Bong Joon Ho’s follow-up untilted Sci-Fi film based on the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton has announced that Darius Khondji is now attached as the cinematographer. Khondji is best known for his work on Uncut Gems with Adam Sandler and The Lost City of Z, starring Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson.
Bong will write, direct and produce this project under his production company Offscreen in conjunction with Dooho Choi under Kate Street Picture Company. Choi collaborated with Bong on the adventure/drama Okja in 2017.
This new project will be Bong’s second with Warner Bros. In 2020, Warner Bros announced a spinoff adaptation of the Oscar-winning film, Parasite with Adam McKay less than a year after its original release. Bong’s adaptation of Mickey7 will be his third English-language film, and his first film back since his 2019 South Korean masterpiece Parasite shattered box office records worldwide.
The film features an all-star cast, including Robert Pattinson. He broke the hearts of millions in the Twilight Saga but has since gone on to turn his career into one of the most interesting independent movie careers ever seen. Just as Pattinson began making a name for himself in the indie world, he made a significant announcement that he would be going blockbuster by playing Bruce Wayne in the latest version of The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves. Reeves is currently working on its sequel. Others might know Pattinson from his portrayal of Connie Nikas in the Safdie brother’s critically acclaimed film, Good Time. Joining Pattinson are Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, and Naomi Ackie.
Mickey7 is based on a dystopian sci-fi based on the recently-released novel of the same name by Edward Ashton about an “expendable” space traveler sent on a borderline-suicidal mission to colonize the ice world Niflheim. When one Mickey dies, another is cloned in his place with most of his memories intact, so he is technically immortal in the worst way possible. But when this particular mission goes wrong, Mickey7 is presumed dead. Once dead, Mickey8 is activated, causing two Mickeys to be alive simultaneously. While little has been released about the film, most in the industry are alluding that Pattinson will be playing at least one (if not both) of the Mickeys.
With two alive at once, all bets are off as expendable doubles are not welcome. So the two must do whatever they have to in order to survive as the colonization of their world takes a turn for the worse, leaving the fate of civilization in the hands of the Mickeys. So, basically, Dostoevsky in space? I mean, why not.
Production is scheduled to start this August in the United Kingdom. No release day has been announced.
