Jesse Plemons Kidnaps Emma Stone in Peculiar ‘Bugonia’ Full Trailer
by Alex Billington
August 28, 2025
Source: YouTube
“There is no possible scenario where you benefit from this incident.” Or is there? Who’s ready for another new wacky Yorgos movie? Focus Features has just revealed the full official trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ highly anticipated new film titled Bugonia, a sort of sci-fi conspiracy thriller set for release in October. The movie is premiering today at the 2025 Venice Film Festival – reviews will be dropping later in the day. This is Yorgos’ next enticing follow-up to Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, re-teaming with Emma and Jesse once again. Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major pharmaceutical company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Is she really an alien? What will happen to next? This is a remake of the Korean film titled Save the Green Planet!, which not many people have seen yet. The full cast in Bugonia includes Emma Stone as Michelle, CEO of a pharma corporation, plus Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone. Yes we all need to keep an eye out for this one this fall – it’s going to be a movie you definitely will want to watch and discuss after.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi thriller Bugonia, direct from YouTube:
You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia movie right here for the first look again.
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, opening in wide release on October 31st in the fall. So how does that look?
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