After a brief, but visually stunning teaser, the full trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos' (The Favourite, The Lobster, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer) latest film, Poor Things, is now online, and it's... quite something!
This adaptation of Alasdair Gray's bestselling novel is expected to lean more into the story's Frankenstein influences, as Willem Dafoe's disfigured scientist resurrects Stone's character, Bella Baxter, via a very familiar-looking experiment.
Struggling to adapt to the world around her, Bella then embarks on an adventure of discovery with Mark Ruffalo's "slick and debauched lawyer."
We had been led to believe that this would be a "Victorian-era" tale, but based on the footage, it seems to be set in more of a Steampunk-inspired alternate reality.
"From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation."
The movie has been rated R for “Strong and pervasive sexual content, graphic nudity, disturbing material, gore, and language," so it sounds like we're in for quite a wild ride.
Poor Things is set to hit theaters for a limited run this September.