First Look Teaser for Lanthimos’ Sci-Fi ‘Bugonia’ Feat. Emma Stone
by Alex Billington
June 26, 2025
Source: YouTube
“How can you tell she’s an alien?” “Well, the signs are obvious…” Surprise! Focus Features has unveiled the first look teaser trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ highly anticipated new film titled Bugonia, a sort of sci-fi conspiracy thriller set for release in October coming up this fall. His follow-up to Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, re-teaming with Emma Stone & Jesse Plemons again. 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. Is she really an alien? What will happen to them? Will they ever find out? This is a remake of the Korean film titled Save the Green Planet!, which not too many people are familiar with. The full cast for Bugonia includes Emma Stone as Michelle, CEO of a big pharmaceutical company, plus Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone. Yep this looks like it’s going to be totally bonkers and hilarious! Very happy with the glimpses of footage in this teaser so far… Bring on more Lanthimos mayhem.
Here’s the first teaser trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi thriller Bugonia, direct from YouTube:
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO (Emma Stone) of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. It is an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan. Bugonia is directed by the acclaimed, award-winning Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, director of My Best Friend, Kinetta, Dogtooth, Alps, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Favourite, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness, plus other shorts and music videos. The screenplay is written by Will Tracy. Based on the original 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet!. Produced by Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Miky Lee, & Jerry Kyoungboum Ko. This is expected to premiere at the fall festivals including Venice, Telluride, TIFF. Focus Features will then debut Lanthimos’ Bugonia in select US theaters starting October 24th, 2025, and in wide release on October 31st this fall. First impression? Who’s in?