Director Bong Joon-ho is seen in this photo captured from the website of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) Korean director-US exhibit Bong Joon-ho's filmmaking journey explored in Academy Museum's 2-year exhibit By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL,

SEOUL (Reuters) - Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho said on Thursday he was proud of how his fellow South Koreans had overcome the fallout from impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3.

So how, exactly, do you make a new human? No, sicko. We don’t mean that. We mean in the context of Bong Joon Ho’s latest, Mickey 17. In the film, Robert Pattinson plays Mickey, a human “expendable” who is brought back to life, over and over, after he dies. How does that work? A new book shows you, in more ways than one.

"Mickey 17" film stars Robert Pattinson, who plays Mickey, alongside actors Steven Yeun as Timo, Naomi Ackie as Nasha, Mark Ruffalo as Kenneth Marshall and Toni Collette as Ylfa, Kenneth’s wife. It will be released on Feb.

South Korean director Bong Joon Ho's villain in "Mickey 17", a demagogic politician played by Mark Ruffalo, was based on past dictators, but might seem familiar to viewers because "history always repeats itself,

Writer/director Bong Joon-ho has been recognized for years as one of modern cinema’s most talented filmmakers, but there is also no denying that his latest movie arrives with en

Although it is science-fiction to its core, director Bong Joon Ho’s first film since his Oscar-winning Parasite six years ago is in many ways a not-that-absurd look at where we just might be headed as a society.

Combining the best parts of "Snowpiercer" & "Okja" into something new, "Mickey 17" suggests that Bong loves people even more than he hates capitalism.

Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho said on Thursday (February 20) he was proud of how his fellow South Koreans had overcome the fallout from impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3.