Mickey is tasked with the most dangerous labor, often resulting in his death.
In Bongs version, he raises the stakes even higher.
The number is the number of times he dies.
Image via Warner Bros.
Its a sci-fi movie, but its a human story.
Why Did Robert Pattinson Pick ‘Mickey 17’?
The actor acknowledgedthatMickey 17was: one of the funniest, bizarre sci-fi scripts Ive ever read in my life.
Adapted from the novel by Edward Ashton, Mickey 7 is a Sci-Fi film that follows Mickey 17 (Robert Pattinson) and his journey to the ice world Niflheim to colonize the planet. Mickey 17 is an “expendable” employee to be used and thrown away after completing their task - often a dangerous one - but when one iteration of Mickey dies, he is reborn in a new body with a large portion of his memories still intact. After six deaths, however, Mickey finally begins to understand the job and why it was always an unfilled position.
In the film,Pattinson is set to playtwo different copies of the same character.
And though they have the same memories, Mickey 17 and Mickey 18 are their own people.
Mickey 17premieres on January 31, 2025.
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