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The much-anticipated first official trailer for Bong Joon-ho’sMickey 17officially launchedon Tuesday night. The video offers as many crazy deaths as fans of the South Korean director should have expected, paired with a fun and lighthearted tone.
Before the action got rolling in the new trailer, which goes far more in-depth into what the latest science fiction flick will entail, there are several shots ofRobert Pattinsonin the lead roll. The actor, who these days might be better known as the Dark Knight inMatt Reeves’Batmanseries, has branched out inMickey 17as a completely different kind of hero.
The just-released trailer shows Pattinson as Mickey, a man who has volunteered for a very special job that sees him repeatedly killed off in various ways. The upside, inJoon-ho’s latest projectis that when Mickey dies in the many ways shown off in the video, he’s cloned and brought back with most of his memories intact.
Mickey 17 Offers Lighthearted But Deadly Science Fiction Action
Mickey 17is based thefamous science fiction novelby Edward Ashton,Mickey7. Should the movie stick to that plot line, degree of difficulty when it comes to Pattinson’s character constantly dying and coming back, is that he’s the employee of a colony that does not have unlimited resources. This makes bringing Mickey back repeatedly a real concern for everyone trying to survive on the ice world of Niflheim.
As the trailer demonstrates, the real twist comes when a mistake is made - possibly made by Mickey’s bosses who mistakenly think he’s died again - and one of the clones is awakened and the two men come face-to-face. How exactly the pair of versions of the same person find a way to coexist on a world where there is only supposed to be one is a central part of the movie’s plot.
Adding to the lighthearted nature of the firstMickey 17trailer is a star-studded cast that appears to be giving over-the-top performances, includingThe Avengers’ Mark Ruffalo as one of the colony’s higher-ups, Toni Collette,The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun, and assorted monsters and creatures from the alien planet.
It was previously announced that Ruffalo will play Hieronymous Marshall,Mickey 17’s main antagonist. Marshall has been against the cloning project from the very beginning. In the book, his cost-cutting ways lead to the mix-up that creates one too many copies of Pattinson’s character to exist. Yeun takes on the part of Berto, a pilot for the colony who is essentially all the Mickeys’ handler, contact person, and friend. Collette plays Gwen, a matronly figure to Mickey, who heads up the Expendables program that handles the cloning of these types of works and is the one who recruited Mickey for this highly hazardous job.
The just-released trailer also brought the film’s new official release date. It was initially expected to hit theaters earlier this year but was pushed back for various reasons. Its new release date has the next Robert Pattinson and Bong Joon-Ho project arriving just after the new year.
