The reimagining of Anaconda has added Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn to the forged.
The unique Anaconda film was launched in 1997 and starred Jennifer Lopez, Ice Dice, Jon Voight, and Owen Wilson. The movie spawned a franchise that features three sequels — 2004’s Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, 2008’s Anaconda 3: Offspring, and 2009’s Anacondas: Path of Blood — and a crossover Lake Placid vs. Anaconda film that was launched in 2015.
A brand new, “reimagined” model of Anaconda is now within the works from Sony Photos. It was beforehand introduced that Jack Black, Paul Rudd, and The Suicide Squad’s Daniela Melchior will star within the film.
Now, per The Hollywood Reporter, Newton (Westworld) and Zahn (The White Lotus) have joined the forged of the film. They’ll play “childhood mates that be a part of [Rudd and Black] on the ill-fated journey. Moreover, Selton Mello has been forged as a Brazilian animal wrangler and Ione Skye has been tapped to play Black’s character’s spouse.
What’s the new Anaconda film about?
In line with The Hollywood Reporter, the brand new film “entails a bunch of mates going through mid-life crises who’re remaking their favourite film from their youth. They head to the rainforest, solely to search out themselves in a combat for his or her lives in opposition to pure disasters, large snakes, and violent criminals.”
Black performs an “erstwhile director” within the movie, whereas Rudd portrays an “actor who did a stint on a cop present however sees his Hollywood goals slipping additional and additional away.”
Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten co-wrote the screenplay for the brand new Anaconda film collectively, whereas Gormican will direct it. This will probably be Gormican’s third characteristic movie following 2014’s That Awkward Second and 2022’s The Insufferable Weight of Huge Expertise.
Anaconda will probably be launched in United States theaters on December 25, 2025, from Sony Pictures.
