The Anaconda franchise is slithering its way back to theaters with a brand new reboot movie from Sony, and the studio has officially given the project a 2025 release date this week.
Sony’s Anaconda will be unleashed on December 25, 2025.
Daniela Melchior (James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, Road House) will also star in the creature feature Christmas present next year, which looks to bring a meta twist to the franchise.
“According to sources,” The Hollywood Reporter details, “the new story involves a group of friends facing mid-life crises who are remaking their favorite movie from their youth.
“They head to the rainforest only to find themselves into a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes and violent criminals.”
Tom Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) is scripting and directing.
The announcement you’ve all been waiting for… 🐍 ‼️ Jack Black and Paul Rudd are making a movie! @Anaconda_Movie is slithering into theatres Christmas 2025. #AnacondaMovie pic.twitter.com/guQNrHZAG0
— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) December 20, 2024
The original film was directed by Luis Llosa, and it featured an ensemble cast including Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson and Danny Trejo.
In the 1997 movie, a film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world’s largest – and deadliest – snake.
That original movie ended up spawning three sequels between 2004 and 2009, and the Anaconda franchise more recently battled the Lake Placid franchise in a 2015 crossover movie.
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