‘Poor Things’ Trailer: Searchlight Gives Extended Look At Emma Stone Film That Dazzled Venice Fest

Searchlight Pictures is giving an extended look at the upcoming Yorgos Lanthimos film Poor Things, the movie starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe that got a 10-minute-plus standing ovation last month at the Venice Film Festival.

Called a “glorious paean to freedom” by Deadline film critic Stephanie Bunbury, Poor Things is based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name, and features Stone as Bella Baxter, a creation of the brilliant and unorthodox scientist played by Dafoe in an echo of Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel Frankenstein. 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. Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, and Christopher Abbott also star.

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Lanthimos’ regular collaborator Tony McNamara wrote the script. Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe produced for Element Pictures, along with Stone and Lanthimos.

Searchlight releases Poor Things in theaters on December 8.

Check out the extended trailer above.

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