After Parasite took the Oscar for Best Picture, Bong Joon-Ho could’ve done anything he wanted. After making us wait a while, he settled on a sci-fi project, Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson, that puts the actor in a role that’s very different from Batman.
Based on the book by Edward Ashton, Mickey 17 stars Pattinson as a man who signs up to be an “expendable”, meaning he is sent on dangerous missions with no chance of survival. When one body is destroyed, another is regenerated with most of the memories intact. Trouble arises when a clone is regenerated while the previous is still alive.
The film has faced multiple delays and changes in release date, but it’s solidly set for March 7th now from Warner Bros. When the first footage arrived, I think people were surprised at how silly the humor seems to be, complete with Pattinson’s goofy voice. The tone seems closer to his 2017 film Okja than Snowpiercer, Mother, or The Host.
Pattinson is joined in the cast by Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.
SYNOPSIS: From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
