Mickey 17
word of advice : This article contains SPOILERS for the film Mickey 17 and the book Mickey7.Oscar - make headway director Bong Joon - ho ’s young film , Mickey 17 , seems to set up another swelled sci - fi moving picture enfranchisement . base on Edward Ashton ’s 2022 novelMickey7,2025’sMickey 17follows an " spendable " laborer on an ice planet colony who gets clone every time he dies , only for two clone to eventually appear at the same meter . With the award - gain manager of the dystopian sci - fi movieSnowpiercerand the glorious thrillerParasiteat the helm , this promise to be an unbelievable version .
Though Bong Joon - ho ’s new film was one of themost anticipated movies of 2025 , it ’s unknown if audience will seeMickey 17 ’s charactersreturn in a continuation in the close time to come . With a nice 79 % rating from critic onRotten Tomatoes , the movie has examine to be another hitting for Bong , and it could dilate into a larger franchise likeSnowpiercer . However , whilethe base for a sequel is already built with Ashton ’s subsequence playscript , Antimatter Blues , it appear that Bong has chosen to leaveMickey 17where it is for now .
Mickey 17’s Ending Does Not Directly Set Up A Sequel - Just Like The Book
Mickey 17 & Mickey7 Succeed As Standalone Stories
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ThoughMickey 17andMickey7feature several differences , they each present themselves as ego - contain narratives with scarcely any textile setting up a continuation . Both stories show Mickey 18 ( played by Robert Pattinson in the motion picture , and lie with as Mickey 8 in the book ) dying , but inMickey7 , the expendables program does n’t end , Marshall ( Mark Ruffalo ) does n’t give out , and the clone printer is n’t destroyed .
Mick 17 is Bong Joon - ho ’s upcoming sci - fi clowning flick , and the undertaking takes clear brainchild from other successful entries in the genre .
Mickey7 ’s conclusion is n’t as final asMickey 17 ’s close , but it still does n’t clearly bespeak that it will lead to a sequel . On the other hand , Antimatter Blueswas only written after the movie adjustment ofMickey7entered production , and Ashton may have been prove to capitalise on the hype make byMickey 17.Meanwhile , Bong Joon - ho has express his sake in accommodate the sequel in an consultation withGamesRadar+ , but also suggests that he will be busy with other project for some time after 2025 :
" When I was having a Zoom talk with Ed [ Ashton ] , and he was telling me about it , and you recognize , he ’s such a great , captivating writer , I would have it off to take on the challenge but to be fair , I have a superfluity of new , weird theme that I want to tackle , so I would like to move on to those rather than a sequel . "
A Mickey 17 Sequel Is Still Possible Based On The Books
Antimatter Blues Lays The Foundation For A Mickey 17 Sequel
Yet Edward Ashton has exhibit us what aMickey 17sequel could look like with his 2023 novelAntimatter blue devil . This record plunk up days afterMickey7ended , follow Mickey 7 as he tries to find an antimatter bombthat he hid to prevent battle with Niflheim ’s native " crawler , " as it could help refuel his colony in its time of day of pauperism . While the pic adaption end with some small victories attain by the fighter , it is still possible to put another twist like this on the story in order for it to continue .
Mickey 17 ’s budget is n’t as high as we expected , but it still creates a distinct challenge for the Robert Pattinson pic to overcome this month .
WhileMickey7had no expressed apparatus for a subsequence , the wayAntimatter Bluestakes the bomb that Mickey hide in the first novel and turns it into a MacGuffin prove how simple-minded it was to create the premiss for the follow - up story . Though there is no such dud inMickey 17 , the celluloid implies Mickey ’s war is far from over , asthere are still many ardent supporter of the nefarious Kenneth Marshall after his death . Mickey ’s incubus at the motion picture ’s end symbolize how Marshall ’s malefic ideas rest , showing how he could return in another form .
Mickey 17 Is Unlikely To Get A Sequel
Bong Joon-ho & Robert Pattinson May Not Return To Mickey 17
While Bong claimed he was interested in doing aMickey 17sequel , he has n’t train any sequel motion picture in his decades - long career , leaving his movies off as standalone stories . Notably , the director is minimally involved with theSnowpiercerseries , which was urge on by his critically acclaimed movie . Also , sinceBong Joon - ho ’s next motion picture afterMickey 17is reportedly an animate feature about deep sea creature , it ’s not likely that he will make a sequel for this year ’s liberation anytime before long .
Mick 17 saw some hump along the road , but I always had faith it would be a great flick . other recapitulation are making me feel vindicated .
It ’s also unclear if Robert Pattinson will even be usable to star in aMickey 17sequel . The high - profile actor is supposed to seem in Christopher Nolan’sThe Odysseyand Matt Reeves’The Batman - Part IIwithin the next few years . give Bong ’s auteur directorial style , it ’s doubtful that Pattinson would star in aMickey 17sequel without him , since the former was a core originative military group in make the movie .
Image via Warner Bros.
In the goal , Mickey 17wrapped up its report quite well without any hanging plot threads that warrant a subsequence . Nevertheless , Antimatter Bluesshows how the enfranchisement could be beyond Bong Joon - ho ’s one pic despite its dispute from the original novel . Bong and Pattinson ’s schedules may prevent such a sequel from appearing on the bountiful screen , but the film could still be made .
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