What do you do after you have gained the Oscar for Greatest Image? When you’re Bong Joon-ho, you get proper again to work to make one other banger, and select to make it doubtlessly weirder and extra studded with Hollywood stars than something you have 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,” seems nice — darkly humorous, unnerving, and, sure, trippy.
The primary sneak peek of the brand new film came to visit a 12 months in the past, in December 2022. At that time, “Mickey 17” was as a consequence of hit theaters by early 2024, nevertheless it was subsequently delayed by what The Hollywood Reporter beforehand referred to “post-strike manufacturing shifts,” which little doubt gave the film’s staff extra time to make it as sharp and cinematic as doable 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 previous reminiscences every time he dies. Within the case of Robert Pattinson’s Mickey, he is died 16 occasions whereas making an attempt 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 — making an attempt to fake 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 seems like bonkers enjoyable
To not sound hyperbolic right here, however this is perhaps top-of-the-line trailers we have seen in a sizzling minute. In no universe may we have now presumably predicted that Robert Pattinson could be placing on that voice as Mickey and his many multiples, however we positive 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 artistic imaginative and prescient, however we have now 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!Â
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 method 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 must wait in agony for months till we’ll lastly get to place this in our eyeballs, however “Mickey 17” actually shot as much as a variety of people’ most anticipated launch of 2025 listing.Â
We stay up for hooting and hollering when “Mickey 17” hits theaters on January 31, 2025.