Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho found it a relatively easy choice to cast Robert Pattinson as the titular character in his latest film "Mickey 17."

Following the release of his Oscar-winning hit Parasite, all eyes were on what director Bong Joon Ho would do next. Finally five years later his next project is arriving on our screens and according to our own five star Mickey 17 review,

Combining the best parts of "Snowpiercer" & "Okja" into something new, "Mickey 17" suggests that Bong loves people even more than he hates capitalism.

Open the Youtube video Mickey 17 premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was first shown to the Korean press on February 17th through a press screening. After the premiere, one thing became clear—like all movies,

So how, exactly, do you make a new human? No, sicko. We don’t mean that. We mean in the context of Bong Joon Ho’s latest, Mickey 17. In the film, Robert Pattinson plays Mickey, a human “expendable” who is brought back to life, over and over, after he dies. How does that work? A new book shows you, in more ways than one.

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With Micky 17 marking Bong Joon Ho’s return to the big screen after six years, it's the perfect time to revisit Parasite, the film that cemented his status as one of the greatest filmmakers of recent times.

Mickey 17 finally comes out next week, but director Bong Joon-ho is already talking about his big-scale next movie, teasing the release date.