The first trailer for Bong Joon-ho‘s Mickey 17 has arrived – watch it below.
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Years after it was first announced, the first full trailer for Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi film has been released. It stars Robert Pattinson as Mickey, a human who signs on as a disposable member of an expedition to explore an ice planet. The catch here is that every time Mickey dies, he’ll be revived as a clone with majority of his memories restored.
The trailer below sees Pattinson’s Mickey getting his arm chopped off, being thrown into a vat of lava and shot at, fighting off a clone and being trampled by an alien species. As the trailer – and film title – suggests, Mickey dies 16 times before his 17th reincarnation decides he’s finally done dying and being replaced by clones.
Watch the trailer for Mickey 17 below.
The film also stars Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, Holliday Grainger and more.
Mickey 17 will mark Joon-ho’s first film effort since 2019’s universally lauded Parasite, which took home Best Picture at the Academy Awards the following year. Parasite also went on to become the highest-grossing Korean film in history.
The film – based on the 2022 novel Mickey7 – was first announced in 2022, with a short teaser being released that same year. The film was due for release this year, but was delayed indefinitely due to last year’s actors’ and writers’ strike before finally landing a January 2025 release date.
Mickey 17 will premiere in cinemas on January 31, 2025.
In a glowing five-star review of Parasite, Rhian Daly wrote for NME: “Part of the brilliance of Parasite is that, while this is an ‘us vs them’ story, it doesn’t pick a side. Instead, Bong puts the flaws of both families on full display – each is as parasitical as the other, the Kims burrowing their way into the Parks’ house under false pretences and the Parks subtly exploiting the Kims while making disparaging comments about them that give themselves a sense of superiority.”
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