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.