Emma Stone stars as a high-powered CEO suspected of being an Andromedan in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, and its genre-bending conspiracies are spilling over into real life with a new in-universe website.
Human Resistance HQ evokes the lo-fi aesthetic of the early web as it spins conspiracy theories surrounding Stones’ character and the alien race she’s suspected of being. Discover in-universe details and Easter eggs, including sign-ups for advanced screenings of Bugonia!
Bugonia will receive a special limited engagement on October 24, ahead of a wide expansion on October 31, 2025.
The film follows “two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced she is an alien intent on destroying Planet Earth.”
Bugonia is an English-language remake of 2003’s Korean genre-bender Save the Green Planet!, an offbeat, black comedy-sci-fi feature written and directed by Jang Joon-Hwan. The teaser below introduces Stone as the powerful CEO targeted by a pair who suspect her of being an alien.
Jesse Plemons (Civil War, Antlers), Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias (Let’s Start a Cult), and Alicia Silverstone (The Lodge) also star in Bugonia. Lanthimos directs from a screenplay by Will Tracy (The Menu).
Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) produces along with Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Miky Lee, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Lanthimos, Stone, and Lars Knudsen.
I wrote in my Fantastic Fest review, “That the filmmaker opts for ambiguity to play up the paranoia means that his latest plays it coy with the genre elements until it shows its grim hand. It makes for a searing remake that goes beyond crowd-pleasing “eat the rich” narratives for a more cynical prognosis about humanity’s future.”
Head to Human Resistance HQ to learn all about the Andromedans ahead of Bugonia’s release later this month.
