Overview

• The film debuts in competition at the Venice Film Festival today following a press conference with Lanthimos and Stone.
• Focus Features will open Bugonia in a limited North American run on October 24 before expanding wide on October 31.
• Focus released the full official trailer timed to the Venice premiere, a day after unveiling the first poster.
• The dark comic thriller reimagines Jang Joon-hwan’s 2003 Save the Green Planet!, with Stone as a powerful CEO targeted by two conspiracists; Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone co-star.
• Lanthimos described the film as a reflection of present-day crises rather than dystopia, while Stone confirmed she shaved her head for the role and joked about believing in extraterrestrial life.