CrewHQ Careers Day featuring Mickey 17

Live Stream – Wednesday 5 March 2025, 12-1pm

About the film

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, “Mickey 17” stars Robert Pattinson (“The Batman,” “Tenet”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”), Academy Award nominee Steven Yeun (“Minari,” “Beef”), with Academy Award nominee Toni Collette (“Hereditary”), and Academy Award nominee Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things”).

The film is produced by Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Oscar winners for “Moonlight” and “12 Years a Slave”), Bong Joon Ho and Dooho Choi (“Okja,” “Snowpiercer”). It is based on the novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. The executive producers are Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins. The director of photography is Darius Khondji (Oscar nomination for “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” “Okja”). The production designer is Fiona Crombie (Oscar nomination for “The Favourite,” “Cruella”). It is edited by Yang Jinmo (Oscar nomination for “Parasite,” “Okja”). The music is by Jung Jaeil (“Parasite,” “Squid Game”). The visual effects supervisor is Dan Glass (“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”). The costume designer is Catherine George (“Okja,” Snowpiercer”).

Warner Bros. Pictures presents A Plan B Entertainment Production, An Offscreen Production / A Kate Street Picture Company Production, A Film By Bong Joon Ho: “Mickey 17.”

Mickey 17 will be released in cinemas throughout the UK and Ireland on 7th March 2025 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

About the Panel

Panel hosted by Yinka Bokinni

Yinka Bokinni is a British radio and television presenter. She is known for presenting various shows on Capital Xtra (2016–2022) and BBC Radio 1 (2023–present). She has also fronted the documentaries Damilola: The Boy Next Door and How To Hire a Hitman, as well as co-presenting True Crime: Unravelled and Naked Education for Channel 4.

Fiona Crombie – Production Designer

Fiona Crombie is an Australian costume and production designer. She was nominated for an Academy Award® in the category Best Production Design for the period film The Favourite.

Alice Felton – Set Decorator

Alice Felton is known for her work on The Favourite (2018), The King (2019) and Spartan (2004).

Dominic Tuohy – SFX Supervisor

Dominic Tuohy is a special effects artist. He won an Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects for his work on 1917, and has been nominated for three more for the films Solo: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and The Batman.

Tune in to hear about careers to die for from the crew who made the film.

Our panel will talk about their jobs, the career journeys that led them here, and share insights from behind the scenes on Mickey 17.

Wednesday 5 March at 12-1pm - register today to secure a place for your school using the link on this page.

Note:

The link is for teachers to book onto the session only; it is not for sharing with individual students and email verification will be required. The film has an age 15 certification.

To ensure this activity achieves Gatsby Benchmark 5, you will be able to submit questions to the panel in advance.

When you log in on the day, we will require you to let us know which school/postcode you are joining from, which year group is attending with you and how many students are present.

CrewHQ Careers Day Feat. Mickey 17: Panel Discussion with Crew