Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo are set to join Robert Pattinson in Bong Joon Ho's upcoming sci-fi movie.
As reported by THR, the new film is based on Edward Ashton's novel Mickey7 and will be Bong's first movie since Parasite won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay at the 2020 Oscars. The plot has been described as a mix between Andy Wier's The Martian and Blake Crouch's Dark Matter.
Pattinson and Ackie are said to have officially signed deals while Ruffalo and Collette are still in talks to join the project.
In the novel, Mickey7 is a man on an expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim. What makes Mickey7 unique is that he is basically an expendable employee that has been sent to do a job that is deemed too unsafe for a normal human.
When he dies, he comes back as a clone with most of his memories intact. However, this story will tell what happens when Mickey7 is presumed dead but is still very much alive and finds out a new clone, Mickey8, has taken his place.
Bong will write, direct, and produce the currently untitled film for his production company Offscreen and Warner Bros., Kate Street Picture Company, and Plan B will produce the project.
Fans of Bong's work will also be happy to know he is an executive producer on HBO's Parasite series, which will be an original story set in the same universe as the movie.
Naomi Ackie Image Credit: Hanna Lassen/Getty Images
Toni Collette Image Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
Mark Ruffalo Image Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage
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As reported by THR, the new film is based on Edward Ashton's novel Mickey7 and will be Bong's first movie since Parasite won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay at the 2020 Oscars. The plot has been described as a mix between Andy Wier's The Martian and Blake Crouch's Dark Matter.
Pattinson and Ackie are said to have officially signed deals while Ruffalo and Collette are still in talks to join the project.
In the novel, Mickey7 is a man on an expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim. What makes Mickey7 unique is that he is basically an expendable employee that has been sent to do a job that is deemed too unsafe for a normal human.
When he dies, he comes back as a clone with most of his memories intact. However, this story will tell what happens when Mickey7 is presumed dead but is still very much alive and finds out a new clone, Mickey8, has taken his place.
Bong will write, direct, and produce the currently untitled film for his production company Offscreen and Warner Bros., Kate Street Picture Company, and Plan B will produce the project.
Fans of Bong's work will also be happy to know he is an executive producer on HBO's Parasite series, which will be an original story set in the same universe as the movie.
Naomi Ackie Image Credit: Hanna Lassen/Getty Images
Toni Collette Image Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
Mark Ruffalo Image Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage
Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to [email protected].
Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
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