Summary
Two of Hollywood’s biggest stars are set to appear in a reboot of a 90’s cult classic horror film. Jack Black and Paul Rudd have confirmed the release date for their remake ofAnaconda, which is set for screens in 2025.
The originalAnacondafilm was directed by Luis Llosa and released in 1997. The adventurehorrorfilm starred Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, and Owen Wilson portraying a film crew searching for the legendary green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. Naturally, they get far more than they bargained for as the snake goes on a murderous rampage. While the film received negative reviews, it became a cult classic andended up gaining four sequels:Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Anaconda 3: Offspring, Anacondas: Trail of Blood,andLake Placid vs Anaconda.
New Anaconda Film Snatches A Release Date
News of a fifthAnacondamovie emerged earlier this year with Black and Rudd in talks to star. The film will serve as a reboot with a comedy focus, directed by Tom Gormican (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F). The stars took toSony’s social mediato reveal the release date of the newAnaconda, which will debut in theaters on Christmas Day in 2025. Rudd and Black also shared that the film will include scares, laughs, and a “big f*cking snake!” Sony Pictures is producing the new Anaconda film, but plot details are scarce right now.
Neither Black nor Rudd are strangers to big franchise IP.Black is about to star inA Minecraft Movie, which adapts Mojave Studios’ massively popular sandbox game, and Rudd has long been a star in the MCU with Ant-Man, but also recently led theGhostbusterssequels,Ghostbusters: AfterlifeandGhostbusters: Frozen Empire. Daniela Melchior (Road House, The Suicide Squad), is also set to star.
“You want to get scared? You want to laugh? You want to celebrate with your friends? Or maybe you’re alone and sad and have nobody, but just want to forget about that?”
Can The Anaconda Reboot Revive the Franchise?
The Anaconda film will be the first in the franchise in ten years, with the last being theLake Placid vs Anacondacrossover in 2015. The originalAnacondafilm scored just 41% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and was nominated for six Razzie awards. The sequelThe Hunt for the Blood Orchidgained even less with critics at 26%. Given that theAnacondareboot seems to be aiming for a more comedic take on the franchise, with two of Hollywood’s biggest comedy stars at the forefront, the film has a decent chance to overcome the negative bias of its predecessors.
