Poster for ‘Project Hail Mary’ (Credit: Amazon MGM Studios)
Amazon MGM Studios released the first teaser poster for Project Hail Mary ahead of the trailer debut set for Monday, June 30, 2025. The sci-fi action film stars three-time Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling (Barbie, La La Land, Half Nelson) and is targeting a March 20, 2026 theatrical release.
Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce, Ken Leung, and Milana Vayntrub also star in Oscar-winning filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s latest project.
“Science teacher Ryland Grace (Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light-years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out,” reads Amazon MGM Studios’ synopsis. “He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.”
Drew Goddard (High Potential, Daredevil) adapted Andy Weir’s novel and serves as an executive producer along with Patricia Whitcher, Sarah Esberg, Lucy Kitada, Nikki Baida, and Ken Kao. Producers include Miller, Lord, Weir, Gosling, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, and Rachel O’Connor.
Kelsey Loper in ‘Alone’ season 12 (Photo Credit: The History Channel)
The History Channel’s Alone season 12 episode three begins with eight participants attempting to live on their own in South Africa’s Great Karoo Desert and ends with just six. The action takes place from day three through day five, and focuses on Will, Kelsey, Pablo, and Douglas.
The following is a detailed recap of episode three, “Thirst Trap,” which means there are spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned!
Kelsey Loper: Age 35, Winnett, Montana
Day 3, 3:48pm – Kelsey lectures herself and the audience that we need to drink more water. She gets to work building a water cache and finds a frog. If she was hungry, she’d catch him for bait, but the warthog has supplied a lot of food. Kelsey doesn’t plan on shooting anything else until she only has two days worth of jerky left.
She’s been drinking a two-quart pot of water a day but knows that’s not enough. The four-quart cache will allow her to stop spending half an hour a day boiling water. She uses rocks and a piece of her tarp to build the cache. As she’s working, Kelsey explains that she is able to separate her life of saving animals as a vet tech with her life as a hunter.
Kelsey finds two waterbuck skeletons while walking near the river.
Day 4, 1:57pm – She starts work on her shelter using two bluebush trees as main beams with a tarp over them. Kelsey strips them down and sets up two tripods to lay them across. It’ll work, unless a giant storm sweeps through. (THC says the area normally gets just 10 inches of rain a year.) Setting up in the dry riverbedmeans she won’t have to worry about snakes and other creatures hiding under rocks. It’s a small tent, but Kelsey’s not worried since she doesn’t think she’ll be in there much. She’s aware the temperature is going to fall to the twenties, so she covers the floor with bedding material.
4:55pm – It’s getting colder as Kelsey sets out to look at white-fronted bee-eaters. She loves watching the birds and imitates Sir David Attenborough as she watches them tuck themselves into little holes on the side of a hill.
Douglas Meyer in ‘Alone’ season 12 (Photo Credit: The History Channel)
Douglas Meyer: Age 57, Kannapolis, NC
Day 4, 9:17am – Douglas hasn’t had time to go hunting or fishing because he’s been busy boiling water. He decides to make a drink container to store it. Dehydration is a real possibility in this environment, and he burns an agave root ball in half instead of wasting energy chopping it.
Only three survivalists, including Douglas, brought a canteen as one of their 10 items. As he works, Douglas reveals he had three father figures who taught him about life, and he wants to win Alone for them.
He finishes carving his container and it’s ready to hold his excess water.
Pablo Arguelles in ‘Alone’ season 12 (Photo Credit: The History Channel)
Pablo Arguelles: Age 55, Jacksonville, Florida
Day 5, 7:57am – Pablo sets out to fish and says he loved fishing as a young boy in Cuba. By 8:42am, he still hasn’t caught anything. He gained 40 pounds for the competition, and now his energy is draining. It’s getting hot (it’s 77), so he takes a break and boils more water.
10:41am – He almost spills his pot when he tries to open the lid. It’s now 81 degrees and staying hydrated is a huge task.
11:26am – Pablo starts work on his permanent shelter. He’s going to make a dome and begins digging holes to stick the branches in. The heat’s taking a toll on his energy, and he feels as though he’s becoming dehydrated. He’s forced to take a break and rest.
1:37pm – Pablo confesses he’s running out of steam. He’s physically weak and is having negative thoughts.
3:37pm – It’s been a difficult day and he’s still feeling nauseous when he heads down to the lake. He’s always thirsty, and he warns viewers that this is harder than it looks. Pablo opts to tap out because he can’t stay hydrated. It’s a hard decision, but he feels he has no choice. Pablo’s disappointed he didn’t win the grand prize but isn’t willing to risk his health.
He has a new perspective on the sacrifices his parents made. Pablo vows not to take anything for granted and will appreciate what he has.
Will Lamb in ‘Alone’ season 12 (Photo Credit: The History Channel)
Will Lamb: Age 31, Leakey, Texas
Day 3, 3:41am – Will’s up early and ready to use a scorpion as bait. He shows off the UV light The History Channel provided, and the scorpion glows in the dark.
3:57am – Catfish are active at night so Will’s hopeful that he’ll catch a meal.
6:59am – He still hasn’t caught a fish and moves to a new spot. Will lands a decent-sized sharptooth catfish immediately after moving.
7:29am – While he’s preparing his catfish, Will admits he doesn’t like fish, crabs, or shrimp but knows he needs to power through it. He needs the protein.
8:11am – Will takes a bite of his freshly cooked catfish and although there are bones everywhere, he’s actually surprised it tastes so good. It’s the first catfish he’s ever eaten.
Day 4, 11:03am – Will chucks a rock at a bird and misses. He’s feeling pretty good, even though he hasn’t eaten much. He heads up the mountain and spots a waterbuck bull, cow, and young one. Will follows them while explaining he doesn’t want to be like his dad and hopes to do something great and leave a positive legacy for his son.
A gemsbok catches his attention but runs off before he can take a shot. Will realizes that there are herds of different animals nearby and that they’re alerting each other to his presence.
12:57pm – He returns to camp and regrets not killing a kudu when he had a chance on day two.
Day 5, 3:27pm – Will cooks up prickly pear, burning off the needles. It doesn’t taste good, but he needs more than acacia seeds. He’s caught one catfish thus far.
4:22pm – He calls the cactus and acacia seeds desert survival food. THC says the seeds taste like a mix of chocolate, coffee, and raisins. This is the first day since the catfish that he’s had anything substantial. After eating, he’ll put up his tarp and then figure out what’s next. Will’s a little worried about eating this much cactus, and THC warns that it can cause diarrhea, nausea, and bloating.
11:01pm – Will wakes up and vomits blood. He doesn’t know if it’s the cactus because it didn’t have enough time to go through him. Will lies back down, but it’s obvious he’s in pain.
The action shifts to the Alone home base where an announcement goes out that there’s a red button alert. (Every participant has an emergency rescue beacon for life-threatening situations.) The medical team heads over to Will’s camp and he’s in bad shape. He’s sweating but feels cold and apologizes for making them come out in the middle of the night. Will explains what he ate today and reveals his head hurts. He’s been experiencing cold chills, vomiting, and body aches. (The body aches came first.)
A stretcher is brought to his camp to take him out, and the medical team starts an IV. Will’s barely able to stay awake.
In a voiceover, Will says he’s tired of starting over and making bad choices. Alone was an important chapter in his life, and without the series, he never would have had the chance to visit Africa. He wants his son to grow up with more than he had and hopes that there are more triumphs than failures.
The episode ends with the news that Will was diagnosed with acute colitis and received four liters of IV fluids, antibiotics, and steroids before being released.
Artificial intelligence was a big current events deal when the first M3GAN movie came out a few years back. But AI technology has moved in leaps and bounds since then, and the movie franchise had to keep up. Enter M3GAN 2.0.
M3GAN 2.0 picks up a couple of years after the events of M3GAN with toy developer Gemma Forrester (Get Out’s Allison Williams) still living with her niece, Cady (Violet McGraw from Thunderbolts*), and running her own “socially conscious” tech company. When the government uses a variation of Gemma’s M3GAN technology to create a robotic AI weapon called AMELIA, they have the same results that Gemma did when the tech was used as a toy – the robot eventually turns sentient and goes berserk. Knowing the nuts and bolts of the programming, Gemma is the only one who can stop AMELIA. And she turns to a familiar source for help – her original M3GAN prototype.
The band that made M3GAN is back together with M3GAN 2.0. Writer/director Gerard Johnstone and co-writer Akela Cooper are both back. Besides Williams and McGraw, Brian Jordan Alvarez and Jen Van Epps are back as Gemma’s loyal-yet-underappreciated teammates. Even Jenna Davis and Amie Donald are back as M3GAN’s voice and body, respectively. There are some new faces – Jemaine Clement as a tech billionaire, Aristotle Athari as Gemma’s boyfriend, Ivanna Sakhno as AMELIA – but for the most part, it’s clear that this is a M3GAN movie, both behind and in front of the camera.
Now, that doesn’t mean it’s a knock-off or a rehash. M3GAN 2.0 feels a bit like what Terminator 2: Judgement Day was after The Terminator. The villain from the first film comes back in a hero role to save the day in the second. There are plenty of shades of grey to it, and everyone, especially Gemma, is suspicious of M3GAN’s motives, but what it comes down to is M3GAN is, and always has been, in it to protect Cady, and if that shifts her from antagonist to protagonist, so be it. It’s in her programming, after all.
The issue that fans of M3GAN may have with M3GAN 2.0 is that it’s more of a sci-fi comedy than a horror movie. There’s also plenty of action, and, of course, some dancing, but very little horror. It’s a tonal shift from the first movie that only partially works. Part of what made M3GAN so effective was the uncanny valley concept of M3GAN looking almost human, but not quite. AMELIA looks completely human, so she just seems like a heartless killer. Which she is. But that steers M3GAN 2.0 into being more of a Terminator-type thing than a Child’s Play-type thing.
Once M3GAN gains Gemma’s trust enough to put her programming back into her old body, the uncanny valley is back, but it’s almost humorous at that point. AMELIA is a much more convincing android. And speaking of humorous, the body that Gemma first puts M3GAN into is hysterical, and M3GAN’s reaction to it is equally hysterical.
So, with M3GAN 2.0, the stakes are higher. It’s more about saving the world than saving a little girl. And with that shift, the movie slips into stereotypical action territory, feeling almost like a Jean-Claude Van Damme or Steven Seagal movie (the latter of which is Cady’s role model for self-defense). Once it hits the third act, the narrative gets a bit clogged up. There are a few too many red herrings and false flags. Some are fun surprises, but most are unnecessary diversions that, frankly, add about 15 minutes or so on to what could be a nice, compact little science fiction action film.
Speaking of science fiction, some of the tech in M3GAN 2.0 is more fiction than science. Most of it seems far-fetched, but it also feels like the kind of movie that people will look back on and think that it’s primitive. Of course, the real techy stuff will age like Hackers, but there are some interesting concepts presented, like strength-assisting exoskeletons and neural implants, that may be possible in the near (or not too near) future. And that may make M3GAN 2.0 fun to revisit in 10 or 20 years.
M3GAN 2.0 also brings up a lot of ethical questions about AI. Gemma’s new mission in life is “responsible AI,” so the conundrums about the technology are front and center in the movie – when to use it, when not to, should it be militarized or privatized, how big of an invasion of privacy it is, how much power does (and should) it hold? There are no real answers, but the questions are interesting. There’s a lot of tech philosophy wrapped up in this crazy little story about fighting robots.
And that technobabble is probably the scariest thing about M3GAN 2.0. It’s not the movie itself, but the future it predicts. And considering other parts of the movie are ripped from the headlines (it seems to have predicted an Israel-Iran conflict), that future is terrifying. But M3GAN 2.0 itself is not.
GRADE: C+
Rating: PG-13 for sexual material, brief drug references, bloody images, some strong language, and strong violent content
Release Date: June 27, 2025
Running Time: 1 hour 59 minutes
Studio: Universal Pictures
2025 ESPYS hosted by Shane Gillis (Photo Credit: ABC)
Shane Gillis is set to host the 2025 ESPYS taking place in Los Angeles on July 16, 2025 and airing on ABC beginning at 8pm ET/PT. Simone Biles, Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, and Caitlin Clark are among the top nominees, along with Coco Gauff, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ilona Maher, and Alexander Ovechkin.
If first-time nominee Josh Allen wins in the Best Athlete – Men’s Sports category this year, it would be the fourth time a quarterback has won in the last five years. And if Duke standout Cooper Flagg wins Best Breakthrough Athlete, he would become the first men’s college basketball player to win that award.
Voting is now open for the 2025 ESPYS through July 16 at 5pm ET on ESPN.com/ESPYS.
2025 ESPYS NOMINEES:
BEST ATHLETE – MEN’S SPORTS
● Josh Allen – Buffalo Bills
● Saquon Barkley – Philadelphia Eagles
● Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder
● Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers
BEST ATHLETE – WOMEN’S SPORTS
● Simone Biles – Gymnast
● Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone – Track & Field
● Gabby Thomas – Track & Field
● A’ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
● Cooper Flagg – Duke Men’s Basketball
● Chloe Humphrey – North Carolina Women’s Lacrosse
● Ilona Maher – Rugby
● Paul Skenes – Pittsburgh Pirates
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
● Geno Auriemma – UConn Huskies
● Caitlin Clark – Indiana Fever
● Kevin Durant – Olympic Basketball
● Alexander Ovechkin – Washington Capitals
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
● Simone Biles – 2024 Olympics Women’s All-Around
● Stephen Curry – US Men’s Olympic BB team
● Freddie Freeman – LA Dodgers – World Series MVP
● Rory McIlroy – Wins first Masters title, completing career Grand Slam
BEST COMEBACK ATHLETE
● Gabe Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche
● Suni Lee – Gymnast
● Mallory Swanson – USWNT/Chicago Red Stars
● Lindsey Vonn – Skiing
BEST PLAY
● Saquon Barkley’s backwards hurdle – NFL (11/3/24)
● Tyrese Haliburton Calls Game!!! – NBA Game 1 NBA Finals (6/5/25)
● Sabrina Ionescu Logo 3 Game Winner – WNBA Finals Game 3
● Trinity Rodman with the OT Goal to send USWNT to the semi-finals – 2024 Olympics
BEST TEAM
● Florida Panthers – NHL
● Los Angeles Dodgers – MLB
● New York Liberty – WNBA
● Ohio State Buckeyes – NCAA Football
● Oklahoma City Thunder – NBA
● Philadelphia Eagles – NFL
● North Carolina Tarheels – NCAA Women’s Lacrosse
● United States Women’s National Team – Soccer
● University of Connecticut Huskies – Women’s Basketball
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE – MEN’S SPORTS
● Cooper Flagg – Duke Basketball
● Wyatt Hendrickson – Oklahoma State Wrestling
● Travis Hunter – Colorado Football
● CJ Kirst – Cornell Lacrosse
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE – WOMEN’S SPORTS
● Olivia Babcock – University of Pittsburgh Volleyball
● Kate Faasse – North Carolina Soccer
● Gretchen Walsh – Virginia Swimming
● JuJu Watkins – USC Basketball
BEST ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
● Noah Elliott – Snowboard
● Ezra Frech – Track & Field
● Tatyana McFadden – Track & Field
● Grace Norman – Paratriathlete
BEST NFL PLAYER
● Josh Allen – Buffalo Bills
● Saquon Barkley – Philadelphia Eagles
● Lamar Jackson – Baltimore Ravens
● Patrick Surtain II – Denver Broncos
BEST MLB PLAYER
● Freddie Freeman – Los Angeles Dodgers
● Aaron Judge – New York Yankees
● Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers
● Tarik Skubal – Detroit Tigers
BEST NHL PLAYER
● Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers,
● Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg Jets
● Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning
● Cale Makar – Colorado Avalanche
BEST NBA PLAYER
● Giannis Antetokounmpo – Milwaukee Bucks
● Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder
● Nikola Jokić – Denver Nuggets
● Jayson Tatum – Boston Celtics
BEST WNBA PLAYER
● Caitlin Clark – Indiana Fever
● Napheesa Collier – Minnesota Lynx
● Breanna Stewart – New York Liberty
● A’ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces
BEST DRIVER
● Joey Logano – NASCAR
● Álex Palou – IndyCar
● Oscar Piastri – F1
● Max Verstappen – F1
BEST UFC FIGHTER
● Dricus Du Plessis
● Merab Dvalishvili
● Kayla Harrison
● Islam Makhachev
BEST BOXER
● Naoya Inoue
● Claressa Shields
● Katie Taylor
● Oleksandr Usyk
BEST SOCCER PLAYER
● Aitana Bonmatí – FC Barcelona/Spain
● Christian Pulisic – AC Milan, US
● Alexia Putellas FC Barcelona/Spain
● Lamine Yamal – FC Barcelona/Spain
BEST GOLFER
● Nelly Korda
● Rory Mcllroy
● Scottie Scheffler
● Maja Stark
BEST TENNIS PLAYER
● Carlos Alcaraz
● Coco Gauff
● Aryna Sabalenka
● Jannik Sinner
Netflix just announced a September 18, 2025 premiere date for the limited series Black Rabbit, set in New York City and starring Jude Law (The Order) and Jason Bateman (Ozark). The premiere date announcement was accompanied by the first batch of photos from the eight-episode series.
Bateman directs the first two episodes and serves as an executive producer along with Jude Law. The cast includes Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Troy Kotsur, Abbey Lee, Chris Coy, Dagmara Dominczyk, Odessa Young, and Robin De Jesus. Amir Malaklou, Don Harvey, Forrest Weber, Francis Benhamou, Gus Birney, John Ales, and Steve Witting fill out the ensemble.
“Set against the backdrop of New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, Black Rabbit centers on two brothers who are pushed to the brink by their duty to family and their pursuit of success. Jake Friedken (Law) is the charismatic owner of Black Rabbit, a restaurant and VIP lounge, poised to become the hottest spot in New York,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “But when his brother, Vince (Bateman), returns to the business unexpectedly, trouble soon follows; opening the door to old traumas and new dangers that threaten to bring down everything they’ve built. Black Rabbit is a propulsive thrill ride and character examination about the way an unbreakable bond between two brothers can shatter their world and everything in its orbit.”
Commenting on the series in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum, Bateman said, “It’s really about these brothers who love each other but don’t match—one’s a screw-up, and the other is much more buttoned up. Everybody can relate to that. Everybody’s either got a sibling or a friendship where you love being with one another, but it’s kind of dangerous, where that person usually gets you in trouble, but they’re really exciting to be around.”
Zach Baylin and Kate Susman created the series and executive produce along with Michael Costigan, Roxie Rodriguez, Ben Jackson, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Andrew Hinderaker, Zac Frognowski, Justin Levy, David Bernon, and Erica Kay. Directors include Bateman’s Ozark co-star Laura Linney, Ben Semanoff, and Justin Kurzel.
Felicity Jones and Joel Edgerton in ‘Train Dreams’ (Photo Cr: Courtesy of Netflix)
Netflix has set a November limited theatrical release, and November 21 streaming release, for Train Dreams. The drama sits at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes following its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Critics Choice Awards nominee Joel Edgerton (Loving) and two-time Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (The Brutalist, The Theory of Everything) lead a cast that includes Nathaniel Arcand, Clifton Collins Jr., John Diehl, Paul Schneider, Kerry Condon, and William H. Macy. Will Patton is the narrator.
“Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait
of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and
beauty in the rapidly changing America of the early 20th century,” reads Netflix’s synopsis.
Oscar nominees Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing) co-wrote the screenplay and Bentley directs. Producers include Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, William Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, and Michael Heimler. Joel Edgerton, Scott Hinckley, Greg Kwedar, and John Friedberg serve as executive producers.
“It’s a really special story and it feels very unique in that it is just about this one person’s life,” said Bentley to Netflix’s Tudum. “This very simple life. Robert Grainier doesn’t do anything that really alters the course of history—he doesn’t fight in some great battle or create some invention that changes people’s lives, and yet he lives a very deep and rich life.”
12 musicians have made the cut and will be competing on the first season of CBS’s The Road. The new music competition series will join the network’s primetime lineup this fall, occupying the Sundays at 9pm ET/PT timeslot.
Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Lee Metzger, David Glasser, and Taylor Sheridan serve as executive producers. Gretchen Wilson is the “tour manager.”
“The docu-follow format trails a group of emerging musicians as they open for Urban at music venues across America, competing to win over local fanbases to secure a spot in the next city and remain on the tour. In the end, only one will walk away with the ultimate prize,” reads CBS’s synopsis. “The Road offers viewers a backstage pass into the gritty and unforgiving life of a touring musician. With exclusive access to behind-the-scenes workings of the music industry, viewers will see what happens when some of the best up-and-coming performers pile into a tour bus and tackle a grueling schedule in pursuit of their dreams.”
The Road Season 1 Musicians
Name: Adam Sanders
Age: 36
Location: Lake City, Florida
Name: Billie Jo Jones
Age: 34
Location: Emory, Texas
The trailer for Netflix’sHitmakers asks what lengths you’d go to to write a number one song. The documentary series dives into the stressful world of songwriters striving to pen a song that hits #1 on the charts.
“Behind every hit song is the person who wrote it. In the new docuseries, Hitmakers, we follow twelve of the industry’s best songwriters and producers as they come together at real high-stakes writing camps to create hits for today’s biggest stars like John Legend, Shaboozey, and Lisa of Blackpink,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “With tensions high and time short, viewers get a front-row seat to the creative chaos, emotional stakes, and personal breakthroughs. This isn’t just about writing music…it’s the journey to becoming a HITMAKER.”
The featured songwriters are Jenna Andrews, Tommy Brown, Trey Campbell, Ferras, Harv, Ben Johnson, Stephen Kirk, JHart, Whitney Phillips, Sevyn Streeter, and Nova Wav.
The six-episode docuseries premieres on Netflix on July 24, 2025. Executive producers include Adam DiVello, Harvey Mason Jr., Britt Burton, Kimberly Goodman, Kristofer Lindquist, Megan Roger, and Skyler Wakil.
Channing Tatum stars as a fugitive who makes camp inside a Toys R Us in the trailer for Roofman. The trailer, which emphasizes the fact this twisted tale is based on a true story, also finds Tatum complicating his life by falling for Kirsten Dunst.
Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Melonie Diaz, Uzo Aduba, Lily Collias, Jimmy O. Yang, and Peter Dinklage also star.
“Based on an unbelievable true story, Roofman follows Jeffrey Manchester (Tatum), a former Army Ranger and struggling father who turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname: Roofman. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move,” reads Paramount Pictures’ synopsis. “But when he falls for Leigh (Dunst), a divorced mom drawn to his undeniable charm, his double life begins to unravel, setting off a compelling and suspenseful game of cat and mouse as his past closes in.”
Paramount Pictures has set an October 10, 2025 theatrical release.
Oscar nominee Derek Cianfrance (Sound of Metal) co-wrote the screenplay with Kirt Gunn and directs. Producers include Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell Taylor, Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery, and Dylan Sellers. Cianfrance, Tatum, Jonathan Montepare, Charles M. Barsamian, Chris Parker, Tyler Zacharia, Matthew von Waaden, D. Mark von Waaden, Jack Selby, Rick Covert, and Sam Romano serve as executive producers.
The first teaser for Eden opens peacefully enough but quickly pivots to terror. Compounding the horror is the fact the thriller’s based on a true story.
The R-rated drama stars two-time Oscar nominee Jude Law (Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley), Oscar nominee Ana de Armas (Blonde), Oscar nominee Vanessa Kirby (soon to be seen in The Fantastic Four: First Steps), Daniel Brühl, and two-time Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus, Euphoria). Two-time Oscar winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) directs, and Noah Pink wrote the screenplay. Producers include Howard, Brian Grazer, Karen Lunder, Stuart Ford, William M. Connor, and Patrick Newall.
Vertical offered this synopsis: “Director Ron Howard’s Eden unravels the shocking true story of a group of disillusioned outsiders who abandon civilization, settling on a remote, uninhabited island only to discover that the greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other. As tensions spiral and desperation takes hold, a twisted power struggle unfolds, leading to betrayal, violence, and the deaths of half the colony.”
