Mickey 17Trailer: Robert Pattinson Lives, Dies, Repeats in Sci-Fi Film fromParasiteDirector Bong Joon Ho

Mar. 15, 2025

Robert Pattinsonlives to see another day in his next movie,Mickey 17.

The film comes fromBong Joon Ho, the Oscar-winning writer-director behindParasiteandSnowpiercer.In the first trailer that debuted Tuesday, Sept. 17, Pattinson, 38, is seen being told, “It was nice knowing ya. Have a nice death. See ya tomorrow.”

Teases a synopsis, “The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (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.”

A 30-secondteaser for the film launched in December 2022, whenMickey 17’s release date had been originally planned for March 29, 2024.

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Pattinson made a surprise appearance at CinemaCon in Las Vegas in April to preview the movie, sharing what attracted him to the project.

“I’ve been the biggest fan of Bong for many, many years; he’s my hero,” Pattinson said at the event, according toEntertainment Weekly. “I got sent the script; I was told, ‘You’re gonna love the script, but the part is impossible.’ That was very, very exciting to me. I thought it was the most unusual, bizarre, funny script.”

TheBatmanactor also expressed his excitement for playing “two very fun characters.”

“Mickey 17 is someone who has the lowest expectations of his life, and yet the world keeps pushing those expectations, to the point where he has a job that tortures him every day. And then 18 comes along, and he’s got frontal lobe damage and no self-control, libido out of control,” he said of the titular character. “It’s like playing an evil brother or twin.”

Mickey 17is in theaters on Jan. 31.

source: people.com