Searchlight Pictures has revealed the official teaser trailer for Kinds of Kindness, the upcoming movie from Poor Things and The Favourite filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos.
Opening in theaters on June 21, 2024, the film was written by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou.
Kinds of Kindness is a triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife, who was missing at sea, has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
The film stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.
The producers include Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element, Kasia Malipan, and Yorgos Lanthimos.
Originally titled “And,” the movie started production in October of 2022 in New Orleans and wrapped in December of that year.
Lanthimos’s previous credits also include My Best Friend (2001), Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009), Alps (2011), The Lobster (2015), and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).
At the 96th Academy Awards, the director’s Poor Things received 11 nominations, including Best Picture, and won four awards, including Best Actress for Emma Stone.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.