Robert Pattinson Confronts Robert Pattinson as Bong Joon Ho Debuts Wacky, Bold ‘Mickey 17’ Trailer at CinemaCon

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Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Allow Robert Pattinson to introduce himself again… and again and again. He plays more than a dozen versions of the same character, Mickey Barnes, in director Bong Joon Ho‘s upcoming sci-fi thriller “Mickey 17.” Bong, the Oscar-winning director of “Parasite,” brought a wacky, thrilling first look at the film to CinemaCon, the annual exhibition trade show that’s currently unfolding in Las Vegas.

Through an interpreter, the director described “Mickey 17” as a “story about a simple man who ultimately ends up saving the world.

It’s a strange type of hero’s journey.” It’s based on Edward Ashton’s novel “Mickey 7,” but Bong opted to change the name of the film to “Mickey 17.” The number reflects how many times the main character dies, so Bong teased, “I killed him 10 more times!” Before theater owners at CinemaCon got a sneak peek of the trailer, which isn’t yet available to the public, Bong praised the power of the gigantic screen behind him. “I’m happy we can show the trailer on a big screen — and not on mobile phones,” he said to loud applause. “Mickey 17” opens as Pattinson’s character applies for a job as an “expendable,” a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize an ice planet.

It’s not a coveted position, and even the company’s secretary is shocked that someone applied for this particular gig. “Once you die,” she explains to Mickey, “we print a new version of your body.” On stage at Caesars Palace, Pattinson keyed into the motivation of his character, who is someone who has the “lowest expectations of his life, and life just keeps pushing those expectations lower and lower…” Back in the trailer, things go awry as one version of Mickey doesn’t die and a.