Mickey 17 was originally supposed to come to cinemas a few weeks ago. But at the beginning of the year, studio Warner Bros. decided to postpone the hotly anticipated science fiction film by a year. At the CinemaCon in Las Vegas the… first trailer shown
– and that sounds very exciting.
Unfortunately, the trailer for Mickey 17 has not yet appeared on the Internet. However, there were a lot of film journalists on site who wrote about the material shown. Detailed reports You can find it at Deadline, IndieWire and Gizmodo, among others. We have summarized the highlights for you in the following article.
Science fiction comedy with Robert Pattinson: Nobody is prepared for Mickey 17 by Bong Joon-ho
Mickey 17 is based on that Novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton from 2022. Wait, where did the ten extra Mickeys come from? At CinemaCon, director Bong Joon-ho explained the title of his film as follows:
[Mein Film] is based on the novel Mickey 7, but we have [den Titel] changed to Mickey 17. The number is the number of deathsthe [Robert Pattinsons Figur in dem Film] dies. I kill him ten times more. It is the story of a simple man. It’s a sci-fi film. Although it’s hard to say sci-fi – it’s a human story.
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Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17
As grim and brutal as it sounds at first glance, the reactions from CinemaCon are impressive big comedy impact Expect in Mickey 17. Apparently the trailer with Robert Pattinson is cut in a very humorous way and is lively accompanied by Dean Martin’s 1960s hit Ain’t That a Kick in the Head.
Trailer Revealed: Robert Pattinson plays dual role in Mickey 17 and attempts to kill himself
Pattinson plays a clone named Mickey, of whom 17 versions already exist. As soon as one dies, a new one is activated. Mickey is on an expedition to… Niflheim Ice World. Whenever the spaceship crew encounters a problem, he must save the day. This rescue usually includes his death.
In a tweet reaction it says:
You’re not ready for Mickey 17! The footage we just saw at CinemaCon was crazy, showing several Robert Pattinsons doing some hilarious deaths suffer.
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As the trailer reveals, it happens that two Mickeys exist at the same time, #17 and #18. Pattinson brings both versions to life with different accents to life, which already caused a stir at CinemaCon. But can the two Mickeys even coexist? Chaos is inevitable.
The trailer for Mickey 17 sounds like the perfect fusion of three really good science fiction films
A character in the film, played by The Walking Dead star Steven Yeun, is even said to suggest in the trailer that the Mickeys take a turn Scissors stone paper play to decide which of the two gets to survive. That already sounds like a weird sci-fi mix of Moon, Alien and Edge of Tomorrow.
However, Bong Joon-ho is known for his ability to merge different genres into unusual stories. Even a hopeless dystopia like Snowpiercer has some under his direction unexpected comedy elementsfor example when Tilda Swinton is presented as the completely bizarre, grotesque Minister Moon.
Mickey 17 marks Bong Joon-ho’s first feature film since his Oscar triumph Parasite, which also strikes a wonderful balance between dark horror-thriller and satirical social criticism laid down. Just another laugh, then the shock: We can be curious to see how and where Mickey 17 fits into his work.
When does Mickey 17 with Robert Pattinson start in cinemas?
Mickey 17 starts on January 30, 2025 in German cinemas, making it the first big sci-fi blockbuster of next year. In addition to Pattinson and Yeun, the cast includes Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, Thomas Turgoose and Mark Ruffalo.