Allow Robert Pattinson to introduce himself again... and again and again. He plays more than a dozen versions of the same character, Mickey Barnes, in director Bong Joon Ho's upcoming sci-fi thriller "Mickey 17." Bong, the Oscar-winning director of "Parasite," brought a wacky, thrilling first look at the film to CinemaCon, the annual exhibition trade show that's currently unfolding in Las Vegas. Through an interpreter, the Korean filmmaker described "Mickey 17" as a "story about a simple man who ultimately...
Robert
Pattinson
It doesn’t get much bigger than playing Batman, and Pattinson did just that for Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” co-starring alongside Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman and Paul Dano as the Riddler. The dark drama raked in over $770 million globally, so it’s no surprise that the English actor has already signed on for a sequel. In addition to portraying the Caped Crusader, Pattinson, whose career has been peppered with both big-budget and indie projects, will star in the next movie from Bong Joon Ho (“Parasite”), a science-fiction story based on Edward Ashton’s novel “Mickey7,” alongside Steven Yeun. With an extreme interest in art, in September he was chosen to partner with Sotheby’s New York and handpick artworks for its “Contemporary Curated” program and live auction.
