What do you do after you have gained the Oscar for Finest Image? Should you’re Bong Joon-ho, you get proper again to work to make one other banger, and select to make it probably 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 to be nice — darkly humorous, unnerving, and, sure, trippy.
The primary sneak peek of the brand new film came to visit a yr in the past, in December 2022. At that time, “Mickey 17” was because 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 question gave the film’s workforce extra time to make it as sharp and cinematic as potential 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each comply with the lifetime of an “expendable,” a person designed to be regenerated with a brand new physique and his outdated recollections every time he dies. Within the case of Robert Pattinson’s Mickey, he is died 16 instances whereas trying to colonize a frozen planet, though the footage from the movie screened at CinemaCon earlier this yr revealed that the film options two Mickey variations — 17 and 18 — trying 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 house as he did in Bong’s “Okja”), Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, and “Blink Twice” star Naomie Ackie.
Mickey 17 seems to be like bonkers enjoyable
To not sound hyperbolic right here, however this may be the most effective trailers we have seen in a sizzling minute. In no universe might now we have presumably predicted that Robert Pattinson could be placing on that voice as Mickey and his many multiples, however we certain 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 inventive imaginative and prescient, however now we have 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!
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 house chaos and humorous clone enterprise. The actual disgrace right here is seeing such an unimaginable trailer and understanding we should 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 of us’ most anticipated launch of 2025 record.
We stay up for hooting and hollering when “Mickey 17” hits theaters on January 31, 2025.