Emma StoneandYorgos Lanthimosdon’t get tired of working together, and they don’t have any reason to considering how successful their collaborations have turned out. The duo behindPoor Thingswill be reunited once again forBugonia, an upcoming English-language remake of the South Korean title,Save the Green Planet. The movie will follow two conspiracy theorists who kidnap the CEO of a major company due to their belief that the executive secretly comes from outer space. While a release date for the comedy hasn’t been set by its new distributor,Focus Features, another performer has been attached to the project.
Jesse Plemons, who recently starred inKillers of the Flower Moon, has also been confirmed to star inBugonia.The actor received praise for his performance as Tom White in last year’s hit directed byMartin Scorsese, which followed the story of how the Osage community in Oklahoma saw their resources and wealth stolen from them by investors.
Lanthimos, Stone and Plemons all worked together on this year’sKinds of Kindness, the upcoming anthology currently scheduled to hit the big screen in the United States on June 21. The movie premiered at this year’s edition of theCannes International Film Festival, where the distribution rights forBugoniawere acquired by Focus Features. The cast ofKinds of Kindnessalso includesWillem Dafoe,Margaret QualleyandJoe Alwyn, as Lanthimos continues to explore different themes across the stories he works on alongside Emma Stone. The duo continues their impressive success story, which allowed Stone to win her second Academy Award earlier this year.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Emma Stone.
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos constantly break new barriers when it comes to their work together. InPoor Things, Stone stepped into the shoes of Bella Baxter, a woman who had killed herself, but was revived by Doctor Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). The narrative of the movie focused on how the character got to know the world from a different perspective, after the scientific process that brought her back to life made her lose her memory. The filmmaker and the actress also previously worked together onThe Favourite, a comedy that followed the love triangle between Stone’s character, Abigail Hill, Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) and Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz).
A release date hasn’t been set forBugonia.Kinds of Kindnesspremieres June 21.
Kinds of Kindness
A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questions his wife’s demeanor after her return from a supposed drowning and a woman’s quest to locate an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide.
