Robert Pattinson hates dying, especially after dying over 17 times for Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi novel adaptation “Mickey 17.”

The film, which is the long-awaited follow-up to writer-director Bong’s Best Picture-winning Parasite, centers on Pattinson’s title character Mickey, an expendable employee known as the Expendable. Mickey is sent on a human expedition to colonize the ice world of Niflheim; any mission deemed too dangerous for humans is a task for Mickey. And of course, there are more than a few Mickey-related deaths.

Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo and “Blink Twice” newcomer Naomi Ackie also star.

Bong adapted Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey 7, but added more deaths for the main character. The film project was first announced in January 2022, ahead of the novel’s February release via Macmillan imprint St. Martin. The film was originally scheduled to be released on March 29, 2024, but was then pushed back to 2025.

“Mickey 17” is produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, Dooho Choi of Kate Street Picture Company and Bong under his banner Offscreen, Inc. The creative team behind the camera includes Oscar-nominated cinematographer Darius Khondji (“Okja”), Oscar-nominated production designer Fiona Crombie (“The Favourite”), Oscar-nominated editor Jin-mo Yang (“Parasite”), costume designer Catherine George (“Okja,” “Snowpiercer”) and visual effects supervisor Dan Glass (“The Matrix” franchise). Music is by composer Jae-il Jung (“Parasite,” “Squid Game”).

Bong said during CinemaCon 2024 that he cast Pattinson in part because of the actor’s “crazy something in his eyes.”

As for Bong’s other projects at Warner Bros. Discovery, his planned television series “Parasite” has since been put on hold. Tilda Swinton confirmed that she is no longer set to star in the HBO series adaptation in 2022. Swinton previously worked with director Bong on “Okja” and “Snowpiercer.” “Mickey 17” actor Ruffalo was also set to star in the “Parasite” series, which was announced as a miniseries similar to a six-hour movie.

“Succession” and “Winning Time” director Adam McKay also backed the show, saying on MTV’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast in April 2021 that the series was “in full swing” and had an “incredible writers’ room” after outlining the series’ story arc with Bong during the COVID-19 quarantine lockdown.

“It’s an original series,” McKay said at the time. “It’s set in the same universe as the feature film, but it’s an original story set in the same world.”

“Mickey 17” hits theaters on January 31. Watch the teaser below.