Shia LaBeouf Is Starring In A Movie About Himself As Someone Else

I need, like, a diagram or something.

Have you been keeping up with your Shia LaBeouf news? Well if you have, you’ll already know this, but feel free to keep reading anyways.

Have you been keeping up with your Shia LaBeouf news? Well if you have, you'll already know this, but feel free to keep reading anyways.

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If you haven’t, let me tell you that Shia LaBeouf is coming out with a new movie!

If you haven't, let me tell you that Shia LaBeouf is coming out with a new movie!

Disney

About himself.

About himself.

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But…Shia won’t be playing himself.

But...Shia won't be playing himself.

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The film is called Honey Boy and it’s going to be a drama about young Shia growing up with his troubled father.

The film is called Honey Boy and it's going to be a drama about young Shia growing up with his troubled father.

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Lucas Hedges will be playing LaBeouf.

Lucas Hedges will be playing LaBeouf.

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And LaBeouf won’t be paying LaBeouf.

And LaBeouf won't be paying LaBeouf.

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Instead, LaBeouf will be playing his own father.

Instead, LaBeouf will be playing his own father.

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So, it’ll look something like this:

So, it'll look something like this:

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I’m shia-ing to understand how this is all going to work.

I'm shia-ing to understand how this is all going to work.

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Danish Film Institute

Honey Boy doesn’t have a release date yet, but I’m so ex-Shia-ted to get more details.

Honey Boy doesn't have a release date yet, but I'm so ex-Shia-ted to get more details.

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