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 particular restricted engagement in theatres on October twenty fourth earlier than opening broad on October thirty first. We noticed a teaser trailer for the film a few months in the past (that’s the video embedded above) and a full trailer is claimed to be dropping on-line tomorrow – and within the meantime, we now have a poster to take a look at. You may test it out on the backside of this text.
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 robust and profitable businessman, Man-sik. Byun-gu believes that Man-sik is an alien from the planet Andromeda, one in all many hiding amongst us and plotting to destroy the Earth in a number of days. Amphetamine-popping Byun-gu sees himself because the planet’s final hope, and units about torturing Man-sik with relish, attempting to persuade him to contact the “Royal Prince” and name off Armageddon. A battle of wits and wills ensues, with Man-sik attempting to persuade his captors that he’s human and making an attempt 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 instances earlier than, at all times with lethal outcomes.
The unique movie, Save the Inexperienced Planet, was directed by Joon-hwan Jang, and when the remake was first introduced over 4 years in the past, it was stated that Jang can be on the helm of the brand new tackle the idea as properly. 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. Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe are producing Bugonia for Aspect 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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