Andrea Arnold has built a great reputation in the UK with Fish Tank, Red Road and Wuthering Heights, and now she trying her hand in the US, although sticking with indie end of the spectrum rather than going full Hollywood. She’s directing American Honey and now Variety reports that Shia LaBeouf is set to star.
Based on a screenplay Arnold wrote herself, the film ‘centers on a runaway teenager whos selling magazine subscriptions around the U.S. and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard-partying, law-bending and young love’
It’s not clear who LeBeouf will play in this coming of age tale, or indeed when the movie will shoot, although it’ll be looking for buyers at May’s Cannes Film Festival.