Vanessa Kirby and Sydney Sweeney have joined the cast of Ron Howard’s upcoming survival thriller Eden.

The Crown actress and Euphoria star have replaced Alicia Vikander and Daisy Edgar-Jones in the project, according to Deadline.

They join previously announced stars Jude Law, Ana de Armas and Daniel Bruhl.

After the casting news broke, Sydney posted a screenshot of the announcement on Instagram and wrote, “Embarking on a dream journey down under.”

The production is set to take place in Queensland, Australia, with a small unit filming on the Galapagos Islands.

Eden “explores the human condition in ways that are unexpected, absurd, humorous, sexy, but above all thrilling and deeply suspenseful”, according to a logline.

Previously titled Origin of Species, the upcoming film has been characterised as a “darkly comic tale of murder and survival” featuring a group of eclectic characters who abandon their lives, turn their backs on civilisation and relocate to the Galapagos, a volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.

“They are all searching for the answer to that ever-pressing question that plagues us all: what is the meaning of life,” according to the synopsis.

Howard is directing and producing the project from a script by Noah Pink.

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