South Korean cinema-goers will get a three-day bounce on the remainder of the world when the Bong Joon-ho-directed “Mickey 17” releases in January 2025 in time for the Lunar New 12 months holidays.
Warner Bros. Footage says that the Robert Pattinson-starring sci-fi movie will open in Korea on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, forward of its world outing on Jan. 31.
The movie was initially introduced as opening in cinemas in March 2024, however WBD just lately pushed that again by 9 months to permit the image to be accomplished. Manufacturing had been affected by Hollywood’s writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023.
“Mickey 17” is Bong’s first characteristic as director since “Parasite,” which grew to become the primary non-English language film to win finest image on the Oscars. Along with writing and directing, Bong additionally produces the upcoming movie via his firm Offscreen. Extra producers embody Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B and Dooho Choi of Kate Avenue Footage.
The movie is tailored from Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel, described by writer St. Martin Press as a high-concept cerebral thriller within the vein of “The Martian” and “Darkish Matter.” Pattinson performs an “expendable” — a disposable worker on a human expedition despatched to colonize an ice planet — who refuses to let his substitute clone take his place. The solid additionally contains Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.
“Director Bong’s creativity, imaginative and prescient and creativeness at all times exceed expectations. ‘Mickey 17’ will shock audiences with its unique story and characters, unpredictable plot improvement and humor, in addition to nice manufacturing qualities. Korea, director Bong’s mom nation, was our first alternative when it comes to the place to debut the movie. All of us right here at Warner Bros. are very excited to share ‘Mickey 17’ with audiences in Korea and past,” mentioned Warner Bros. Movement Image Group, president of worldwide distribution Andrew Cripps.
