Mickey 17

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Mickey 17
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Written byBong Joon-ho
Based on Mickey7
by Edward Ashton
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Darius Khondji
Edited by Yang Jin-mo
Music by Jung Jae-il
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • January 28, 2025 (2025-01-28)(South Korea)
  • January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31)(International)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million [1]

Mickey 17 is an upcoming American science fiction film written, directed, and coproduced by Bong Joon-ho based on the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. The film stars Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.

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The film is set to be theatrically released in South Korea on January 28, 2025, and elsewhere on January 31, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Premise

Mickey 17 is an "expendable", a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact.

Cast

Production

A film adaptation of Edward Ashton's novel Mickey7 was announced to be in development in January 2022, with Bong Joon-ho writing, directing, and producing for Warner Bros. Pictures. Robert Pattinson was in talks to star in the film at the time of the announcement. [2] Pattinson was confirmed to star in May 2022, with Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo joining the cast. [3] In July, Steven Yeun was added to the cast. [4]

Production began at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden on August 2, 2022 [5] and concluded in December 2022. [6]

Charles Yu wrote additional literary material for the film. [7]

Release

Mickey 17 is set to be released in the United States on January 31, 2025 by Warner Bros. Pictures. [8] It was originally scheduled to be theatrically released on March 29, 2024. [9] However, it was indefinitely taken off the release schedule in January 2024 due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike and delays in post-production, with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire instead taking over the date, [10] [11] before the film received its new date a month later. In March 2024, it was announced that the film would be released in South Korea on January 28, 2025, three days before its international release. [12]

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