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There are some filmmakers who really need no introduction, and when it comes to Ron Howard, his long career in film and television speaks for itself. Howard began his career in the ‘50s as a child actor before he eventually ventured into filmmaking, eventually winning an Oscar for the 2021 drama, A Beautiful Mind, and he has directed no less than 20 feature-length films, both narrative and docs since then.
Howard’s new movie, Eden, continues a run of movies based on true stories, this one about a group of disparate people who gather on the remote island of Floreana in the Galapagos to escape from German ahead of the rise of Hitler in the ‘30s. Beginning the journey there is Jude Law’s Dr. Friedrich Ritter, a philosopher and botanist, who wants to start a new life with his partner Dora (Vanessa Kirby). They’re soon joined by Heinz Wittmer (Daniel Brühl), his pregnant wife Margret (Sydney Sweeney), and their son, who believe in Ritter’s ideology. Things start to go awry when they’re joined by Ana De Arma’s “The Baroness” and her entourage, who want to build a luxury hotel on Floreana. Obviously, Dr. Ritter doesn’t approve, and it soon leads to a conflict between various factions as the newcomers are not beyond stealing supplies from their island mates.
Eden is quite a different movie for Howard, which is no surprise considering the different genres of “true stories” he’s explored over the past few decades, but the cast he’s assembled for this one is undeniable.
Cinema Daily US spoke with Mr. Howard recently, a rather brief interview that you can watch in the video player above. He spoke about the diversity of his filmography and where Eden fits in, as well as his planned modern-day firefighting movie, starring Glenn Powell, but is not meant as a sequel to Howard’s 1991 hit, Backdraft.
Eden will open in theaters nationwide beginning on August 22.
Director: Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Noah Pink
Cast: Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, Daniel Brühl, Richard Roxburgh, Felix Kammerer, Toby Wallace
Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Karen Lunder, Stuart Ford, William M. Connor, and Patrick Newall
Production Co: AGC Studios, Imagine Entertainment, Forte Corp Pictures
Distributor: Vertical
Rating: R (Some Strong Violence|Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity|Language)
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): August 22, 2025
Runtime: 2 hours, 9 minutes
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