Overview

• Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone discussed Bugonia at a Venice press conference, describing it as funny, unsettling, and reflective of current societal tensions rather than a distant dystopia.
• An official poster debuted a day earlier, with a full trailer expected to arrive shortly as the marketing campaign accelerates.
• Focus Features plans a limited U.S. theatrical opening on October 24, followed by a wide expansion on October 31, with Universal handling international distribution.
• The film adapts Jang Joon-hwan’s 2003 Save the Green Planet! and centers on two conspiracy-driven men who abduct a powerful CEO they believe is an alien threat.
• Stone leads a cast that includes Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone, with a screenplay by Will Tracy and producing partners spanning Element Pictures, CJ ENM, Fruit Tree, Square Peg, and Lanthimos.