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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bong Joon Ho's ‘Mickey 17' Sets HBO Max Premiere Date
Warner Bros announced on Friday that Mickey 17, its dark sci-fi comedy starring Robert Pattinson (The Batman), will make its global streaming debut on HBO Max on Friday, May 23. The film will debut on HBO linear at 7:40 p.m. ET. on Saturday, May 24. Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, the filmmaker behind historic Oscar winner Parasite, Mickey 17 adapts the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. The story follows unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Pattinson), who 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. More from Deadline LA Screenings 2025: Buyers & Sellers Seek Unity Amid Noise Of Mergers & Trump Tariffs Like The Movie Subject, Baz Luhrmann's 'Jehanne d'Arc' Propelled By Youthful Energy Via Co-Scribe Ava Pickett; Search Is On For Tragic Teen Joan 'Task' Trailer: Mark Ruffalo & Tom Pelphrey Star In Brad Ingelsby's HBO Crime Drama; Premiere Window Set Mickey is an 'Expendable' — a disposable worker on a colonization mission to the icy planet Niflheim. Each time he dies, his consciousness is transferred into a new, cloned body, allowing him to continue his perilous duties. The plot thickens when he comes face to face with his successor, the identical-looking Mickey 18. Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker), Steven Yeun (Minari), Toni Collette (Hereditary), and Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) also star. Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Moonlight, 12 Years a Slave) produced alongside Director Bong and Dooho Choi (Okja, Snowpiercer), with Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins exec producing. Premiering at the 75th Berlin Film Festival in February, Mickey 17 was released in the U.S. in March, grossing around $132 million worldwide. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? Everything We Know About Ari Aster's 'Eddington' So Far
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Bong Joon Ho's 'Mickey 17' gets streaming release date
Oscar-winning 'Parasite' director 's ' Mickey 17 ' is all set to make its global streaming debut on Max on May 23. The film will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, May 24, reported Deadline. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, 'Mickey 17' adapts the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. 'Mickey 17' is Bong's first feature since 'Parasite', which became the highest-grossing Korean film in history, as well as the first non-English language movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars. The film is adapted from Edward Ashton's 2022 novel, described by publisher St. Martin Press as a high-concept cerebral thriller in the vein of 'The Martian' and 'Dark Matter'. Robert Pattinson plays an "expendable" -- a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonise an ice planet, who refuses to let his replacement clone take his place. Each time he dies, his consciousness is transferred into a new, cloned body, allowing him to continue his perilous duties. The plot thickens when he comes face to face with his successor, the identical-looking Mickey 18. The story follows unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Pattinson), who 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, as per Deadline. The film also stars , Naomi Ackie, and Mark Ruffalo. Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner produced it alongside director Bong and Dooho Choi, with , Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins executive producing, reported Deadline.
