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Emma Stone Reunites with Director Yorgos Lanthimos for Composer Jerskin Fendrix's Quirky New Music Video
The trio have previously collaborated on 'Kinds of Kindness' and 'Poor Things,' which earned all three Oscar noms (and Stone a win for Best Actress)NEED TO KNOW Emma Stone has reunited with director Yorgos Lanthimos and composer Jerskin Fendrix The actress stars alongside the musician in his new music video for "Beth's Farm" The three previously collaborated on Kinds of Kindness and Poor ThingsEmma Stone's whimsical pixie cut fits in perfectly with composer Jerskin Fendrix's quirky new music video for the song "Beth's Farm." The two-time Oscar-winning actress, 36, stars alongside the musician, 30, in what's being dubbed as a six-minute "breathtaking" short film directed by frequent collaborator Yorgos Lanthimos. According to a press release, "Beth's Farm" captures "the song's themes of loss, sentimentality and bittersweet childhood nostalgia through the trademark surrealist lens of the lauded filmmaker" while also showcasing "the trio's wildly successful creative partnership." "It was lovely to team up again with Emma and a number of people that we have been working with for quite a while to contribute a bit of film narrative to what I think is a remarkable second personal album by our very important artistic collaborator and friend, Jerskin Fendrix," Lanthimos, 51, said in a statement about teaming up "Beth's Farm," the first single from Frendrix's newest album. In fact, project marks their latest collaboration, following previous work on the films Kinds of Kindness and Poor Things, the latter of which earned Lanthimos an Oscar nomination for Best Director, Fendrix a nod for Best Music (Original Score) and Stone a second win in the Best Actress category. Not only that, but all three have been working on the upcoming movie Bugonia, which is rumored to be the inspiration behind Stone's chic haircut — a style she first debuted at the 2025 Golden Globes in January amid production on sci-fi black comedy. According to Focus Features, Bugonia tells the story about "two conspiracy obsessed young men [who] kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth." In addition to Stone, who also serves as a producer, the movie stars Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias as well as two other Lanthimos collaborators Alicia Silverstone and Jesse Plemons. Silverstone, 48, previously appeared in The Killing of a Sacred Deer while Plemons, 37, shared the screen with Stone in Kinds of Kindness. Bugonia is currently set to be released in theaters on Oct. 24 — shortly after the release of Fendrix's album, Once Upon a Time. . . in Shropshire, available on Oct. 10. Read the original article on People
Vogue
24-07-2025
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- Vogue
The 11 Splashiest Releases Coming to the 2025 Venice Film Festival
The 2003 South Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet! is reimagined in characteristically batshit fashion by the idiosyncratic Yorgos Lanthimos in this chilling and absurdist farce. It marks the director's fifth collaboration with double Oscar winner Emma Stone, after The Favourite, Bleat, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness, and reunites him with the latter's lead, Jesse Plemons, too, in a story about two conspiracy theorists who kidnap a high-powered CEO, convinced that she's an alien hellbent on destroying the earth. The Smashing Machine The Safdie brothers are, for the moment, going their own way: After making Good Time and Uncut Gems as a duo, Josh Safdie is now focused on the Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow ping pong movie Marty Supreme, while Benny Safdie is turning his attention to this rip-roaring portrait of MMA fighter Mark Kerr (a prosthetics-swathed Dwayne Johnson). Beside him, through the triumphant victories, crushing losses, and struggles with substance abuse, is his devoted wife, played by Emily Blunt—a Jungle Cruise reunion I never saw coming. A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow, the Oscar-winning auteur behind The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, and Detroit, returns with a prescient examination of our contemporary geopolitical hellscape: When a missile is launched at the US, the race is on to determine who is responsible and how the White House should respond. In charge? The likes of Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Jonah Hauer-King, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Kaitlyn Dever, as they confront a potential nuclear catastrophe and the precarious world we've created with our dependence on atomic weapons. The Wizard of the Kremlin Another politically charged polemic, Olivier Assayas's account of Putin's rise to power, adapted from Giuliano da Empoli's recent novel of the same name, sees none other than Jude Law transform into the deathly pale, dark-suited KGB officer-turned-president. Paul Dano is his (partly fictional) spin doctor, pulling the strings at the heart of the Russian government, while Alicia Vikander, Zach Galifianakis, Tom Sturridge, and Jeffrey Wright complete the impressive ensemble. As the boundaries blur between truth and lies, news and propaganda, nationalism and imperialism, we're given an unnerving insight into Russia's turbulent recent past, as well as its incredibly troubled present. No Other Choice
The Onion
15-07-2025
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- 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.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
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‘Bugonia' Teaser: Jesse Plemons Kidnaps CEO Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos' Sci-Fi Satire
Yorgos Lanthimos is back with a buzzy new film — literally. The Oscar nominee directs 'Bugonia,' a bee-centric reimagining of Jang Joon-hwan's 2003 sci-fi satire 'Save the Green Planet!' Of course, in true Lanthimos fashion, he is reuniting with muse and collaborator Emma Stone, who plays a high-powered pharmaceutical CEO kidnapped by two eco extremists, played by 'Kinds of Kindness' star Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis. Lanthimos' 'Killing of a Sacred Deer' alum Alicia Silverstone co-stars, along with Stavros Halkias. Per the official synopsis, 'Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.' Will Tracy ('The Menu,' 'Succession') wrote the film, which was announced in February 2024 and is expected to make a Venice Film Festival debut. More from IndieWire LA's Beloved Cinespia Unveils August Lineup, from 'Point Break' to 'Psycho' Kenneth Branagh to Play Meryl Streep's Husband in 'The Devil Wears Prada' Sequel Stone won the Best Actress Oscar in 2004 for Lanthimos' 'Poor Things.' She produces 'Bugonia' through her Fruit Tree banner. Lanthimos, Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen (Square Peg), Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe (Element Pictures), and Miky Lee and Jerry Ko (CJ ENM) also produce. 'Save the Green Planet!' (2005) was written and directed by Jang Joon-Hwan and produced by Sidus. This English-language version was developed by CJ ENM with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen at Square Peg. Fremantle and CJ ENM financed 'Bugonia.' Six-time Oscar-nominated director Lanthimos' version of the film was originally set for a November 7 release, which was moved up to October. The below-the-line team also is a reunion for many members of the Lanthimos universe: His longtime editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis returns, as well as cinematographer Robbie Ryan, production designer James Price, and composer Jerskin Fendrix. Lanthimos will also collaborate with 'The Zone of Interest' sound mixer Johnnie Burn, costume designer Jennifer Johnson, and casting director Jennifer Venditti. Focus Features will release 'Bugonia' in select theaters October 24 and widely on October 31. Check out the teaser below. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
Geek Tyrant
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Teaser Trailer For Emma Stone's Sci-Fi Comedy BUGONIA From Director Yorgos Lanthimos — GeekTyrant
Focus Features has released the first teaser trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos' sci-fi comedy Bugonia , which reteams the director with Emma Stone. The film is an English-language remake of South Korean film Save the Green Planet! , and it follows 'two conspiracy obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.' Bugonia also stars Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone. It was written by Will Tracy and produced by Ari Aster. Bugonia is slated for a special limited engagement on October 24th, ahead of a wide expansion on October 31st.
