The next feature film from Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) will be Mickey 17, and it has gotten an official release date set for movie theaters. Per Deadline, Mickey 17, which stars Robert Pattinson (The Batman), is officially set to premiere on March 29, 2024. As that date is already occupied by an unnamed “event film” from Universal along with the premiere of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, it’s clear that Warner Bros. has great confidence in how this movie will be performing.

Meanwhile, a sneak peek teaser has also been released along with the release date announcement. It features our first look at Pattinson in the film along with a tease of the movie’s visuals that will be brought to life with Joon-ho in the director’s chair. You can check out the teaser below.

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The film is written, directed, and produced by Joon-ho. It is based on the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, though the feature film adaptation will be differentiated with its title of Mickey 17. The novel follows Mickey7, an Expendable; i.e., a disposable employee who’s able to regenerate a new body with most of his memories intact anytime he’s killed on a dangerous mission. After he goes missing and presumed dead, he is replaced by Mickey8, leading to major complications as Mickey7 must now try to avoid being killed for good.

Mickey7 Will Be Adapted Into the Feature Film Mickey 17

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Robert Pattinson is in the lead role in Mickey7, though the film also stars Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Naomi Ackie (I Wanna Dance with Somebody), Toni Collette (Hereditary), and Mark Ruffalo (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law). Bong Joon-ho is producing via Offscreen, Inc. alongside Plan B Entertainment and Dooho Choi of Kate Street Picture Company.

Edward Ashton, who wrote the book the film is based on, is not very involved with Mickey 17. Via Nerdist, he previously spoke about how he had no clue the film was even in the works until he saw a press release announcing that the rights had been picked up. Ashton suggested that he had spoken with Joon-ho and that fans should expect there to be some major changes with the adaptation.

“He doesn’t need to involve me. I’m not complaining about that at all,” Ashton explained. “I’ve had people ask me ‘Are you nervous?’ Literally, director Bong is going to change a lot about the book. When I spoke with him, he made it pretty clear. ‘You’ve got a 350 page book. I’m gonna have a 120 page script. There’s a lot that’s gonna go.’ So my answer is no, I’m not concerned about that at all. In my view, the man’s a genius. I don’t believe he’s ever made a bad film. And I sincerely hope that this isn’t going to be his first.”

Mickey 17 will be released in movie theaters on March 24, 2024.