The first trailer has been released for director Ron Howard’s new film Eden, which has a strong ensemble cast that includes Jude Law, Ana De Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, and Daniel Brühl.
The movie is based on an unsolved mystery that unfolded on a remote island in the Galapagos, the movie charts the lengths humans will go in pursuit of happiness.
It’s inspired by two different accounts of the same true story, and the film is described as “a darkly comic tale of murder and survival, set around a group of eclectic characters who abandon civilization for the Galapagos.
They are all searching for the answer to that ever-pressing question that plagues us all: what is the meaning of life.”
In the film, “Dr. Friedrich Ritter (Law) and his partner Dora Strauch (Kirby) flee their native Germany in 1929, repudiating the bourgeois values they believe are corroding mankind’s true nature. On the Galapagos isle named Floreana, Friedrich can focus on writing his manifesto, while Dora resolves to cure her multiple sclerosis through meditation.
“Their hard-won solitude, however, is short lived. They’re joined by Margaret (Sweeney) and Heinz Wittmer (Brühl), who also prove to be earnest, capable settlers. Next comes Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrhorn (Armas) a self-described Baroness and the ‘embodiment of perfection,’ who arrives with two devoted lovers, an Ecuadorian servant, a wardrobe full of evening gowns, and plans to erect a luxury hotel.
“Between inclement weather, unruly wildlife, and a total lack of amenities, all three groups find life on Floreana arduous. But nothing will test their mettle more than the challenge of coexisting with desperate neighbours capable of theft, deception… and worse.”
This is a very different kind of film from Howard, who previously helmed Splash, Cocoon, Willow, Backdraft, The Paper, Apollo 13, Ransom, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code, Rush, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Hillbilly Elegy, and Thirteen Lives most recently.
The screenplay is written by Noah Park (The Show, Tetris). The film will open first in Germany starting April 3rd, 2025. No US release date is set for Eden yet.
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