By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Nearly two years after the record-breaking success of “Parasite”, Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho appears to have discovered his subsequent movie which is anticipated to characteristic “The Batman” star Robert Pattinson.
Sources instructed Deadline that Bong will write and direct an untitled movie primarily based on Edward Ashton’s upcoming novel “Mickey7” for studio Warner Bros.
The director will even again the challenge by way of his manufacturing banner Offscreen alongside Dooho Choi for Kate Street Picture Company and Plan B.
The novel, to be revealed in 2022 by Macmillan’s imprint St Martin, follows Mickey7, who’s an Expendable: a disposable worker on a human expedition despatched to colonise the ice world Niflheim.
“Whenever there’s a mission that’s too dangerous — even suicidal — the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it,” reads the synopsis of the guide.
While the movie can be impressed by the novel, sources mentioned that given Bong’s model of working with diversifications, his model could be totally different from the supply materials.
His 2013 post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie “Snowpiercer” was primarily based on the French graphic local weather fiction novel “Le Transperceneige” by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette.
According to Deadline, creator Ashton offered the manuscript for the unpublished guide to Bong in the direction of the top of 2021.
The acclaimed filmmaker grew within the story and have become loosely connected to the challenge late final yr.
It is claimed Bong met a number of the most promising Hollywood stars earlier than he zeroed in on Pattinson after assembly him.
“Parasite” swept the 2019 Oscars, together with the most effective image and finest director wins, a primary for a Korean-language movie.
Following an HBO restricted sequence primarily based on the movie within the works with Bong government producing alongside Adam McKay, this movie would be the South Korean filmmaker’s second collaboration with WarnerMedia.
Pattinson’s subsequent “The Batman” is a Warner Bros movie, which is slated to be launched on March 4.
Peter Dodd is overseeing for the studio.
