Bugonia’s freshly released trailer offers a surreal, darkly comic preview of Yorgos Lanthimos’s highly anticipated sci-fi satire, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons as the central players in a conspiracy-fueled abduction.
The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025, and will be released in select theaters starting October 24, 2025, with a wide release on October 31, 2025.
What’s in the Trailer?
The trailer for Bugonia (set to Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe”) showcases Stone’s character, Michelle Fuller—a powerful CEO—being forced into a battle of wits with her kidnappers, Teddy (Plemons) and Don (Aidan Delbis).
What starts as a bold abduction quickly spirals into a psychological contest, brimming with paranoia, unnerving humor, and some truly Lanthimos-strange visuals.
Scenes flip between Michelle’s calm public image and the raw chaos of her captivity, while the abductors justify their belief that Earth’s fate lies in the balance.
The trailer’s tone masterfully blurs reality and delusion, intensifying the viewer’s uncertainty about who’s right—and who’s truly alien.
Cast
Emma Stone leads as CEO Michelle Fuller, commanding both power and vulnerability.
Jesse Plemons plays Teddy, one of the unhinged conspiracy theorists and Stone’s chief antagonist.
Aidan Delbis is Don, Teddy’s accomplice, making his mark as a newcomer.
Supporting roles include Alicia Silverstone (Sandy), Stavros Halkias (Casey), and others rounding out the ensemble.
Direction is by Yorgos Lanthimos, with a screenplay by Will Tracy, supported by the production team behind The Favourite and Poor Things.
Personal Thoughts
Bugonia’s trailer delivers exactly what fans expect from Lanthimos: razor-sharp satire and emotional ambiguity, stitched together with unique, unsettling style.
The imagery is bizarre and captivating, Stone’s icy performance contrasts perfectly with the intensity of Plemons and Delbis, and the premise—two “heroes” convinced they’re saving the world from a corporate alien—carries beneath it both modern paranoia and dark humor.
Bugonia feels primed to ignite lively debate and maybe even unease, pulling viewers into a world where the truth is slippery, reality is subjective, and power might be the strangest alien of all.
