Stay tuned with us for more details about the movie Honey Boy. From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har'el brings to life a young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and … LaBeouf originally wrote the script as a form of therapy while in rehab. A child TV star tries to mend his relationship with his alcoholic father over a decade in this drama starring Lucas Hedges and Shia LeBeouf Honey Boy is a 2019 American drama film directed by Alma Har'el (in her narrative feature directorial debut) with a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his childhood and his relationship with his father.The film stars LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe and FKA Twigs. Find where to watch Honey Boy in South Africa. The project was announced in … Honey Boy follows two threads of time, watching father and son’s contentious relationship and their attempts to mend it across the course of a decade.” Did his dad throw a pie in his face? A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. Summaries. :) The film has yet to get an official release date. The trailer for Honey Boy begins with Otis (Lucas Hedges), a young actor on the set of a movie, involved in a dangerous stunt.