Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness” is currently in select theaters, with a wider rollout later this week, and Focus Features just announced the release date for his next movie, “Bugonia.” Focus will release the movie, a remake of South Korean sci-fi comedy “Save the Green Planet!,” in November 2025.
This new film, like “Kinds of Kindness,” stars Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.
Universal Pictures will handle international distribution (besides Korea, where CJ ENM will distribute).
“Bugonia” was written by Will Tracy, a “Succession” alum who also wrote Mark Mylod’s “The Menu.” The official logline notes that the movie is about “two conspiracy-obsessed young men [kidnapping] the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.”