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South Korea’s famous director Bong Joon Ho is making a Hollywood directorial debut with the highly anticipated sci-fi movie ‘Mickey 17’ starring Hollywood star Robert Pattinson.
However, it has been reported that the movie which was slated for January 2025 release as Warner Bros. has been shelved as the movie is not getting a director’s cut version.
Among the new trends in the film industry is the release of a director’s cut version of movies, which happens most of the time with a big name behind the movie. Many fans were obviously waiting for Bong Soon Ho’s director’s cut version of his upcoming sci-fi movie Mickey 17.
According to reports, Warner Bros. wants to go ahead with a more accessible version of the movie, but the decision is apparently not sitting rightly with director Bong Joon Ho.
Mickey 17 is based on the well-received novel named Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. Mickey 17 is slated to premiere in theatres on January 31, 2025. Bong Joon Ho made his personal changes to the base story by killing Mickey, the expendable hero of the story, 17 times instead of 7.
The movie follows the storyline where Robert Pattinson, an expendable employee, Mickey Barnes, is sent to colonize an ice planet. If he gets killed on the expedition, his body will be printed again and again with most of his memories intact. Through many life-threatening experiences on the planet, he will become an unconventional hero who ends up saving the world.
