Focus Features Unveils Teaser for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia
Focus Features has unveiled the teaser trailer for the sci-fi comedy Bugonia, which is set to open in limited theaters on October 24 and expand wide on October 31. Yorgos Lanthimos directed the film.
The week-long cinematic event, starting on October 24, will feature screenings of the film, which was shot in VistaVision, at select locations in New York and Los Angeles.
Lanthimos is an internationally renowned, five-time Academy Award-nominated director, producer, and screenwriter known for such films as My Best Friend (2001), Dogtooth (2009), The Lobster (2015), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Favourite (2018), Poor Things (2023), and Kinds of Kindness (2024).
In Bugonia, 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. The movie is an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan.
The film stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone. Lanthimos directs from a screenplay by Will Tracy, whose recent credits include The Menu and Succession.
Bugonia is produced by Element Pictures’ Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe; Yorgos Lanthimos via Pith; Emma Stone via Fruit Tree; Square Peg’s Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen; and CJ ENM’s Miky Lee and Jerry Kyoungboum Ko.
Peter Kujawski, Chairman of Focus Features: “Yorgos Lanthimos is a cinematic visionary with a singular style that has captivated audiences worldwide,” said Peter Kujawski, Chairman of Focus Features, previously. “We could not be more excited to partner with him, Emma and the incredible teams at Element, Square Peg and CJ ENM to reimagine this twisted and darkly funny story.”
Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe added: “We are so looking forward to working with the brilliant team at Focus Features, and are delighted to be reuniting with Yorgos, Emma and Jesse as well as many of the great crew we have collaborated with on recent films.”
When the project was announced, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko said: “I am thrilled to introduce the intriguing story rooted in Korean Cinema’s hidden gem, in collaboration with the ideal team of talent and producers, alongside the reliable studio. I expect that Yorgos will ignite a dynamic chemical fusion with his unique style and the novelty of the narrative.”
Christian Vesper, CEO Global Drama, Fremantle, commented: “We are thrilled that Fremantle is coming on board for Yorgos’s latest project and are proud to support the wonderful team at Element. Yorgos’s films are consistently innovative and captivating, and we are delighted to join him and all the wonderful partners on Bugonia.”
