LOS ANGELES – South Korean director Bong Joon-ho is about to make a comeback with an English-language movie, two years after sweeping the Oscars together with his biting satire Parasite (2019).
British actor Robert Pattinson, 35, is claimed to be in talks to be within the science-fiction film, which will likely be tailored from Edward Ashton’s upcoming novel, Mickey7.
In an unique report by leisure journal Deadline on Wednesday (Jan 19), unnamed sources revealed that Bong’s model could differ from the novel, given his previous experiences with diversifications.
The novel’s plot follows, Mickey7, a disposable worker on a human expedition despatched to colonise the ice world of Niflheim.
Bong, 52, had taken his time to choose his subsequent mission after Parasite, which took residence Finest Director, Finest Image and two different prizes on the Oscars in 2020.
The manuscript for Mickey7 had drawn his curiosity in late 2021 and, in line with Deadline, each A-lister in Hollywood in his 30s was chasing the lead function.
Pattinson, who had taken on each big-budget and indie motion pictures in his profession, made his identify as Edward Cullen within the Twilight motion pictures (2008 to 2012).
He’ll subsequent be seen because the masked crusader within the extremely anticipated superhero film The Batman, out in March.
The untitled Mickey7 adaptation will likely be Bong’s third English-language mission after Snowpiercer (2013) and Okja (2017).
A restricted collection primarily based on Parasite can also be within the works at HBO with Bong as govt producer.
