LaBeouf has spoken publicly about his relationship with his father over the years, highlighting how his drinking and criminal activity drove a wedge between them.
The film in question will be called Honey Boy (which was apparently the childhood nickname of Shia LaBeouf), and it will loosely chronicle his life as a child star as he attempts to repair his relationship with his estranged father, Jeffrey LaBeouf, over a span of ten years.
Now he will have the opportunity to explore that rift from the other side.