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The Onion
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Onion
Yorgos Lanthimos Figures He 3 Films Away From Hanging With Emma Stone Outside Work
ATHENS, GREECE—Longing for the day they might cross the threshold from work friends to real friends, director Yorgos Lanthimos reportedly calculated Tuesday that he was only three films away from getting to hang out with Emma Stone outside of work. 'I can feel it, I'm just one twisted period dramedy and two surrealist nightmares away from her agreeing to drinks on my patio,' said Lanthimos, who admitted that he had hoped casting Stone in Bugonia , the pair's fourth and latest feature-film collaboration, would have given the two artists more conversational fodder beyond common shop talk. 'When I first asked her to get coffee with me when we were working on The Favourite , she blew me off, but on the set of Poor Things , she waved at me in the parking lot. Then, when we were making Kinds Of Kindness , we had a solid interaction about the best kind of nuts at the craft service table. So things are headed in the right direction, but we're not there yet. Once I find the right project, we'll be gabbing over sushi in no time. Maybe something set at a 19th-century diving academy.' Lanthimos added that it would just be nice to hang out with someone other than Mark Ruffalo for once.
Hindustan Times
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Yorgos Lanthimos drops trailer for new film Bugonia starring Emma Stone; fans call it ‘Don't Look Up on ayahuasca'
Jun 29, 2025 11:44 PM IST The first trailer for Bugonia has officially landed, and it's every bit as bizarre as fans of Yorgos Lanthimos might expect. Reuniting once again with muse Emma Stone, the Oscar-winning filmmaker returns with a surreal sci-fi comedy that also stars Jesse Plemons, Alicia Silverstone, and Stavros Halkias. Emma Stone Based on the 2003 cult South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, Bugonia follows two conspiracy-obsessed men who kidnap a high-powered CEO, convinced she's actually a hostile alien in disguise. Emma Stone plays that CEO. With Lanthimos directing and Succession writer Will Tracy penning the script, the film promises a mix of dark comedy, sharp satire, and existential dread. The response had been more than positive on social media. 'Yorgos really found Emma Stone and was like 'that's it, she will be my lead actress for the rest of the movies I make,'' joked one fan. 'Emma Stone AND Jesse Plemons? I am in! They need to stop making Jesse play weird characters,' said one user. Another added, 'Whoever does his colour grading is top-tier.' Others were intrigued by the genre-blurring visuals: 'This feels like Don't Look Up if it did ayahuasca.' One more comment read, 'Looks like another episode from Black Mirror.' For fans of the Stone-Lanthimos duo, this feels like a must-watch. As one user put it: 'Love the fact Lanthimos and Emma Stone drop a movie every year. I'll never get tired of it. Proper cinema.' With Bugonia, Lanthimos continues to blur the lines between the absurd and the profound — and audiences can't wait to see how far he's willing to go this time.
See - Sada Elbalad
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Here's Our First Look at "Bugonia"
Yara Sameh Focus Features has dropped the teaser trailer for 'Bugonia,' the latest collaboration between director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone. 'Bugonia' is a remake of the South Korean sci-fi comedy 'Save the Green Planet.' It revolves around two conspiracy-obsessed friends who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major corporation because they are convinced she's an alien intent on destroying Earth. Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone, and Stavros Halkias round out the cast. Lanthimos is directing from a script by Will Tracy. Stone and Lanthimos are also on board as producers — via their respective companies Fruit Tree and Pith shingles — in their latest team-up following 'Poor Things,' 'The Favourite' and 'Kinds of Kindness.' Producers also include Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures, Ari Aster and Lars Knusden of Square Peg, and Miky Lee and Jerry Kyoungboum Ko of CJ ENM. Behind the scenes, Lanthimos has assembled his artisans, including editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis (who has edited all of Lanthimos' films), cinematographer Robbie Ryan, production designer James Price, and composer Jerskin Fendrix. Johnnie Burn is on board as the film's sound mixer, and the film's casting director is Jennifer Venditti. The film will open in select theaters for a special limited engagement on October 24. followed by a wide expansion on October 31. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream News Shell Unveils Cost-Cutting, LNG Growth Plan Technology 50-Year Soviet Spacecraft 'Kosmos 482' Crashes into Indian Ocean
Hypebeast
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Watch the Official Teaser Trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos' ‘BUGONIA'
Summary The official teaser trailer forYorgos Lanthimos' surreal and darkly comic thriller film,BUGONIA, has been unveiled. StarringEmma StoneandJesse Plemons, the teaser introduces a cryptic narrative centered on two conspiracy-obsessed men who kidnap a powerful CEO, convinced she is an alien threatening humanity. The trailer offers glimpses of Lanthimos's signature off-kilter tone, blending deadpan dialogue, eerie stillness and bursts of absurdity, all set against a backdrop of sterile corporate spaces and unsettling natural landscapes. It hints at a layered narrative that oscillates between paranoia and satire, with Stone portraying the enigmatic executive whose calm demeanor only deepens the captors' suspicions. Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis appear as part of the central duo, their performances marked by a mix of intensity and awkward humor. BUGONIAmarks another collaboration between Lanthimos and Stone followingPoor ThingsandThe Favouriteand continues the director's exploration of power, identity and the absurdity of human behavior. With a theatrical release date set for October 31, 2025, the teaser sets the stage for a film that promises to be as provocative as it is enigmatic.
Los Angeles Times
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Emma Stone is kidnapped by Jesse Plemons in trailer for ‘Bugonia,' their latest film with Yorgos Lanthimos
By the looks of the first trailer for 'Bugonia,' Emma Stone's latest collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos will be just as brilliantly bizarre as its predecessors. 'Bugonia,' an English-language remake of the South Korean sci-fi comedy 'Save the Green Planet!,' follows two conspiracy theorists who believe Stone's high-powered chief executive character is an alien planning to destroy planet Earth — so they kidnap her. Stone and Lanthimos have previously worked together on 'The Favourite' (2018), 'Poor Things' (2023) and 'Kinds of Kindness' (2024). 'Bugonia' marks their third consecutive film in three years. The trailer — released Thursday by Focus Features — opens with a voiceover, a metaphor and a shot of a beehive. 'The workers gather pollen for the queen,' Jesse Plemons, who worked with Lanthimos and Stone in 'Kinds of Kindness,' says as the trailer cuts to Stone's swaggering CEO. After a quippy kidnapping montage with Plemons and Aidan Delbis' characters set to Green Day's 'Basket Case,' Stone is shown lying unconscious in a bed. Jarring chords alternate with action-packed footage of fist fights and police chases, all framed in Lanthimos' quintessential style. 'How can you tell she's an alien?' Delbis asks. Plemons replies, 'Well, the signs are obvious.' The conspiracy theory — and the truth about the CEO's extraterrestrial status — remain anything but obvious in this initial teaser; fans will have to wait for the film's release. 'Bugonia' is set for a limited run on Oct. 24 before expanding wide Oct. 31. Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone round out the cast.
