Sydney Sweeney’s career has been full of sharp turns lately, from Euphoria (available with an HBO Max subscription) to rom-com stardom in Anyone But You and, most recently, her neo-western 2025 movie schedule release, Americana. The Madame Web star’s next project may be her boldest. Sweeney will lead Eden, Ron Howard’s dark new thriller that’s already got people talking, not just for its true crime roots, but for the way it’s pushing both Sweeney and Howard into new creative territory.
In a recent interview with Screen Rant, Howard, alongside star Jude Law, shared that Eden is unlike the kinds of real-life stories he’s famous for adapting. Some of his best films, such as Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind, often celebrated resilience and triumph, but Eden is a cautionary tale. The director explained:
