Robert Pattinson and Parasite director Bong Joon-ho teaming up for new sci-fi movie

Robert Pattinson in Tenet
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Parasite director Bong Joon-ho has found his next project, and Robert Pattinson is set t൩o star, reports.

The currently untitled sci-fi movie will be inspired by the upcoming novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, which follows Mickey7, an Expendable – AKA a disposable 🔯employee – on a human expedition sent to colonize an ice world called Niflheim. When the mission gets too dangerous, the crew turns to Mickey, who can regenerate when he dies – with all his memories still intact.

Bong's last movie was 2019's Parasite, whꦰich was a critical success and won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film at the Oscars – the first Korean movie to ever win at the Academy Awards. It was also the first Korean movie to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. 

A series based on the movie is currently in the works at HBO, with Bong ♛and Adam McKay on board as executive producers. Tilda Swinton and Mark Ruffalo are rumored to be starring. Bong has also directed the English-language movies Okja and Snowpiercer, and he also helmed Mother, The Host, and Memories oꦉf Murder.

As for Pattinson, his next role is as the Caped Crusader in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Batman, which releases this March.𒈔 He recently starred in the Netflix thriller The Devil All the Time and Christopher Nolan's sci-fi actioꦕner Tenet.

While we wait for Bong's next movie to hit the big screen, check out our list of the other 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming movies to get excited about in 2022. 

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