Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons star in the first trailer for Bugonia, a new dark comedy from Oscar-nominated director Yorgos Lanthimos.
An official synopsis reads: “Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.”
The latest film from Lanthimos (who previously received Oscar nods for The Lobster, The Favourite, and Poor Things) is an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! directed by Jang Joon-hwan.
The teaser trailer for Bugonia follows Plemons as a conspiracy-minded beekeeper and one of two conspiracy-minded men who kidnap a powerful corporate CEO (played by Stone), convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying Earth. The film reunited Stone with Lanthimos alongside Plemons, with the cast also including Alicia Silverstone (who is reuniting with Lanthimos after The Killing of a Sacred Deer) Aidan Delbis and Stavros Halkias.
The film will be released by Focus Features on Oct. 24 in limited theaters before going nationwide on Oct. 31; see the trailer: HERE.
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