Warner Bros. Pictures has revealed the official trailer for Mickey 17, the next film from Oscar-winning writer, director, and producer Bong Joon Ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer). The movie, which is rated R for violent content, language throughout, sexual content, and drug material, will open in theaters on January 31, 2025.
Mickey 17 is based on the novel entitled Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. The follow-up to Mickey7 is titled Antimatter Blues.
From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, Mickey 17. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, Mickey 17 stars Robert Pattinson (The Batman, Tenet), Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), and Steven Yeun (Nope), with Academy Award nominees Toni Collette (Hereditary) and Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things).
The film is produced by Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Oscar winners for Moonlight and 12 Years a Slave), Bong Joon Ho, and Dooho Choi (Okja, Snowpiercer). The executive producers are Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd, and Marianne Jenkins.
The director of photography is Darius Khondji (Oscar nomination for Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, Okja). The production designer is Fiona Crombie (Oscar nomination for The Favourite, Cruella).
The film is edited by Yang Jinmo (Oscar nomination for Parasite, Okja). The visual effects supervisor is Dan Glass (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw). The costume designer is Catherine George (Okja, Snowpiercer).
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Plan B Entertainment, Offscreen, and Kate Street Picture Company production. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theaters only nationwide on January 31, 2025, and internationally beginning on 28 January 2025.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.