Focus Features has set an August 22 theatrical release for Ethan Coen’s upcoming dark comedy Honey Don’t!
The movie stars Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner and Chris Evans in a story about Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.
The Working Title movie will have its world premiere at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight Screenings section.
Universal Pictures International is handling international distribution.
Coen co-wrote the movie with his Drive-Away Dolls co-writer Tricia Cooke; that movie is also a Focus Features theatrical release that starred Qualley.
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Producers on Honey Don’t! are Coen, Cooke, Robert Graf and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
Focus Features also has Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme in competition at Cannes, which this year runs May 13-24. Focus Features International has overseas on The History of Sound and Ari Aster’s Eddington, which are also playing in competition.
Among notable studio wide entries on August 22, Neon has an untitled movie on the calendar; Mubi has Alex Russell’s Lurker; and Vertical has Ron Howard’s period thriller Eden starring Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, Daniel Bruhl and Vanessa Kirby.
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