Mickey 17, the following film from Parasite Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho, is making a premiere at Berlin Movie Pageant, Deadline has confirmed.
It’s not a world premiere, we hear. Mickey 17 may have a South Korea premiere earlier than Berlin as its opens in Joon Ho’s homeland of South Korea on Feb. 28 earlier than unspooling in the remainder of the world every week later.
The $118M Warner Bros sci-fi film starring Robert Pattinson not too long ago had its home launch date moved up from Easter weekend, April 18 to March 7.
Primarily based on the the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, Mickey 17 follows unlikely hero Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson), who’s an Expendable: a disposable worker on a human expedition despatched to colonize the ice world Niflheim. At any time when there’s a mission that’s too harmful —even suicidal — the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a brand new physique is regenerated with most of his recollections intact. After six deaths, Mickey understands the phrases of his deal…and why it was the one colonial place unfilled when he took it.
Joon Ho wrote and produced the pic by his firm Offscreen along with directing. Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, and Dooho Choi of Kate Road Footage are producers on the film.
Selection first had the information about Mickey 17 premiering at Berlin. It was closely speculated on Korean social media in latest days that the movie would have a premiere at Berlin.
The total Berlinale lineup can be introduced on Jan. 21. The fest runs from Feb. 13-23.
Pattinson beforehand delivered successful to Warners with The Batman which grossed over $772M worldwide. Joon Ho’s Parasite grossed $53M home, north of $262M worldwide.
