Bong Joon Ho on the Lessons He Learned From 'Mickey 17'

Bong Joon Ho on the Lessons He Learned From 'Mickey 17'

The 2025 sci-fi tale starring Robert Pattinson was a box-office disappointment.

Bong Joon Ho Says First Animated Movie ‘Ally’ Will ‘Unleash’ the ‘Control Freak in Me’ and Takes Blame for Any ‘Mickey 17’ Criticism: ‘S— on Me,’ Not the Studio

Seven years after he won the Palme d’Or with “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho is back in Cannes, this time with his first animated feature. “Ally,” in the works since 2019 and due for completion later this year, is set in the uncharted depths of the South Pacific Ocean, where a curious piglet squid dreams of […]

Bong Joon Ho on the Lessons He Learned From ‘Mickey 17’

The 2025 sci-fi tale starring Robert Pattinson was a box-office disappointment.

Bong Joon-ho Says You Can “Sh*t On” Him for ‘Mickey 17’: “All the Bad Parts Came From Me”

Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” won the Palme d’Or in 2019 and the Best Picture Oscar in 2020, which led to him getting carte blanche on whatever he would do next.Bong finally decided on a pricey major studio film, “Mickey 17,” starring Robert Pattinson, which ended up misfiring. This was a huge gamble for Warner Bros., with a budget rumored to be close to $140M. Given that the film earned only $130M worldwide and brought Bong the most divisive review…