Bugonia Trailer Previews Emma Stone’s Newest Movie With Acclaimed Filmmaker

Focus Features has shared a brand new trailer for Bugonia, the upcoming dark comedy sci-fi movie, starring Academy Award winner Emma Stone. This marks the Cruella star’s latest collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, after previously working together in 2018’s The Favourite, 2023’s Poor Things, and 2024’s Kinds of Kindness.

The English remake of 2003’s South Korean movie Save the Green Planet! will premiere in select theaters starting on October 24. Afterward, the movie will have a wide release on October 31.

Check out the new Bugonia trailer below (watch more trailers):

What do we know about Bugonia?

“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,” reads the movie’s official synopsis.

Bugonia is directed by Lanthimos from a screenplay written by Will Tracy, with Midsommar director Ari Aster serving as a producer. The movie also stars Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone, Stavros Halkias, Vanessa Eng, Marc T. Lewis, Momma Cherri, Cedric Dumornay, Parvinder Shergill, and more. The movie is produced by Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Lanthimos, Stone, Lars Knudsen, Miky Lee, and Jerry Kyoungboum Ko. It is a production by CJ ENM, the company behind Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. 

The original movie was written and directed by Jang Joo-hwan, with acclaimed South Korean actor Shin Ha-kyun (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) leading the cast. During its theatrical run, it received positive reviews and numerous recognitions from South Korea’s award-giving bodies, including the Blue Dragon Film Awards and Busan Film Critics Awards.

Source: Comingsoon.net