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…
The names have been changed in Honey Boy, but Shia LaBeouf, as not only a co-star in the film but also its writer, is not trying to hide the fact that this is the story of his life, no matter what poetic license may be taken it its telling. And what a story it is, a raw and revealing movie in which two actors in…
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…
English child actor Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place, Honey Boy) has been cast as the young lead opposite Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in The Undoing, HBO's high-profile six-episode limited series, written by David E. Kelley and directed by Susanne Bier.
The project reunites Jupe with Bier — one of his first major roles was…
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…
Though they started dating a decade ago, John Krasinski & Emily Blunt had never worked together before this year, when the Krasinski-directed A Quiet Place cast them as husband and wife and tapped into the unspoken language they've come to share. Krasinski was nervous to approach Blunt to star, but on screen, as they…
