Bong Joon-ho’s (of Parasite> fame) subsequent film, an adaptation of Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel Mickey 7 (sure, not Mickey 17), was shot in 2022, but we’re nonetheless ready to see it. Now, it has been hit with yet one more delay and has been moved to spring 2025.
After the first-ever trailer arrived in September, on-line buzz surrounding the film surged, prompting Warner Bros. to rethink as soon as once more its method to the long-awaited undertaking’s theatrical launch. Now, it’s going to open on April 18, 2025, roughly three months after its earlier January 31 slot.
Sooner or later, the concept was to focus on it as a giant contender for the late 2024 awards season with a March 29, 2024, launch in hopes of securing Oscar noms (and possibly even wins) in early 2025. After all, Warner Bros. is now subsequent yr’s race as an alternative, prioritising an ‘early summer season’ (in Hollywood phrases) theatrical run that performs to the film’s potential blockbuster strengths. As character-driven because it appears to be, it additionally seems like a blast of a sci-fi journey with a wholesome dose of comedy and Robert Pattinson doing a cool voice once more.
“The brand new date permits the movie to display screen in IMAX and hopefully seize audiences over the Easter vacation,” explains Selection in its report. Whereas Mickey 17 hasn’t secured the identical slot as Godzilla x Kong earlier this yr, Warner Bros. has been performing properly throughout that spring interval in latest instances, so it may be making an attempt to duplicate that type of success subsequent yr, earlier than extra heavy hitters arrive throughout the extraordinarily packed mid-summer 2025 season.
It is also value stating the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael from director Antoine Fuqua “was initially set for the April 18 slot, tying up IMAX and premium giant format screens.” After a push to October 3 by Lionsgate, which appears bullish on its awards possibilities, earlier this week, Warner Bros. rapidly pounced on the slot. As at all times (in case you’ve been paying consideration), Hollywood studios’ launch schedules are sometimes outlined by what the competitors does or does not do.
Mickey 17 is a sci-fi thriller that stars Pattinson an expendable worker named Mickey Barnes despatched on a harmful missions to colonize the ice planet of Niflheim. When one Mickey dies, a reproduction that retains most of his reminiscences is created to interchange him. Fucked up, proper? The solid additionally contains Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo, amongst others.