Kevin Costner and Jake Gyllenhaal are teaming up for Honeymoon With Harry, a dramedy that is filming now in Australia and centers on two men thrown into the same grief. In the story, a grieving father and his late daughter’s jilted fiancé are forced onto an unwanted road trip after the bride-to-be dies two days before her wedding.
The film is based on Bart Baker’s novel and follows the pair as they travel to scatter her ashes at a honeymoon resort, with filming having started in April 2026. Crews turned Brisbane into movie sets for the production, while the Whitsunday Islands provided the backdrop for the resort scenes.
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are directing, with Dan Fogelman writing the screenplay, and the project marks the first collaboration between Costner and Gyllenhaal. The directors said Queensland gave them everything they needed, pointing to the locations, talent and production support from Screen Queensland as reasons it was the right place to make the film.
The setting matters because Queensland has become increasingly attractive to major studio productions, and this one has Amazon MGM Studios behind its streaming-platform approach. Release timing remains unconfirmed, but 2027 is the year the dramedy could reach audiences if the schedule holds.
That leaves the film with a clear promise and an open finish: a story built to balance comedy and heartbreak is now in the can, but viewers still have to wait to find out how Costner and Gyllenhaal carry it.
