Howard, who charmed audiences as Opie in “The Andy Griffith Show” in the ’60s and co-starred in “Happy Days” in the ’70s and early ’80s before becoming an acclaimed director, credits his family and love of filmmaking for keeping him on the straight and narrow.

Eden follows the incredible true story of eight Europeans who settled on an uninhabited island in the Galápagos in 1929. Only four survived to tell the tale, though exactly what happened to the rest remains a mystery. Entertainment Weekly breaks down who lived, who died, and what became of the survivors.

Ron Howard has always been known to tell truly human stories, but his latest film, Eden, takes viewers in a new direction.