There’s escaping kind casting, and there is no matter Robert Pattinson is doing. The actor, finest recognized for the Twilight franchise, has constructed an inexplicably giant and numerous filmography over the previous few years. His current roles have ranged from underrated A24 hits, Christopher Nolan blockbusters, turning into the brand new Batman, and even a Studio Ghibli film. This yr, Robert Pattinson took a second crack on the sci-fi style in Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17. Regardless of respectable evaluations from critics and equally optimistic reactions from audiences, Mickey 17 died early on the field workplace. However, just like the eponymous character Pattinson performs within the film, the movie has simply come again to life on streaming.
Mickey 17 is offered to stream on Max, and it’s at present the preferred movie on the platform this week. Bong Joon-ho wrote the screenplay, which was tailored from the novel Mickey7, by Edward Ashton. The movie is ready within the far future, and follows Mickey (Pattinson) as he volunteers to be an “expendable” on an intergalactic flight to safe a brand new planet for the Human Race, whereas escaping his money owed on Earth. Mickey is used as a take a look at topic and is reprinted from a bio-organic 3D printer every time he dies. However, when he does not utterly die earlier than a brand new clone is reprinted, he’s confronted with the results of turning into a double. The movie had quite a bit going for it, together with an important supporting solid made up of Steven Yeun, Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Ackie, and Toni Collette.
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Nevertheless, the movie failed to ascertain a base on the field workplace. Even with Bong Joon-ho’s identify hooked up and his profession at present at its zenith following Parasite, the unimaginable solid, and the sci-fi idea, audiences simply weren’t fascinated with seeing the movie on the large display screen. Mickey 17 grossed a complete of $131.8 million on the worldwide field workplace, with simply $46 million of that coming domestically.
‘Mickey 17’ Is Robert Pattinson’s Second Excessive-Idea Sci-Fi Film
As beforehand talked about, Robert Pattinson has finished quite a bit to take away himself from his Twilight days (which, mockingly, has been diminished by journalists like us incessantly bringing it up — sorry, Robert). However Mickey 17 is not the primary time Pattinson has ventured into outer house to flee Twilight followers. Seven years earlier than the actor earned 17 paychecks for a similar position in Bong Joon-ho’s movie, he performed one other astronaut in Claire Denis’s Excessive Life.
The movie additionally starred Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth, Ewan Mitchell, and Andre 3000, and was distributed by A24. In contrast to the surreal darkish comedy of Mickey 17, Excessive Life was a a lot slower and extra introspective movie concerning the isolation of house. Pattinson starred as Monte, an astronaut dwelling in deep house with nobody however his toddler daughter. All through the film, we see Monte making an attempt to boost his daughter on his personal, whereas the viewers is confronted with the eerie thriller of his daughter’s beginning.
Robert Pattinson may not be away from the sci-fi style for lengthy, although. He’s at present rumored to seem in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Messiah as Scytale, though this hasn’t been confirmed but. Within the meantime, he at present stars in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which is in manufacturing.
Mickey 17
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- Launch Date
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February 28, 2025
- Runtime
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137 minutes
- Director
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Bong Joon Ho
- Writers
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Bong Joon Ho
- Producers
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Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Marianne Jenkins, Dooho Choi, Jesse Ehrman