Viewers can soon take a trip to the icy planet Niflheim right from their living room, as Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” will stream on Max beginning May 23.

Based on the book “Mickey 7” by Edward Ashton, “Mickey 17” racks up the number of times that Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) dies. As an expendable employee sent out on dangerous missions, Mickey is simply reprinted every time something goes astray. But after two Mickeys unexpectedly wake up on the same day, Mickey must keep his double identity a secret while learning to find his humanity in Bong’s eccentric sci-fi satire.

“Mickey 17” marks Bong’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Parasite,” which made history as the first international film to win best picture at the Academy Awards. Pattinson stars alongside Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette.

When it released in the U.S. on March 7, “Mickey 17” opened with $19 million,...