Mickey 17

Original sci-fi based on a novel with no established iconic characters being swapped.

Male lead Mickey is bumbling but that's the comic premise, not a gendered message; female characters are strong but men aren't framed as the problem.

• Nasha is a confident, capable partner to Mickey

No prominent LGBTQ+, trans, or non-binary themes or characters.

Diverse ensemble that fits a future-colony setting; not a lore-breaking checkbox.

• Mixed international/diverse colonist crew

The film carries overt satire of corporate exploitation, expendable-worker capitalism, and a demagogue colonizer leader, with some on-the-nose messaging.

• Critique of disposable labor and the 'Expendable' program
• Satirical portrayal of a charismatic authoritarian colony leader and his followers

Strong anti-colonialism and anti-authoritarian framing around the colonization of an alien world and treatment of native creatures, though aimed at corporate/political power rather than masculinity specifically.

• Colonists' violent attitude toward native 'creepers' is condemned
• Critique of expansionist colonization led by a egomaniacal leader

Adapts the novel 'Mickey7' with creative changes but no identity-driven rewrites.