Focus Features has debuted the first trailer for Honey Don’t!, its dark comedy reuniting Margaret Qualley with filmmaker Ethan Coen on the heels of last year’s Drive-Away Dolls.
Slated for release in theaters on August 22nd, Honey Don’t! sees Qualley take on the titular role of Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.
Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans also feature prominently in the cast, which additionally includes Charlie Day, Billy Eichner, Lera Abova, Jacnier, Gabby Beans, Talia Ryder, Kristen Connolly, Lena Hall, Don Swayze, Josh Pafchek, Kale Browne, Alexander Carstoiu, and Christian Antidormi.
Described as being in the same tonal vein as Drive-Away Dolls, Honey Don’t! shot in New Mexico last year. We were first to report on the project. It’s set to have its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released internationally by Universal Pictures International.
Coen directed from his script written with wife Tricia Cooke, the veteran editor who has cut such Coen Brothers classics as The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, also co-writing Drive-Away Dolls.
Producers on the project are Coen, Cooke, Robert Graf and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
