The movie adaptation of the immensely widespread sci-fi novel Mickey7 has been within the works for years, however now we lastly have a trailer and . For one factor, it’s now known as Mickey17 and, nicely, followers of the e-book know precisely what that means. It means they’re in for a good crazier expertise than what’s written on the web page.
The film is written and directed by one of many fashionable masters, Bong Joon Ho, who appears to have taken some liberties with the supply materials. Gentle spoilers, however the e-book follows a sequence of clones of the titular Mickey as they carry out the grunt work of colonizing an exoplanet. The e-book chronicles seven (ish) Mickey variants, however the film is amping this as much as not less than 17. This can give us loads extra darkly hilarious clone deaths, which the trailer exhibits various.
The novel is correct up Bong Joon Ho’s alley. Clones are principally second-class residents who exist to die for his or her company overlords. This leaves loads of room for social satire within the vein of each and . The trailer leans into these items and the outcomes look actually entertaining and, imagine it or not, actually humorous. We like to see distinctive IPs within the cinema, don’t we people?
The varied Mickeys are performed by Robert Pattinson, in order that’ll get some butts within the seats. The forged additionally consists of Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo. As a e-book reader, I do know who everyone seems to be taking part in aside from Ruffalo. That appears like a brand-new character, although he might be an amalgamation of a few minor gamers. Diversifications require some darkish alchemy at instances.
This might be the primary huge hit of 2025. It arrives in theaters on January 31. There’s additionally some franchise potential right here, because the e-book already has one sequel and writer Edward Ashton has been toying with concepts for a 3rd entry.