Margaret Qualley Joins Ethan Coen’s Go Beavers, Re-Teams With Honey Don’t Co-Star

File this under: I did not have 'lesbian college rowing reunion turns into a body count' on my Ethan Coen bingo card, but here we are.

So, what is 'Go Beavers!' and who is coming back?

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke are lining up their third entry in what they have been calling a lesbian B-movie trilogy, and the next one is titled Go Beavers! According to a new report, Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza are in talks to star. That would make it a mini-Honey Don’t! reunion: both were in Coen and Cooke’s 2025 film, and Qualley also headlined Drive-Away Dolls in 2024, which kicked off this whole trilogy experiment.

The hook

Unlike the first two movies, which leaned hard into crime capers, Go Beavers! pivots genres. The setup: a lesbian college rowing team gets back together years later, and then teammates start dying under mysterious circumstances. It sounds like Coen and Cooke trading the getaway cars for oars and a body-strewn lake, which honestly feels very on-brand for their campy, pulp-loving streak.

Coen has pitched it as a 'genre film' about women and nature.

What we know right now

• Project: Go Beavers!, the third film in Coen and Cooke’s self-described lesbian B-movie trilogy.
• Status: Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza are in talks, not locked.
• Premise: A former college rowing team reunites; members start turning up dead.
• Tone/genre: A shift away from the crime focus of Drive-Away Dolls (2024) and Honey Don’t! (2025), leaning into a campy thriller vibe tied to the outdoors.
• Cast beyond Qualley/Plaza: Not announced yet. For context, these movies have been pulling in recognizable faces — Honey Don’t! features Chris Evans, Charlie Day, and Kristen Connolly.

That premise is both oddly specific and kind of perfect for where Coen and Cooke have been playing lately. If the dealmaking lands and the rest of the cast fills in like their last two, expect another stacked ensemble rowing straight into chaos.