Margaret Qualley is again on the street with Ethan Coen after “Drive–Away Dolls.” The actress leads cowriters Coen and co-writer Tricia Cooke‘s newest darkish comedy “Honey Don’t!” because the titular Honey, who’s investigating an area cult.
Chris Evans stars because the spiritual chief on the heart of Qualley’s investigation, whereas Aubrey Plaza performs a key “thriller lady.” Charlie Day, Billy Eichner, and Talia Ryder co-star. The ensemble additionally contains Lera Abova, Jacnier, Gabby Beans, Kristin Connolly, Lena Corridor, Don Swayze, Josh Pafchek, Kale Brown, Alexander Carstoiu, and Christin Antidormi.
The official “Honey Don’t!” synopsis reads: “Honey O’Donahue is a small-town personal investigator who delves right into a sequence of unusual deaths tied to a mysterious church.”
“Honey Don’t!” is ready in Bakersfield, California, although it was shot in New Mexico. The characteristic is produced by Coen, Cooke, Robert Graf, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner, and can debut on the 2025 Cannes Movie Pageant. The undertaking was first introduced in 2024.
Qualley beforehand advised IndieWire that she was greater than excited to reunite with Coen and Cooke. “I simply love Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke so rattling a lot and love being on their set. I can can hardly put into phrases how particular making that film was for me and dealing with Aubrey Plaza, who’s considered one of my favourite actors and folks of all time.”
“Drive-Away Dolls” was Ethan Coen’s first narrative characteristic sans his brother Joel Coen, who additionally made his solo debut with “The Tragedy of Macbeth” in 2021. Ethan Coen not too long ago teased a Coen Brothers reunion to Empire journal, saying he and brother Joel Coen are “engaged on writing one thing” collectively after a artistic cut up in 2018.
“Nothing occurred, definitely nothing dramatic,” Ethan mentioned on the time. “You begin out whenever you’re a child and also you need to make a film. Every little thing’s enthusiasm and gung-ho, let’s go make a film. And the primary film is simply a great deal of enjoyable. After which the second film is a great deal of enjoyable, nearly as a lot enjoyable as the primary. And after 30 years, not that it’s no enjoyable, nevertheless it’s extra of a job than it had been.”
He added, “Going our personal separate methods sounds prefer it suggests it may be remaining. However none of these things occurred definitively. Not one of the choices are definitive. We would make one other film.”
“Honey Don’t!” premieres August 22 in theaters from Focus Options. Try the trailer under.