What do you do after you’ve got gained the Oscar for Finest Image? If you happen to’re Bong Joon-ho, you get proper again to work to make one other banger, and select to make it probably weirder and extra studded with Hollywood stars than something you’ve got made earlier than. The primary full trailer for Bong’s “Parasite” follow-up “Mickey 17” is lastly right here, and his adaptation of Edward Ashton’s trippy sci-fi novel, “Mickey7,” appears to be like nice — darkly humorous, unnerving, and, sure, trippy.
The primary sneak peek of the brand new film came visiting a 12 months in the past, in December 2022. At that time, “Mickey 17” was on account of hit theaters by early 2024, however it was subsequently delayed by what The Hollywood Reporter beforehand referred to “post-strike manufacturing shifts,” which little doubt gave the film’s crew extra time to make it as sharp and cinematic as potential in post-production.
“Mickey7” and Bong’s new film each comply with the lifetime of an “expendable,” a person designed to be regenerated with a brand new physique and his outdated recollections every time he dies. Within the case of Robert Pattinson’s Mickey, he is died 16 instances whereas trying to colonize a frozen planet, though the footage from the movie screened at CinemaCon earlier this 12 months revealed that the film options two Mickey variations — 17 and 18 — trying to faux to be one man since expendable multiples aren’t allowed to coexist on this world. The movie additionally stars Steven Yeun (inhabiting the identical weirdly humorous area as he did in Bong’s “Okja”), Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, and “Blink Twice” star Naomie Ackie.
Mickey 17 appears to be like like bonkers enjoyable
To not sound hyperbolic right here, however this is perhaps the most effective trailers we have seen in a scorching minute. In no universe might now we have presumably predicted that Robert Pattinson could be placing on that voice as Mickey and his many multiples, however we certain aren’t complaining! His voiceover paired with “Ain’t {That a} Kick within the Head” by Dean Martin and Nelson Riddle is giving “Goodfellas” vibes, but when “Goodfellas” additionally included Steven Yeun with a cool mustache. We all know higher than to doubt Bong Joon-ho’s inventive imaginative and prescient, however now we have to confess … this trailer is exceeding all of our expectations. A science-fiction movie that includes the continued incineration of Robert Pattinson clones (and the specter of being eaten by snow beasts) and a tough-as-nails Toni Collette in an influence swimsuit? Signal us up!
As pleasant because the trailer is (shout out to Naomi Ackie saying “It is so thrilling!” whereas pinching the cheeks of two Robert Pattinsons), there is no doubt that Bong Joon-ho goes to discover a strategy to sneak in some severe existential drama between area chaos and humorous clone enterprise. The actual disgrace right here is seeing such an unimaginable trailer and figuring out we should wait in agony for months till we’ll lastly get to place this in our eyeballs, however “Mickey 17” actually shot as much as lots of of us’ most anticipated launch of 2025 listing.
We sit up for hooting and hollering when “Mickey 17” hits theaters on January 31, 2025.
