Focus Features has set an Aug. 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 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 also a Focus Features theatrical release that starred Qualley.
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.
Focus Features International has overseas on The History of Sound and Ari Aster’s Eddington which are also playing in competition at Cannes.
Among notable studio wide entires on Aug. 22, NEON has an untitled movie on the calendar, while 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.