Marvel at Ships, Suits, and Tech of Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17

Marvel at the Ships, Suits, and Tech of Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17
So how, exactly, do you make a new human? No, sicko. We don’t mean that. We mean in the context of Bong Joon Ho’s latest, Mickey 17. In the film, Robert Pattinson plays Mickey, a human “expendable” who is brought back to life, over and over, after he dies. How does that work? A new book shows you, in more ways than one.
Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho says 'Mickey 17' demagogue not drawn from present leaders
South Korean director Bong Joon Ho's villain in "Mickey 17", a demagogic politician played by Mark Ruffalo, was based on past dictators, but might seem familiar to viewers because "history always repeats itself,
‘Mickey 17’ Review: Robert Pattinson Is Comedy Gold in Bong Joon-ho’s Madcap Sci-Fi Satire
Berlinale: The "Parasite" filmmaker is back with a gnarly feast that verges on gluttony The post ‘Mickey 17’ Review: Robert Pattinson Is Comedy Gold in Bong Joon-ho’s Madcap Sci-Fi Satire appeared first on TheWrap.
Mickey 17 Director Bong Joon Ho Details New Horror Movie
Ahead of Mickey 17‘s theatrical release on March 7, Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho has finally shared some new details about his next action horror movie, which has been developing for nearly 25 years.
Mickey 17 review: Bong Joon-ho delivers dark humor and sci-fi chaos
Parasite director Bong Joon-ho returns to genre with Mickey 17, a chaotic, darkly comic space opera starring Robert Pattinson as a disposable clone caught in a deadly cycle of rebirth on an unforgiving ice world.
Review: Mickey 17 brings Bong Joon-ho back to sci-fi with mixed reactions
It takes only a few pages of Mickey 7 to see why director Bong Joon-ho was drawn to adapt it into a film. With its eerie premise of endlessly replicable human bodies—rendering human labor cheaper and more efficient than machines—the novel feels tailor-made for Bong’s cinematic universe.
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Bong, Ruffalo on 'Mickey 17' antagonist: archetypal dictator, not based on real person
"Mickey 17" director Bong Joon-ho speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Feb. 20, 2025. (Yonhap) ▲ Naomi Ackie (L), ...
Mark Ruffalo wants you to remember that ‘every petty dictator…they always lose’ in the end
In “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho’s new movie, “Mickey 17” Mark Ruffalo plays a villainous politician. He talked to CNN on ...
‘Mickey 17’ Review: An Amusing Robert Pattinson Gamely Tackles a Double Role in Bong Joon Ho’s Scattershot Sci-Fi Follow-Up to ‘Parasite’
The actor plays a repeatedly reconstituted “expendable” in this dark comedy set in a nascent ice planet colony, also starring ...
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Bong Joon Ho Knows Mark Ruffalo’s ‘Mickey 17’ Villain Resembles Trump: ‘Were We Oracles Predicting the Future?’
In a wide-ranging conversation at the British Film Institute ahead of his new film “Mickey 17,” Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho revealed that Mark Ruffalo‘s antagonist character bears an ...
Bong Joon Ho Says Mark Ruffalo’s ‘Mickey 17’ Dictator Is Based on ‘All the Faces of the Bad Politicians We’ve Experienced’
"We have many young people in this room, and I made this film thinking like the situation is one you could experience in your ...
Berlin: Bong Joon Ho Says ‘Mickey 17’ Villain Was Modeled on Past Dictators But May Remind Viewers of Present-Day Political Leaders
The Oscar-winning director of 'Parasite' touched down at the Berlin Film Festival to unveil his new sci-fi feature, which ...
'Mickey 17', 'Running Man', more 'Wicked' and other exciting book-to-screen adaptations
The next few years will be big for book-to-screen adaptations. We’re starting to see the silver screen aftermath of BookTok’s ...
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Parasite director returns with buzzy – and eerily timely – new movie Mickey 17
Bong Joon-ho's new film Mickey 17 highlights the resilience of ordinary people against the powerful in a time of creeping ...