Emma Stone is reviving more than just her Hollywood presence in the first official trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos's upcoming film, "Poor Things."
The upcoming film is a story of "love, discovery and scientific daring" set in the Victorian era, based on an adaptation of Alasdair Grey's novel of the same name. Stone plays Belle Baxter, a Frankenstein-like woman who comes back to life after her brain is replaced with her unborn child's. Stone stars alongside Willem Dafoe, who plays the brilliant but unorthodox scientist who brings Bella back from the dead. The ghostly pale skin of her in the trailer hints at her character's deceased origins.
The cast of “Poor Things” also includes Mark Ruffalo as Duncan Wedderburn, Jerrod Carmichael as Harry Astley and Ramy Youssef as Max McCandless, Christopher Abbott as Sir Aubrey de la Pole Blessington, Margaret Qualley, Kathryn Hunter, Suzy Bemba and Wayne Brett.
Stone's last feature film was "Cruella," Disney's 2021 origin story for iconic "101 Dalmatians" villain Cruella de Vil, making "Poor Things" her first major role in two years. It is also the second of three collaborations between her and Lanthimos. In 2018, she starred in the period drama "The Favourite," for which she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She is also cast in Lanthimos' upcoming film "And" alongside Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Shafer.
Lanthimos directed and produced "Poor Things" from a screenplay by Tony McNamara. The film was produced by Element Pictures' Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe, with the Irish/U.K. The film company developed the project with Film4. Lanthimos and Stone (in association with their Fruit Tree Banner) will also produce