revealed, it is based on the novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton, but the director has decided to “kill the main character 10 times more“. Undoubtedly, the expectations couldn’t be higher.
