Ron Howard says when he initially tried to sell Splash — his 1984 film about a man who falls in love with a mermaid who saved him from drowning — many film studios had one key issue: the mermaid.

The 1984 romantic fantasy film famously features Tom Hanks as a man who falls in love with a woman who is secretly a mermaid (played by Daryl Hannah).

Ron Howard sometimes send his characters on ill-fated adventures; Eden shoves its A-list onto a deserted island quickly reflecting society.