Mickey 17, has received a new release date, set for 2025.On Tuesday (February 20), Warner Bros. Pictures announced the sci-fi film’s new release date of January 31, 2025 per a report from The Hollywood Reporter.
The film was previously delayed “indefinitely” last month due to due to the impacts of the SAG-AFTRA strike in summer 2023, causing delays in post-production.The film was originally scheduled to premiere on March 29 this year, but was removed from Warner Bros.
Pictures’ release slate, while Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire got pushed up by two weeks to take its spot.According to a Variety report, Mickey 17‘s new 2025 date will also allow for it to screen on IMAX, which would not have been possible with a 2024 release due to all IMAX slots for the year having been exhausted for other projects.Mickey 17 will mark Joon-ho’s first film effort since 2019’s universally lauded Parasite, which took home Best Picture at the Academy Awards the following year.
Parasite also went on to become the highest-grossing Korean film in history.While a full trailer for Mickey 17 has yet to be released, a brief teaser was revealed in December 2022.
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