Warner Bros announced on Friday that Mickey 17, its dark sci-fi comedy starring Robert Pattinson (The Batman), will make its global streaming debut on Max on Friday, May 23. The film will debut on HBO linear at 7:40 p.m. ET. on Saturday, May 24.
Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, the filmmaker behind historic Oscar winner Parasite, Mickey 17 adapts the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. The story follows unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Pattinson), who has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker), Steven Yeun (Minari), Toni Collette (Hereditary), and Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) also star. Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Moonlight, 12 Years a Slave) produced alongside Director Bong and Dooho Choi (Okja, Snowpiercer), with Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins exec producing.
