Robert Pattinson Won’t Awake from Cryogenic Sleep As Mickey 17 Just Yet

Robert Pattinson’s last space sci-fi film saw the actor playing a prisoner made to serve his sentence on a shuttle hurtling toward a black hole (among other human-rights offenses, including really messed-up sexual harassment). His next space drama? Mickey 17, a Bong Joon Ho joint based on the novel Mickey7, by Edward Ashton, which tells the story of an employee on an expedition to colonize an ice world — but he’s doing it only for the check. But the Warner Bros. film, originally set to hit theaters on March 29, 2024, is no longer on the studio’s schedule. The film — written, directed, and produced by the Oscar-winning Parasite director — has been delayed indefinitely. According to Variety, the movie needed more time to finish after the Hollywood strikes and other production shifts. Not much has been said about the script, but the first look at the film depicts a comatose Pattinson emerging from sleep in what appears to be a cryogenic freezer in what seems like a tricked-out MRI machine in a long, sparse room. Steven Yeun (Minari), Naomi Ackie (I Wanna Dance With Somebody), Toni Collette (Hereditary), and Mark Ruffalo (the Hulk) round out the cast. If Bong’s previous films are anything to go by, Mickey 17 is likely shaping up to be another social thriller. We just hope it will thaw sometime soon.

This post has been updated.

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