Yorgos Lanthimos is ready to invite us to his peculiar world with his new film Poor Things, and we finally know what this project has in store. The first full trailer is finally here, and it shows Emma Stone reuniting with the Greek director in the most spectacular fashion.
Poor Things centers on a young woman Bella Baxter (Stone), who’s been brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). She’s hungry to learn more about the outside world, so she ends up running away with a slick lawyer Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo) and embarks on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
Stone and Lanthimos already showed us they’re a match made in heaven while collaborating on The Favourite in 2018. Stone received critical acclaim and scored several award nominations for her performance, including a nod for the Academy Award for best actress in a supporting role.
In addition to Stone, Defoe, and Ruffalo, Poor Things will also star Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, Jerrod Carmichael, Kathryn Hunter, and Margaret Qualley. It will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in August before heading to theatres on September 8.
