Emma Stone and filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos can be described as a no-time-wasting dream team. After the darkly humorous historical drama The Favorite and the bizarre sci-fi fairy tale Poor Things, for which the actress recently received the Oscar for best actress, we are already waiting the next joint project between the two in the starting blocks.
As Searchlight Pictures announced, this is a star-studded anthology film Kinds of Kindnesswhose cast is also impressive.
Emma Stone and Co. in multiple role spectacle
What’s better than one Emma Stone? Correct: Three times Emma Stone. And that’s exactly what the film Kinds of Kindness offers, as Lanthimos revealed at the Golden Globes in January this year, according to Deadline. Accordingly, it will be about three contemporary stories set in the USA, in which seven different actors each portray one role per part.
In addition to Stone, her Poor Things co-star Willem Dafoe as well as Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer are part of the star-studded multi-role cast.
Oscar success for bizarre sci-fi fairy tale Poor Things
At the 2024 Academy Awards, Poor Things was nominated eleven times and ultimately won four of the coveted golden boys. Aside from the Oscar for leading actress Stone, the adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s novel won in the categories of best production design, best make-up and hairstyling and best costume design.
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Lanthimos and Stone on the set of Poor Things
Additionally, the project and its participants have been recognized at the Golden Globes and numerous other occasions. That can hardly have hurt its success at the box office: Internationally, the film, which cost around $35 million, took in over $108 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
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When will Kinds of Kindness be in theaters?
Yorgos Lanthimos’ new film is scheduled to be released on… June 21, 2024 coming to US cinemas. We don’t have a German start date yet, but we’ll keep you updated.