The highly anticipated “Mickey 17,” starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Bong Joon-ho, has been delayed indefinitely, Variety reports. The film was slated to be released on March 29. Now, Warner Bros. has moved the release of “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” for that date.
According to the outlet, sources say that the decision to delay the film was made to “allow more time to finish the project, which had been affected due to last year’s strikes and other various production shifts.” There’s no new date for the release.
This is the first project for the director since “Parasite” (2019), which became the highest-grossing Korean film in history. It was also the first non-English language movie to win best picture at the Oscars.
What is ‘Mickey17’ about?
The sci-fi thriller is an adaptation of Edward Ashton’s novel “Mickey7.” The film follows Pattinson’s as an “expendable,” which is a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize a world made of ice called Niflheim. However, he refuses to let his replacement clone take his place.
Fans got the first glimpse of the movie in Dec. 2022, when Warner Bros. debuted a cryptic teaser featuring Pattinson waking up in a chamber. Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Ackie, and Steven Yeun complete the cast. Bong Joon-ho not only directs, as he also wrote the script and produces.
On the other hand, this isn’t the only project with Pattinson that has been halted. The actor was supposed to star in Adam Mckay’s Average Height, Average Build, alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Amy Adams, but the director left the project and Netflix, which was producing, no longer moved forward.
Robert Pattinson will star in The Batman sequel
Thankfully for the actor’s fans, Pattinson is still set to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne in The Batman sequel, directed by Matt Reeves. The film is set to hit theaters on October 3, 2025, in the United States.
While filming was scheduled to start back in November, again, the strikes made it impossible to follow that plan. However, it’s now set to start filming in March. Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Colin Farrell as The Penguin, and Jeffrey Wright as Gordon are all expected to reprise their roles.