24 January 2025

I know how long this can take so very much appreciate the efforts.

Transcript of the 'Mickey 17' Press Conference in South Korea – January
20th, 2025 #Mickey17

Thank you to everyone for your patience. And a special thank you to @Ju_Jiii for helping me translate some parts I was confused about.

Please read starting from the left panel. pic.twitter.com/O307Im1IVb

— kiuhhhh (@rbertpattinsn) January 24, 2025

Rob talks about working with Dior and a little reflection on space thanks to Mickey17. (Thanks Chrissy)

Esquire UK interviewed Rob on the release of the new Dior Homme. Here is what Rob had to say. You can read the full article to catch up on what Francis Kurkdjian had to say on creating the scent:

Esquire: Hello Robert. Who is the character you play in the new promotional film for Dior Homme Parfum?

Robert Pattinson: I guess it’s a continuation from the first campaign in 2013. The original character was someone who’s really listless. There’s a kind of aggressive longing. Of not really fitting in anywhere. [The team] were drawing from archetypal characters: James Dean and Marlon Brando. My character wants to experience everything. He’s never quite at home. He’s trying to define himself in quite a passionate way. And I think as the campaigns have progressed he’s become more romantic and sensual.

Your job is to sell a sense (smell) by creating a feeling and an atmosphere within a commercial. That’s quite a strange gig. Does the scent inform that?

Robert Pattinson: I mean, I’m absolutely atrocious. I’ve realised over the last few hours how bad I am about talking about scent at all [we are speaking at the end of the day, during which Pattinson and Kurkdjian have been doing multiple interviews]. I do have the ability to turn my sense of smell on and off, though – which I find quite a useful skill. It’s interesting to see how Francis approaches his work. The scent was developed a long time before any of the campaign came around. So, yeah, I guess it’s all just really a response to Francis’s work.

16 January 2025

Deadline is reporting that a third trailer for Mickey17 is about to drop:

Which leads us to the much-delayed $80M Mickey 17, Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho’s next movie that was finished in January 2023 and has changed release dates four times (March 29, 2024, followed by January 31, 2025, Easter weekend April 18, and finally March 7). Bong gets final cut and has been working on the ideal cut, collaborating with the studio on its suggestions. Tracking services are concerned that the first two trailers didn’t exactly set the world on fire

While two trailers have generated more than 41M views per social media analytics firm RelishMix, the trailer’s viral rate is low at 6:1 next to Superman‘s massive 317:1 and Minecraft‘s 50:1. At the same time, when it comes to director Bong, the filmmaker has few box office comps, his highest being his multi-Oscar-winning Parasite at $262M. Much like Robert Eggers found a growing fanbase in Nosferatu, the hope is that Bong will experience a similar boom. Tracking sources tell us that the movie’s draw rests largely on star Robert Pattinson’s shoulders, and the new release date allows The Batman actor to promote the project. A third trailer will drop soon in an attempt to reignite the campaign for the film about the comedic astronaut who dies several times.

30 December 2024

Whilst promoting Nosferatu, Robert Eggers talks about hoping to work with Rob again (starts at 22:16):

I’m planning to see Nosferatu this week since it’s being released tomorrow. I too hope we see both Robs work together again in the future!

26 December 2024

Variety shared this clip of Matt Reeves talking with Zoe Kravitz about writing his process of writing the script for The Batman and visualising Rob in the role. If you want to read the full by clicking the Variety hyperlink

When #TheBatman director Matt Reeves was writing the film’s script, he imagined Robert Pattinson in the role. | Variety #DirectorsOnDirectors presented by @AmazonMGMStudio https://t.co/uOpiEBMZ57 pic.twitter.com/hEzyVtjzOl

— Variety (@Variety) December 18, 2024

Extract Transcript:

Kravitz: How do you feel about casting? Especially when you’re doing a superhero film where there’s been so many other versions.

Reeves: I had to find a personal way into Batman and then think about how somebody could bring something personal to me. You’re always looking for an internal life that’s going to take what this story is and make us feel like you’re getting a glimpse into what this person’s struggle is. It’s weird: To be totally honest, when I was writing, I was thinking of Rob.

Kravitz: It just popped into your head?

Reeves: Well, I just started thinking about the children of Princess Diana, and the idea of being this orphaned prince. For some reason, I don’t know why, that made a connection to Kurt Cobain for me. And then somewhere in there, someone told me to watch [the 2017 Robert Pattinson movie] “Good Time.” And I was like, “That’s the only person I could imagine as this Batman. I don’t think that I know what it is if it’s not him.” It was weirdly fated, because it turned out that he was obsessed with Batman.