Alicia Silverstone has joined Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons in Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Save the Inexperienced Planet remake
Director Yorgos Lanthimos is reteaming together with his The Favorite, Poor Issues, and Sorts of Kindness star Emma Stone for Bugonia, a remake of the South Korean movie Save the Inexperienced Planet that’s set to obtain a large theatrical launch on November seventh, 2025. It has beforehand been introduced that Jesse Plemons, who was additionally in Sorts of Kindness, is within the forged with Stone, and now Selection has revealed that Clueless star Alicia Silverstone, who labored with Lanthimos on The Killing of a Sacred Deer, has a task as nicely. Particulars of her function are being stored below wraps.
Described as an eccentric black comedy, the unique Save the Inexperienced Planet adopted a disillusioned younger man who captures and tortures a businessman whom he believes to be a part of an alien invasion. A battle of wits ensues between the captor, his devoted girlfriend, the businessman and a non-public detective.
Right here’s an extended synopsis: Joon-hwan Jang imagines the destiny of the human race hinging on Byun-gu, a bitter, paranoid and eccentric beekeeper who, with the assistance of his tightrope walker girlfriend, Sooni, kidnaps a strong and profitable businessman, Man-sik. Byun-gu believes that Man-sik is an alien from the planet Andromeda, one in every of many hiding amongst us and plotting to destroy the Earth in a couple of days. Amphetamine-popping Byun-gu sees himself because the planet’s final hope, and units about torturing Man-sik with relish, making an attempt to persuade him to contact the “Royal Prince” and name off Armageddon. A battle of wits and wills ensues, with Man-sik making an attempt to persuade his captors that he’s human and trying to flee. Man-sik acknowledges Byun-gu as a disgruntled former worker whose comatose mom suffers from a mysterious sickness. It begins to appear that Byun-gu’s true motivation could also be private, however he’s nonetheless ruthlessly decided to get Man-sik to admit and cooperate, even when he has to threat killing him. In the meantime, a dishevelled detective, Chu, and his younger acolyte, Inspector Kim, uncover that the one who kidnapped Man-sik could have struck a number of occasions earlier than, at all times with lethal outcomes.
The unique movie was directed by Joon-hwan Jang, and when the remake was first introduced 4 years in the past, it was mentioned that Jang could be on the helm of the brand new tackle the idea as nicely. However he ended up passing the helm over to Lanthimos. The Bugonia screenplay was written by Will Tracy, a author on HBO’s Succession and Final Week Tonight with John Oliver who additionally co-wrote the style movie The Menu. His model of Save the Inexperienced Planet has the next synopsis: Two conspiracy obsessed younger males kidnap the high-powered CEO of a serious firm, satisfied that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe are producing Bugonia for Component Photos, alongside Miky Lee and Jerry Ko for CJ ENM, Stone for Fruit Tree, Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen for Sq. Peg, and Lanthimos.
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