Emma Stone will be coming to life as Bella Baxter in Poor Things — a reimagining of Frankenstein from director Yorgos Lanthimos, who brought us Academy Award–nominated films like The Favourite and The Lobster — and we've finally gotten a first look at the film with a wild new trailer from Searchlight Pictures.
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The film stars Stone alongside Willem Dafoe as the mad scientist who brings her to life and Mark Ruffalo as a sly and handsome lawyer. (Who could resist that mustache?)
The trailer is absolutely surreal and focuses on Bella's rebirth and desire to live a free life, as well as her whirlwind affair with Ruffalo's character, Duncan Wedderburn.
The film is based on the 1992 novel of the same name, a sort of postmodern Frankenstein that combines hilarious comedy and political satire to tell the story of Bella, a drowned woman whose body is resuscitated by Dr. Godwin Baxter, Dafoe's character.
Poor Things is also set to feature actors Margaret Qualley, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, and Christopher Abbott.
I don't know if you all saw The Favourite, but I, for one, cannot get over my excitement about Stone being in a new Lanthimos film!
Poor Things is expected to premiere this year at the Venice Film Festival, which will take place in August, and will be in theaters Sept. 8.
