Sydney Sweeney Launches Honey Trap Production Company With Sony Pictures First Look Deal
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Mike Fleming Jr
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Summary
Sydney Sweeney has formed a new production company called Honey Trap, with Kaylee McGregor as President of production and development. The company has secured a first look deal with Sony Pictures, following Sweeney's success as executive producer and star of the hit film Anyone But You. Sweeney is also working with Sony on the TriStar Pictures remake of Barbarella, directed by Edgar Wright. This move signals Sweeney's expansion from acting into producing and potentially directing.
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· 4 pulledEXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of last night's finale of the Sam Levinson HBO series Euphoria, Sydney Sweeney is leaning into her producing and potentially directing aspirations.
She has formed Honey Trap, with longtime creative collaborator Kaylee McGregor serving as President of production and development the production company.
Sweeney's deal will be set with a first look deal at Sony Pictures, where she starred in and was executive producer on the sleeper hit Anyone But You.
Sweeney is already working with Sony on the TriStar Pictures remake of Barbarella, which Edgar Wright will direct.
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