Bong Joon-ho, whose satirical thriller Parasite swept the Oscars in February 2020, it to direct Robert Pattinson in a sci-fi adaptation of Edward Ashton’s forthcoming novel Mickey7.
Parasite became the highest grossing South Korean film ever, as well as the first non-English language movie to win best picture at the Oscars.
Bong is also working with WarnerMedia on an HBO limited series based on Parasite.
The film will be made by Warner Bros, the studio to which Pattinson is also contracted for The Batman, in which he plays the lead role, due for release in March.