Overview

• Premiering in competition for the Golden Lion, Lanthimos says the film reflects present-day realities rather than distant dystopia.
• Stone told reporters she believes in extraterrestrial life, citing a lifelong fascination with Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.
• The satire remakes 2003’s Save the Green Planet! and follows two conspiracy believers who kidnap a pharmaceutical chief, with Stone as the CEO and Jesse Plemons as Teddy.
• In a Telluride Q&A, Stone noted “terrifying” parallels after a health‑care CEO was shot near her New York home, referencing the Luigi Mangione–Brian Thompson case.
• Authorities say Mangione stalked Thompson, was later arrested with weapons and false IDs, and now faces state and federal charges including murder and terrorism.