Vanessa Kirby along with Sydney Sweeney have joined the cast of Ron Howard’s upcoming survival thriller, ‘Eden.’
Kirby and Sweeney join the previously announced cast of Jude Law, Ana de Armas and Daniel Bruhl. The two actresses replace Alicia Vikander and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
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. This is a passion project for Howard who has wanted to delve into the story for the past 15 years.
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With scribe Noah Pink (Tetris) on board to tell the story. Imagine began developing the script from Howard’s story pages he’d been building on over the years.
Composing icon Hans Zimmer has also jumped on board the project, marking the tenth collaboration between the two Oscar winners, which began back in ’91 with Backdraft.
Production will take place in Queensland, Australia with a small unit filming in the Galapagos.
