Mickey 17 refers to what sounds like a larger Expendables Program, but there’s a reason there don’t seem to be any Expendables besides Mickey.

Bong’s Mickey 17, adapted from Ashton Edward’s 2022 science-fiction novel Mickey7, is based on a terrific premise: It’s 2054 and hapless Earthling Mickey Barnes, played by Robert Pattinson, is so desperate to escape the repercussions of a bad debt that he signs on to be part of a group of eager citizens headed to a new and ostensibly better planet known as Niflheim.

Hours after the new film Mickey 17 hit theaters, Robert Pattinson fans were already on social media with a bold demand for their boy: an Oscar for his performance. The film is the latest project from South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho,