‘Bugonia’: Latest Collab Between Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons & Yorgos Lanthimos Set To Arrive In November 2025

Jon Burlingame Just as he did for Yorgos Lanthimos‘ “Poor Things,” English composer Jerskin Fendrix has supplied an offbeat, musically provocative score for Lanthimos’ new film, “Kinds of Kindness” — except this time it’s all piano and choir instead of the strange, electronically processed sonorities of “Poor Things.” “Kinds of Kindness” was even more challenging, Fendrix tells Variety. Instead of a science-fiction drama about a reanimated corpse with a child’s brain, this was a trio of weird, decidedly absurdist tales featuring the same cast with only the most tenuous of connections between them.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic Could Sean Penn make “Milk” today? It’s a question the actor answered himself, in a recent profile by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. “It could not happen in a time like this,” he said, of his performance as the slain gay politician.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Film and TV studio A24 has secured a new round of funding led by Josh Kushner’s investment firm Thrive Capital. In connection with the investment, Kushner will be joining the board of directors for A24, best known for such films as “Civil War,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Moonlight” and “Uncut Gems,” and TV series “Euphoria,” “Beef,” “Ramy” and “The Sympathizer.” Financial details and exact figures were not disclosed by A24 and Thrive Capital, but sources confirm to Variety the investment from Thrive Capital gives it a valuation of about $3.5 billion — a 40% increase since A24’s first round of funding, which was $225 million at $2.5 billion in 2022.

Kinds of Kindness” debuted at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, star Jesse Plemons hadn’t seen it yet. “I’ve been working, and I also … if I have the option not to watch something I’m in, I usually, slowly sneak out,” the actor told Variety, sitting down at the swanky Carlton Hotel just hours before the Searchlight Pictures film’s world premiere a few hundred yards down the Croisette.

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The next Yorgos Lanthimos directed feature Bugonia starring his Kinds of Kindness thespians Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons is hitting theaters on Nov. 7, 2025.

wearing tailored black capris to a screening of her new film Kinds of Kindness on June 24 in London. She paired them with an orange-red V-neck sweater layered over a light blue oxford with classic black stilettos completing the schoolboy-inspired look. The Oscar-winner wore her hair in a messy bun accessorized with a skinny headband, with a natural beat and a dark red manicure.Capris—specifically skinny capris that reach just below the knee—have come back in a major way over the past year or so, and have now officially reached peak trend status.

Naman Ramachandran Disney’s “Inside Out 2” added a further £7.7 million ($9.8 million) in its second weekend at the U.K. and Ireland box office, remaining in pole position, according to numbers from Comscore. The smash hit sequel now has a running tally of £23.2 million.

“Kinds of Kindness” looks like another solid art house win for the increasingly prolific auteur Yorgos Lanthimos. After the Oscar-winning and box office success of “Poor Things,” his second feature in six months debuted in limited release this past weekend with the best per-screen averages of the year, a cool $70,000 in just five theaters.

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are still hard at work promoting their new movie!

Joe Alwyn opened up about filming a sex scene with Emma Stone for their new movie Kinds of Kindness.

The indie box office roared to life this weekend as Thelma from Magnolia Pictures saw a hefty $2.2 million on 1,280 screens and Searchlight Pictures’ Kinds of Kindness booked a stellar $70k per screen average at five theaters in LA and NY for $350k — the year’s highest per screen average and best overall limited opening.

The cast of Kinds of Kindness is keeping busy in New York City.

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Sony announced on Friday that its new film Here, reuniting the director, writer, and stars of the classic Forrest Gump, will open wide via TriStar Pictures on November 15.

Joe Alwyn is exploring New York City after traveling to the city for the premiere of his new movie Kinds of Kindness.

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After knocking it out of the park with Poor Things last year, director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone are back at the box office in Kinds Of Kindness, which looks set to shake up a sluggish arthouse market with the best limited opening this year.

just reinvent the ? Just when I thought I'd seen every iteration of the see-through style that has dominated the red carpet for what feels like a decade, Stone whipped out a Louis Vuitton fishnet gown for the New York premiere of Kinds of Kindness that can best be described as goth with a touch of whimsy.Perhaps hinting at the in her newest film with quirky director Yorgos Lanthimos, Stone wore a gown that mixed textures and patterns, including a checkerboard silk, which made up the gathered bodice, and a polka-dotted fishnet fabric, which draped elegantly over a pair of peek-a-boo briefs. The 35-year-old actor appears to be wearing the same fishnet material as tights, lending another layer to the look.Stone let her ivory coloring work to her advantage, letting her skin stand in stunning contrast to the opaque black polka dots.

is embracing her dark side once more. When we last saw the star at the Cannes Film Festival, her hair was a —a color the Oscar winner returns to again and again. However, it appears that she's taken a cue from Bella Baxter and gone back to a darker tone for the New York premiere of her new movie Kinds of Kindness.While Stone's hair still has a slight reddish sheen to it, it's definitely than red these days.