Mickey 17

Mickey 17
Mickey 17
	Teaser poster with original release date
Directed by	Bong Joon-ho
Written by	Bong Joon-ho
Based on	Mickey7; by Edward Ashton
Produced by	Dede Gardner; Jeremy Kleiner; Bong Joon-ho; Dooho Choi;
Starring	Robert Pattinson; Naomi Ackie; Steven Yeun; Toni Collette; Mark Ruffalo;
Cinematography	Darius Khondji
Edited by	Yang Jin-mo
Music by	Jung Jae-il
Production; companies	Plan B Entertainment; Offscreen; Kate Street Picture Company;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 18, 2025 (United States);
Running time	139 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$150 million

Mickey 17 is an upcoming science fiction black comedy film produced, written, and directed by Bong Joon-ho, based on the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. The film stars Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.

Mickey 17 is scheduled to be theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on April 18, 2025.

Premise

Wanting to get out of Earth, Mickey Barnes signs up to be an "expendable": a disposable employee where after one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of their memories intact. After one of his "multiples", Mickey 17, unintentionally survives a human expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim, he goes head-to-head with a new multiple, Mickey 18.

Cast

Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes
Naomi Ackie as Nasha Adjaya
Steven Yeun as Berto
Toni Collette as Gwen Johansen
Mark Ruffalo as Hieronymous Marshall
Holliday Grainger as Gemma
Anamaria Vartolomei
Thomas Turgoose
Angus Imrie as Shrimp Eyes
Patsy Ferran
Daniel Henshall
Steve Park as Agent Zeke

Production

A film adaptation of Edward Ashton's novel Mickey7 was announced to be in development in January 2022, with Bong Joon-ho writing, directing, and producing for Warner Bros. Pictures. Robert Pattinson was in talks to star in the film at the time of the announcement.^[2] Pattinson was confirmed to star in May 2022, with Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo joining the cast.^[3] In July, Steven Yeun was added to the cast.^[4]

Production began at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden on August 2, 2022,^[5] and concluded in December 2022.^[6]

Charles Yu wrote additional literary material for the film.^[7]

Release

Mickey 17 is set to be released in the United States on April 18, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures.^[8] It was originally scheduled to be theatrically released on March 29, 2024.^[9] However, it was indefinitely taken off the release schedule in January 2024 due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike and delays in post-production, with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire instead taking over the date,^[10]^[11] before the film received its new date of January 31, 2025.^[12] In March 2024, it was announced that the film would be released in South Korea on January 28, 2025, three days before its global release.^[13] It was pushed back to its current date in November 2024, with the Korean release being pushed back to April 15, 2025.^[8]