How do you try and top the zeitgeist-smashing Parasite? If you’re Bong Joon-ho, the answer seems to be to get Batman to star in your next film.
As reported by Deadline, Robert Pattinson is set to work with the acclaimed South Korean director on a sci-fi project.
It’s currently untitled but it’s based on Mickey7, a novel that’s not even out yet by author Edward Ashton. Bong was given an advanced manuscript of the novel to get him prepared and it sounds thrilling: the titular protagonist is killed while on a risky colonising mission on an ice world called Niflheim.
His body is then regenerated after his death with most of his memories intact. If that wasn’t enough to wrap his head around, Mickey7 discovers that a clone, Mickey8, has taken his place.
That could mean we’ll see multiple Pattinsons onscreen – for one of the stars of Christopher Nolan’s latest bamboozling creation, Tenet, though, that shouldn’t be an issue.
Since Pattinson’s in the cast, we’re assuming that this will be an English-language feature by Bong. Considering his previous times operating outside his native language wrought the silly-but-serious caper Okja and the spellbinding post-apocalyptic Snowpiercer, he’ll be fine with that.
And the list of ridiculously talented directors that Pattinson has worked with just continues to grow: David Cronenberg (Cosmopolis), Werner Herzog (Queen of the Desert), James Gray (The Lost City of Z), the Safdie brothers (Good Time), Claire Denis (High Life), Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse), and now Bong. Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Twilight anymore.
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There’s no date for the film yet but filming should begin shortly. In the meantime, Pattinson will debut as the caped crusader in The Batman, set to arrive on March 4th.
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Check out Bong Joon-ho breaking down the first scene of Parasite:
