Overview

• Focus Features released the official trailer and scheduled a limited special engagement for October 24, followed by a wider expansion on October 31.
• The film screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where Yorgos Lanthimos described it as a reflection on contemporary global concerns.
• The plot follows two conspiracy-obsessed friends who abduct a powerful pharmaceutical CEO they believe is an alien planning Earth’s destruction.
• Lanthimos directs from a screenplay by Will Tracy, with a cast led by Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons and supporting roles for Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone.
• Stone and Lanthimos also produce alongside Element Pictures, Square Peg and CJ ENM, marking the duo’s fifth collaboration after prior festival success.