Key Points:
- Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi film Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattinson will get an early release in South Korea on January 28, 2025, three days before its global debut.
- The film’s release was pushed back to January 2025 due to production delays caused by the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023.
- Mickey 17 marks Bong Joon-ho’s first directorial effort since the Oscar-winning Parasite, and it will premiere in the director’s home country of South Korea.
South Korean audiences will be among the first to experience Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated sci-fi film Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson, as the movie is set to receive an early release in the director’s home country.
Mickey 17 Early Release in South Korea
According to Variety, Mickey 17 will open in South Korean theaters on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, three days ahead of its global release on January 31. The early release in Korea is a nod to Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean roots and a way to premiere the film in the director’s home country first.
“Korea, director Bong’s mother country, was our first choice in terms of where to debut the film,” said Andrew Cripps, president of international distribution for Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. “All of us here at Warner Bros. are very excited to share ‘Mickey 17’ with audiences in Korea and beyond.”
The film was initially announced for a March 2024 release but was pushed back by nine months to allow for its completion. Production had been affected by the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023, causing delays.
The movie’s release, initially scheduled for March 2024, was postponed by nine months by Warner Bros. Discovery to ensure its completion. The delay was due to the impact of the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023 on production.
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Bong Joon-ho’s Post-Parasite Project
Mickey 17 marks Bong Joon-ho’s first feature as a director since the critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning ‘Parasite’, which made history as the first non-English language film to win the Best Picture award at the Academy Awards.
The film is adapted from Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel and stars Pattinson as an “expendable” a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize an ice planet – who refuses to let his replacement clone take his place. The star-studded cast also includes Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.
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With its early release in South Korea and the anticipation surrounding Bong Joon-ho’s return to the director’s chair, Mickey 17 promises to be a major cinematic event when it hits theaters in January 2025.
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