The Robert Pattinson sci-fi black comedy Mickey 17 has seen yet another change to its release date, with it now set to arrive earlier than expected.
The film, which is an adaptation of Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel Mickey7, is directed by Bong Joon-ho, who helmed the Oscar-conquering Parasite in 2019 as well as Okja, Snowpiercer and The Host.
Pattinson plays Mickey Barnes, a man who signs up to be an “expendable”, a human that can regenerate after death, but finds multiple versions of himself confronting each other after a space expedition goes wrong. The film also stars Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.
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The film’s release date has been moved back and forth multiple times over the last 12 months, but now it appears that a final date has been set, with Warner Bros. announcing it will be arriving in theatres in the US on March 7, 2025.
This means fans can catch the dystopian drama over a month earlier than previously expected, with the film swapping places in the schedule with Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which will now be out on April 18.
Mickey 17 completed its filming in 2022 and had originally been projected for a March 2024 release, but that was delayed due to the actors’ and writers’ strikes in 2023. Its release was recently moved to April 2025, but it will now be out even sooner.
The film marks Bong’s first directorial effort since Parasite, which took home Best Picture at the Oscars in 2020 and went on to become the highest-grossing Korean film in history.
In a glowing five-star review of Parasite, Rhian Daly wrote for NME: “Part of the brilliance of Parasite is that, while this is an ‘us vs them’ story, it doesn’t pick a side. Instead, Bong puts the flaws of both families on full display – each is as parasitical as the other, the Kims burrowing their way into the Parks’ house under false pretences and the Parks subtly exploiting the Kims while making disparaging comments about them that give themselves a sense of superiority.”
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