Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans will star in Honey Don’t!, the latest dark comedy from Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke.
Honey is the latest feature from the filmmaker, formerly one-half of the Coen Brothers duo, with his wife, Cooke. It is their follow-up to Drive-Away Dolls, the lesbian comedy road trip that Focus Features releases Feb. 23.
Focus is also behind Honey, which has the Dolls producing team of Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title, Robert Graf, Coen and Cooke. Qualley is also returning player, as she is one of the leads in that movie.
Coen and Cooke wrote the script which is being kept hush-hush. However, it is known to have the pulpy flavor of Dolls with which the duo is keep on playing. The story is said but sources to be set in Bakersfield, Calif. Qually is playing a private eye, Plaza a mystery woman, and Evans the leader of a cult.
Production is due to begin late March in New Mexico.
Qualley can currently be seen in Poor Things, the fantasy drama that Tuesday scored 11 nominations, including best picture.
Plaza was one of the stars of critics darling The White Lotus and is coming off of strong reviews for her turn in My Old Ass, a coming-of-age time travel movie from Megan Park that premiered at Sundance.
Evans last year starred in Apple’s big-budget action movie Ghosted as well as medical drama Pain Hustlers. He next stars opposite Dwayne Johnson in the Amazon Christmas action comedy Red One.
Qualley is repped by CAA and Offer Weber. Plaza is repped by CAA, MGMT Entertainment and Schreck Rose. Evans is repped by CAA and Sloane Offer.
