Bong Joon Ho and Robert Pattinson kicked off the long-awaited launch of Mickey 17 with the first official press event for the movie in the Korean capital of Seoul on Monday.

Director Bong Joon-ho speaks during a press conference at a Seoul theater on Jan. 20, 2025, about his Hollywood debut, "Mickey 17." (Yonhap) ▲ Director Bong Joon-ho (R) and actor Robert Pattinson pose for a photo during a press conferecence at a Seoul theater on Jan.

For those who don’t know, Mickey 17 marks director Bong Joon-ho’s first movie after his successful movie Parasite (2019). The movie premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it became the first Korean film to win its top prize. Mickey 17 will be released on the big screens on March 7, 2025.

Mickey 17, the next movie from Parasite Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho, is making a premiere at Berlin Film Festival, Deadline has confirmed. It’s not a world premiere, we hear. Mickey 17 could have a South Korea premiere before Berlin as its opens in Joon Ho’s homeland of South Korea on Feb.

Director Bong Joon-ho is back with the sci-fi film “Mickey 17,” his first release in six years since “Parasite” (2019). The film will hit South Korean theaters on Feb. 28. At a press conference held at CGV Yongsan in Seoul on Jan.

Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho is back with Mickey 17, a sci-fi film starring Robert Pattinson in the lead role. The film releases in theatres in March.

Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho's highly anticipated sci-fi film, will premiere on February 28 in South Korea, before the title's March 7 North American release and global rollout.

Based on the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, the film stars Pattinson as an “expendable” employee sent on dangerous missions, who is “re-printed” after dying. The story unfolds when his company makes an 18 th iteration, not realising that Mickey 17 is still alive. The cast also includes Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.

Bong Joon-ho, described his upcoming film “Mickey 17,” starring British actor Robert Pattinson, as a deeply human sci-fi story about a character navigating extreme circumstances.

Bong Joon-ho's science fiction film 'Mickey 17' is scheduled to debut in South Korean theaters on Feb. 28, preceding its global release by a week.