Where was Honey Don't! shot? Revisiting key filming locations of the latest dark comedy mystery starring Margaret Qualley

Honey Don’t! is a dark comedy detective film with strong neo-noir elements. Unlike his past collaborations, Ethan Coen takes the director’s chair solo this time, working from a script he co-wrote with Tricia Cooke. The film had its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival before Focus Features released it theatrically in the United States on August 22, 2025. According to Letterboxd, its official synopsis reads:

Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator, delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.

Let's take a look at all the shooting locations of this film.

Where was Honey Don't! filmed? Details Explored

Ari Wegner is the cinematographer of Honey Don't!, and its shooting began on March 25, 2024, and concluded on May 23. Let's look into the places it was shot.

A large portion of the film was shot in Albuquerque, which is a populous city in New Mexico. Several landscapes and locations were used during filming. Ethan Coen has shot some of his previous films in this city, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? The makers had hired more than 600 artists from New Mexico. This included 450 background actors and around 150 crew members.

More about Honey Don't!

Honey Don't! is produced by Ethan Coen, Robert Graf, Tim Bevan, Tricia Cooke, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Its cast members include,

Margaret Qualley as Honey O'Donahue
Aubrey Plaza as MG Falcone
Chris Evans as Reverend Drew Devlin
Charlie Day as Marty Metakawich
Lera Abova as Cher
Kristen Connolly as Heidi O’Donahue
Billy Eichner as Mr. Siegfried
Lena Hall as Elle
Gabby Beans as Spider
Kinna McInroe as Mrs. Novotny
Talia Ryder as Corinne
Jacnier as Hector Bonner
Don Swayze as Gary
Josh Pafchek as Shuggie
Kale Browne as Honey and Heidi’s father
Alexander Carstoiu as Mickie
Christian Antidormi as Colligan

The film is a part of Coen and Tricia Cooke's trilogy that is labelled as a "lesbian B-movie". The first in the series was the 2024 crime comedy road film Drive-Away Dolls.

In an EW interview, Coen spoke about writing the film with Cooke.

"It was just a fun thing to write....we had to call it a trilogy because who does two of anything? You gotta at least promise a third one."

Cooke said,

"I was interested in making these genre movies through a queer lens that highlighted lesbian characters in particular, just because there aren't many. It seemed like there was a gap that needed to be filled."

Coen then quipped,

"Having written the first one, we said, 'Let's do something different.'"

The duo is also working on the third film, which is currently titled Go, Beavers!, and it will be in a different genre compared to the first two installments. Cooke spoke about the same,

"It's a story about a lesbian crew team coming together for their 10th year college reunion and kind of traveling down the river of life, what they experience."

Honey Don't! is playing in theaters.