EXCLUSIVE: The
Ron Howard-directed survival thriller
Eden has been acquired in a U.S. rights deal by
Vertical, with the distributor plotting an August 22 nationwide theatrical release.
Scripted by Noah Pink (
Tetris) from a fact-based story he wrote with Howard, the drama from Imagine Entertainment and AGC Studios stars
Jude Law (
The Order),
Ana de Armas (
Ballerina), Vanessa Kirby (
The Fantastic Four: First Steps), Daniel Brühl (
All Quiet on the Western Front),
Sydney Sweeney (
Immaculate), Toby Wallace and Felix Kammerer (
All Quiet on the Western Front). They are the members of three parties who flee post-World War II civilization to start over and build paradise on the Galapagos Islands. It becomes a battle to survive the harsh elements, and each other. Bodies pile up.