Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans’ Comedy ‘Honey Don’t!’ Lands Summer Release

Honey Don’t! is getting ready to slide into theaters this summer.

Focus Features announced Wednesday that the dark comedy feature is set for wide theatrical release Aug. 22. Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner and Chris Evans round out the cast for director Ethan Coen‘s movie.

Honey Don’t!, which is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, centers on Honey O’Donahue (Qualley), a small-town private investigator looking into deaths related to a mysterious church.

Cohen helmed the film from a script he co-wrote with wife Tricia Cooke. The pair also co-wrote Cohen’s 2024 crime comedy Drive-Away Dolls that starred Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan and Pedro Pascal.

Producers for Honey Don’t! include Coen, Cooke, Robert Graf, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

Qualley’s recent credits include last year’s The Substance, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for best supporting actress. She also has a role in the Netflix summer comedy Happy Gilmore 2.

Plaza appeared in the 2024 features My Old Ass and Megalopolis, and she has a voice role in this fall’s animated movie Animal Friends. Evans starred opposite Dwayne Johnson in last year’s Amazon holiday film Red One and will appear in A24’s summer release Materialists alongside Pascal and Dakota Johnson.

Coen is known for his work with filmmaker brother Joel Coen, with the pair winning Oscars for their work on Fargo and No Country for Old Men.

Qualley is repped by CAA and Sloane Offer. Plaza is repped by CAA, MGMT Entertainment and Schreck Rose. Evans is repped by CAA and Sloane Offer. Coen and Cooke are repped by UTA.