Parasite director's next movie has already got the seal of approval from its writer: "I can't express how jazzed I am right now"
Sep. 18, 2024Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17 is quite alright when it comes to American author Edward Ashton
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Some authors can be a little precious whenever their books are given the big-screen treatment; Stephen King was notoriously disappointed with Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, Roald Dahl wasn’t keen on Willa Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and P. L. Travers bannedDisneyfrom adapting any of the follow-up novels after 1964’s Mary Poppins.
RetitledMickey 17, the film seesThe Batman’s Robert Pattinson play “a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact.”
Taking to Twitter to share the first official trailer,Ashton wrote: “Many folks have asked if I’m nervous about what Director Bong will do with my baby. I always said no. This shows you why. I knew from our first conversation that Bong got MICKEY7. It’s dark and deep and funny and I can’t express how jazzed I am right now.”
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