Mickey 17 is an upcoming science fiction black comedy film produced, written, and directed by Bong Joon-ho. It stars Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.
It tells the story of Mickey Barnes who, wanting to get out away from Earth, signs up to be an “expendable”: a disposable employee where after one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of their memories intact.
After one of his “multiples”, Mickey 17, unintentionally survives a human expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim, he goes head to head with a new multiple, Mickey 18.
It is an adaptation of Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey7 and was first announced to be in development in January 2022, with Bong Joon-ho writing, directing, and producing for Warner Bros. Pictures. Robert Pattinson was already in talks to star in the film at the time of the announcement.
Pattinson was confirmed to star in May 2022, with Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo joining the cast. Production began at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, UK on August 2, 2022, and principle photography was completed that December. Charles Yu wrote additional literary material for the film.
Now, Warner Bros has released a second trailer.
It was originally scheduled to be theatrically released on March 29, 2024. 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.
Mickey 17 is scheduled to premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025, before being released in South Korea on February 28, 2025, and later in the United States on March 7.