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Director Bong Joon-Ho finally teased his upcoming film 'Mickey 17' starring Robert Pattinson. The filmmaker made his first trip to CinemaCon where audiences were treated to the first trailer of the film, which many were eagerly anticipating given that it is Bong's follow-up to the best picture-winning 'Parasite.'

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00:00Director Bong Joon-ho finally teased his upcoming film, Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson.

00:11The filmmaker made his first trip to CinemaCon, where audiences were treated to the first trailer of the film,

00:17which many were eagerly anticipating, given that it is Bong's follow-up to the best picture-winning Parasite.

00:22The director called the film the story of a simple man who ultimately ends up saving the world.

00:27Mickey 17 is based on the novel Mickey 7 and follows a space colonist known as an Expendable,

00:33those who do the colony's most dangerous work and often die in the process,

00:37only to be brought back to life through human printing technology.

00:40The protagonist in the novel is the seventh version of a man named Mickey Barnes,

00:44but the director upped the ante for the film.

00:46The number is the number of times he dies. I killed him ten more times.

00:50The trailer featured some rather violent scenes, such as Mickey losing a hand and being dumped alive into liquid metal.

00:56With his consent, of course.

00:58The film also stars Mark Ruffalo, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, and Toni Collette.

01:03Meanwhile, Pattinson, who plays two characters, Mickey 17 and 18,

01:07called Bong's script one of the funniest, bizarre sci-fi scripts I've ever read in my life.

01:12For more details on Mickey 17, head to the article on THR.com.

01:16And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

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