Bugonia: When It Starts Streaming, Latest Updates and What to Expect
Fresh off its theatrical run, Bugonia is barreling toward streaming—and viewers are eager for a date. The fifth Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone team-up, with Stone also producing after Bleat, The Favourite, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness, has fans watching the calendar as the release window comes into focus.
Quick heads-up if you’re waiting to watch Yorgos Lanthimos’ new one at home: the Bugonia streaming plan is basically a studio puzzle you have to solve, but the pieces do line up.
So when can you stream it?
Short version: early 2026 on Peacock looks right. Focus Features (which sits under Universal) released the movie in theaters, and Universal’s recent habit is to send films to Peacock roughly 1–2 months after they hit cinemas. For example, Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme opened May 30, 2025 and landed on Peacock July 25, 2025. If Bugonia follows that playbook, a January–February 2026 Peacock debut tracks.
- Peacock window 1: About 1–2 months after theaters, so likely January–February 2026
- Prime Video middle window: Thanks to Universal’s deal with Amazon, the movie then shifts to Prime Video for the middle 10 months of an 18‑month cycle. Expect the handoff sometime around May–June or June–July 2026, where it stays until about August–September 2026
- Peacock window 2: After Prime Video’s 10 months, it returns to Peacock for the final 4 months of that 18‑month run
That’s a lot of calendar math, but the gist is: Peacock first in early 2026, then Prime Video through late summer 2026, then back to Peacock to finish out the window. Yes, this is one of those behind-the-scenes distribution quirks studios love.
What is Bugonia?
It’s the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Emma Stone, who also produced. This is their fifth time teaming up, following the short Bleat and the features The Favourite, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness. The cast around Stone includes Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone, J. Carmen Galindez Barrera, Marc T. Lewis, Vanessa Eng, and Cedric Dumonray.
The hook is deliciously odd: two conspiracy-addled guys kidnap a high-powered CEO because they’re convinced she’s an alien planning to wipe us out. That’s the kind of premise Lanthimos can make both funny and unnerving at the same time.
Emma Stone’s stealth look
Stone told PEOPLE she kept her bald look in the film under wraps so audiences could be surprised. The not-so-fun part? She says she spent three months hiding it under beanies, which she was not a fan of. Method secrecy, sure, but that’s a long time to sweat a knit cap.
Official synopsis
"Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth."