Director: Bong Joon Ho

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Michael Monroe

Synopsis:

Adapted from the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, this stars Robert Pattinson as an "expendable" - a disposable crew member on a space mission, selected for dangerous tasks because he can be renewed if his body dies, with his memories largely intact. With one regeneration, though, things go very wrong.

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The nearly six years between Parasite and Mickey 17 is the longest release gap of Bong Joon-ho's career. It would've been shorter if not for a series of delays ultimately totalling about a year, which initially saw it pushed from late March 2024 to January 2025 – an infamous spot on the movie release calendar, post-Oscars eligibility, where studios often dump projects they have little confidence in. The film community was bewildered. Bong's Best Picture follow-up, a January release? What was Warner Bros. thinking?

The optics have since been salvaged: a return to March, and a Berlin premiere that allowed the press to render judgment early, a sign of confidence. After initial reports suggested some editing room disagreement between filmmaker and studio (with final cut contractually Bong's), the release date dance for a film shot in 2022 and meant for 2024 has been attributed to the Hollywood strikes of 2023. I don't know if I buy that. I'm sure someday, when it can no longer sour the marketing campaign, we'll learn the full story.

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