Ron Howard may be an Oscar-winning director, but that didn’t stop him from feeling nervous about tackling his latest film, “Eden.” “This movie was a big creative risk,” he told Page Six at a Cinema Society screening in New York City Wednesday night, adding, “It was outside my comfort zone.”

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. Plus, director Ron Howard explains how he played detective to fill in the historical blanks.

Ron Howard has crafted a wide range of praiseworthy films spanning different genres. At the age of twenty-three, he directed his first feature, Grand Theft Auto.