‘Eden’ Teaser: Jude Law and Vanessa Kirby Endure an Unhinged Ana de Armas in the Wilderness

Is location specified a point arsenic creating your ain paradise? Well, nan star-studded formed of Ron Howard’s “Eden” are astir to find out. Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, and Sydney Sweeney lead nan film, which dramatizes nan “shocking existent story” (per nan film’s charismatic logline) of a group of disillusioned outsiders who near civilization to commencement their ain nine connected a remote, uninhabited island.

Of course, nan clan later discovered that nan “greatest threat isn’t nan sadistic ambiance aliases deadly wildlife, but each other,” arsenic nan synopsis tells us. “As tensions spiral and desperation takes hold, a twisted powerfulness struggle unfolds, starring to betrayal, violence, and nan deaths of half nan colony.”

Noah Pink wrote nan book pinch Howard directing, arsenic good arsenic producing alongside Brian Grazer, Karen Lunder, Stuart Ford, William M. Connor, and Patrick Newall.

And for those wondering, yes, nan “Eden” formed did really unsmooth it themselves. De Armas antecedently told Vanity Fair that starring in “Eden” pushed her to get to her “craziest” aforesaid onscreen, pinch nan publication besides citing that Howard “actually had to push backmost connected some Law and Kirby’s committedness to Method, Floreana-style living.”

De Armas admitted that she was “a small scared” to return connected nan role, arsenic nan movie is “really retired there.” She later decided that she “wanted nan challenge” of starring successful nan feature. “Having this crazy threesome relationship, and being a female of opposites — either she’s saccharine and tender and vulnerable and tense and scared, aliases she’s perfectly crazy and dangerous, it was benignant of uncovering that limit. What was nan craziest I could get? How acold could I go?,” de Armas said.

The “Ballerina” star later explained why nan singing facet of nan movie was portion of nan accent of shooting. “I conscionable couldn’t person [Howard] to fto maine articulator sync truthful I had to study nan song. It was horrible. I was terrified,” de Armas said. “I would alternatively do 100 stunts than singing that song. It was terrifying because it’s besides successful beforehand of each nan actors. I conscionable felt very exposed and susceptible and it’s not 1 of my talents for sure.”

However, it each proved to beryllium worthy it: The IndieWire review for “Eden” deemed de Armas a “scream successful a formed filled pinch standout performances.”

Vertical will merchandise “Eden” successful theaters connected Friday, August 22. Check retired nan teaser below.