New Trailer for ‘Eden’ Survival Movie with Kirby, Law, Sweeney, Armas

New Trailer for ‘Eden’ Survival Movie with Kirby, Law, Sweeney, Armas

by Alex Billington
August 6, 2025
Source: YouTube

“We came here for isolation, now we’re being crowded.” Vertical has finally debuted an official trailer for the survival thriller movie Eden, directed by Ron Howard. This premiered last year at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival (to many bad reviews) and has already opened in many other countries earlier this year. Ron Howard tells the harrowing & upsetting true story of a group of people in the 1930s living on the Galapagos island entirely on their own with nothing else. “Life here is gruesome, frustrating. Failure is inevitable.” The story follows a handful of people fueled by a profound desire for change; turning their back to society they leave everything behind and set their futures on the harsh landscape of the Galapagos. Based on historical events, this scintillating thriller stars Jude Law and Vanessa Kirby as high-minded Europeans seeking a recent life on a previously uninhabited island in the Galápagos archipelago. They and those who follow them believe they’ve found paradise — only to discover that hell is other people. The film’s dazzling cast includes Ana de Armas, Daniel Brühl, Sydney Sweeney, Felix Kammerer, and Toby Wallace as others who show up (and disturb the peace, let’s just say). We also posted one other trailer for this earlier in the year. I’ve seen this and it’s actually quite good, just so infuriating what happens when they show up on the island.

Here’s the official US trailer (+ another poster) for Ron Howard’s film Eden, from Vertical’s YouTube:

You can rewatch the first international trailer for Ron Howard’s Eden movie right here for more footage.

Dr. Friedrich Ritter (Jude Law) and his partner Dora Strauch (Vanessa 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 tiny lived. They’re joined by Margaret (Sydney Sweeney) and Heinz Wittmer (Daniel Brühl), who also prove to be earnest, capable settlers. Next comes Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrhorn (Ana de 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.

Eden is directed by acclaimed American actor-turned-filmmaker Ron Howard, director of the films Grand Theft Auto, Splash, Cocoon, Willow, Backdraft, The Paper, Apollo 13, Ransom, Edtv, A Beautiful Mind, The Missing, Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon, Angels & Demons, The Dilemma, Rush, In the Heart of the Sea, Inferno, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Hillbilly Elegy, and Thirteen Lives most recently, plus numerous other doc films as well. The screenplay is written by Noah Park (of the “Genius” series, The Show, Tetris); from a story by Ron Howard & Noah Pink. Produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Karen Lunder, Stuart Ford, William M. Connor, Patrick Newall. This initially premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival last year as one of their Gala Presentations. The film already opened in cinemas in Europe earlier this year. Vertical debuts Ron Howard’s Eden film in US theaters starting August 22nd, 2025 coming up. Curious?

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