Ex-Transformers Star Shia LaBeouf Plays His Own Father in Trailer for the Semi-Autobiographical Honey Boy

There was a time when Shia LeBeouf was one of the biggest actors in Hollywood, with films like Transformers and Indiana Jones. He has since had a fall from grace following a bunch of bad press, but now he's looking to make a comeback with this new film called Honey Boy which is centered on LaBeouf's rise to stardom and his relationship with his father.

Here's the official description:

From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har'el (Bombay Beach, LoveTrue) brings to life a young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. Fictionalizing his ascent to stardom, and subsequent crash-landing into rehab and recovery, Har'el casts Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased, Manchester by the Sea) as Otis Lort, navigating different stages in a frenetic career. LaBeouf takes on the therapeutic challenge of playing a version of his own father, an ex-rodeo clown and a felon. Dancer-singer FKA twigs makes her feature-film debut, playing neighbor and kindred spirit to the younger Otis in their garden-court motel home. Har'el's feature narrative debut is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between filmmaker and subject, exploring art as medicine and imagination as hope through the life and times of a talented, traumatized performer who dares to go in search of himself.

The film is semi-autobiographical, so the main character isn't named Shia, but Otis instead. From the get-go, you can kind of see nods to LaBeouf's previous work, specifically Transformers and Even Stevens from back in the day.

I have to say, the movie definitely looks interesting, and there must be some catharsis watching LaBeouf play what looks to be his own abusive father. It's not a guaranteed comeback on LaBeouf's part, but I'm happy to see him still trying.

Catch Honey Boy when it comes out Nov. 8.

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