Overview
- The teaser trailer released June 26 showcases Lanthimos’s signature blend of deadpan absurdity and social satire.
- Emma Stone stars as a high-powered CEO who is abducted by conspiracy-obsessed Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis.
- Will Tracy’s screenplay adapts Jang Joon-hwan’s 2003 sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet! for an English-language audience.
- The film is produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ari Aster and teams from Element Pictures and CJ ENM, framing themes of economic inequality and mental health.
- Focus Features will open Bugonia in limited theaters on October 24 before expanding wide on October 31, and it may debut at the Venice Film Festival.