Stone reunites with The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos in this colorful riff on Frankenstein.
Poor Thingsmarks a reunion between Stone and Lanthimos, who directed the Oscar-winning actress in 2018’sThe Favourite.
As the teaser’s electrified opening portends, the story contains several echoes of Mary Shelley’sFrankenstein.
Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’.Searchlight Pictures
“I am finding being alive fascinating,” she says in the footage.
As you’re able to see in the trailer,Poor Thingshas a very distinctive visual style.
It’s full of loud, unnatural colors and sharp contrasts, with painterly controls that blur eras.
Stone last starred as the iconic Disney villain of101 Dalmatiansin 2021’sCruella.
Poor Thingsisn’t even the only upcoming cinematic collaboration between Stone, Dafoe, and Lanthimos.
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