Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that Sydney Sweeney signed on to play Katrina Van Tassel and will produce the film through her new Honey Trap banner.
- Lindsey Anderson Beer sold her debut novel Hollow to Putnam and is attached to adapt the book for the screen and direct the feature while producing through her Lab Brew company.
- Putnam made a preemptive acquisition that removed Hollow from auction and the publisher has fast-tracked the book for a fall 2027 release to align with the film’s development.
- Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap, Beer’s Lab Brew and Sweeney’s Honey Trap are listed as producers, and industry sources say the packaged project is being shopped to studios imminently; reports of a Honey Trap first-look deal with Sony are unconfirmed.
- The project reframes Washington Irving’s tale from Katrina’s perspective and preserves authorial control over the adaptation, a setup that could speed studio bidding and shape the film’s creative direction.