Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun Spark a Post-Apocalyptic Romance inLove MeTrailer (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

In their new movie,Kristen StewartandSteven Yeunprove you don’t have to be human to be in love.

PEOPLE has the exclusive first trailer forLove Me,starring the Oscar nominees as two star-crossed lovers in a post-apocalyptic Earth.

Stewart, 34, plays a technologically advanced buoy in the ocean who calls herself Me and, eventually, Deja. Yeun, 41, is a satellite orbiting the planet who becomes Iam, later Liam.

Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun in “Love Me”.Justine Yeung/Bleeker Street

Justine Yeung/Bleeker Street

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“We wanted to make a movie that would make you feel big and small at the same time,” the Zucheros tell PEOPLE in a statement. “It’s the story of two completely new beings — the A.I. in two machines — who evolve into virtual avatars and then into flesh and blood humans."

“This is how life forms make friends,” intones Stewart’s buoy in the trailer, rifling through leftover footage from humanity’s internet. “Okay, I’m not so sure I’m following,” responds Yeun’s satellite.

“Let’s move in together,” she suggests.

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Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024.Presley Ann Photo/Shutterstock

Presley Ann Photo/Shutterstock

The story then sees Deja and Liam coexisting digitally as two-dimensional animated beings, building a virtual world together until they’re three-dimensional recreations of a happy couple that previously lived on Earth.

“It’s about how distant we feel right now and how everyone wants so desperately to connect.Love Mebecame a mirror for who we pretend to be and who we really are."

The filmmaking pair add that Stewart and Yeun were “true collaborators, giving their heart and souls to every frame inLove Me. The support they gave to first-time directors fills us with gratitude. We’re forever indebted to these two beautiful artists."

source: people.com