You gotta admit. There is something strangely alluring about giant snakes that eat people. How else do you explain that there’s going to be another ANACONDA flick? I know, I know. The dust from the remake of the 1997 movie, Anaconda: Cursed Jungle, has yet to settle down, and now we hear there’s another one. Granted, Anaconda (2024) was not a Hollywood project. It was a Chinese remake with CGI that will make the original—and even the sequel—weep in shame.
Anyhoo, so yeah, not only is there going to be another ANACONDA movie, but it is going to be a reboot of the 1997 film of the same name. Technically, that would make this 2025 giant-snake horror flick the sixth installment in the Anaconda film series.
The film, set to be released by Sony Pictures Releasing in the US on December 25, 2025, stars Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior, and Selton Mello. In case you haven’t got it yet, this new movie about a giant man-eating snake does not follow the usual recipe. It’s an action comedy horror film (yes!).
Here’s the premise straight from the horse’s mouth:
“A midlife crisis inspires Doug (Jack Black) and Griff (Paul Rudd) to head into the Amazon rainforest to remake their favorite film from their youth, but everything changes when a real giant anaconda shows up, turning the comically chaotic set into a deadly situation. The movie they’re dying to make? It might just kill them.”
I’m in if there’s Paul Rudd and Jack Black. Plus, it’s kind of a refreshing change from the usual straight-up suspense/horror formula. At this point in time, we could all use a little chill pill. The film is written by Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten, based on Anaconda by Hans Bauer, Jim Cash, and Jack Epps Jr. Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Kevin Etten, and Tom Gormican serve as producers. It is directed by Gormican.
Skip ahead to catch the awesome trailer. Sorry, but not sorry that I may be biased.
