Ana De Armas to Collab with Jude Law in Ron Howard’s "Origin Of Species"

Ana De Armas and Jude Law are set to star in Ron Howard’s survival thriller "Origin of Species".

Daniel Brühl and Alicia Vikander will also star in the movie.

Filming is slated to begin during Q4, 2023, in Queensland, Australia. The script comes from Noah Pink.

Based on two different accounts of the same true story, the film is described as an “a darkly comic tale of murder and survival, set around a group of eclectic characters who abandon civilization for the Galapagos. They are all searching for the answer to that ever-pressing question that plagues us all: what is the meaning of life.”

Producers are Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder. Howard’s Imagine Entertainment is behind the buzz project with CAA Media Finance and Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, the latter of which is newly aboard to finance and will be selling at the upcoming Cannes market.

This is the latest big package to hit the Cannes market, which despite the picketing is looking like a trove of opportunity for buyers. 

Those with scripts and the completed films in the festival could be even more desirable with holes opening up in schedules due to the strike delaying some projects. There has been unprecedented anxiety among sellers, producers, agencies, and creatives about announcing projects in case they fall foul of WGA strike protocols or for inciting negative PR. 

The sheer volume of projects and some steep budgets also have some buyers questioning the viability of many packages and their theatrical potential. The streamers aren’t as voracious as a couple of years ago, either.