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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which runs the Golden Globes, has taken heat this morning for the lack of female directors among its movie category nominees. Female directors missed out entirely in the Best Director category on the film side in nominations for the event’s 77th edition, despite a strong pool…

For anyone who has gone through the pain of a family member who has weathered substance or alcohol abuse, or even the roller-coaster ride of being a child actor, Alma Har’el’s feature take on Shia LaBeouf’s childhood, Honey Boy, is a cathartic experience. LaBeouf was spurred to write the story when he was in…

A production designer known for his work in the commercial world, and on high-end music videos for the likes of Beyoncé and P!nk, Jc Molina had his work cut out for him on Honey Boy, helping to define a visual approach to a film where incredibly raw memory and gorgeous fantasy would collide. Written by actor Shia LaBeo…

In a touching panel at Deadline’s recent The Contenders London awards-season event that went beyond the subtext of Honey Boy, Shia LaBeouf held court with director Alma Ha’rel, and his co-stars Lucas Hedges and Noah Jupe, on the subject of being a child actor and finding balance in your life. The film was written by…

In the wake of $5 billion-global grossing career, actor Shia LaBeouf turned from golden boy to pariah in town following car crashes, angry outbursts and a 2014 disruption of Broadway’s Cabaret (which starred Emma Stone at the time) that led to him pleading guilty among other episodes. Emotional pain, would be an…

In an unprecedented Sundance Film Festival deal haul for a single distributor, Amazon Studios gave the clearest indication of its movie future by paying a record near $50 million for five films. The acquisition avalanche began with the fest’s first big pact for Late Night (record $13M for U.S. rights). Within a matter…

Amazon Studios acquired Honey Boy, the Alma Har’el-directed drama scripted by Shia LaBeouf that is based on the actor’s own rough upbringing. LaBeouf plays his father. Endeavor Content and CAA Media Finance repped it.

When Shia LaBeouf was ordered by a judge to write about the childhood trauma that seeded a fiery transition to adulthood punctuated by angry outbursts, car crashes, and curious creative choices that transformed him from golden boy to pariah, his decision to bare his pain in the screenplay format he was so familiar…

EXCLUSIVE: Clifton Collins Jr., who currently co-stars on HBO's series, Westworld, has signed on to play opposite Lucas Hedges and Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, which Alma Har'el is directing from the screenplay co-written by LaBeouf. Loosely based on the Transformers star’s relationship with his father, the pic follows…

Shia LaBeouf and Lucas Hedges will star in Alma Har'el's next film, Honey Boy, which follows child actor Otis Lort (Hedges) and his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father James (LaBeouf) as they attempt to mend their contentious relationship over the course of a decade. Har’el’s known for the films LoveTrue and Bombay Be…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Israeli-American director Alma Har'el, the filmmaker behind titles such as LoveTrue and Bombay Beach, to its books. Har’el is recognized for artistically blurring the lines between documentary and fiction and her first film, Bombay Beach, won best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival in…

After an enigmatic, teary-eyed piece of performance art last year and an incident at Broadway’s Cabaret that wasn’t so artsy, Shia LaBeouf made an appearance today at the Tribeca Film Festival to show that he has turned a page in his career. The actor, whose filmography collectively has amassed $3.9B at the worldwide…