Last January, we learned that the 1997 cult film “Anaconda the Predator” was going to be remade! Tom Gormiken, director of The Talent in Gold, has been announced as director, replacing Peruvian filmmaker Luis Llosa.
After 27 years, the world’s largest snake will return to cinemas. Announced by Sony Pictures in 2020, shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic, the feature film should have a meta approach if Jeff Snyder’s claims are to be believed. Hot Mic Podcast.
Just like his previous film, “Gone in Gold,” in which Nicolas Cage played a different version of himself, the new “Anaconda” should feature famous actors playing alternate versions of themselves in the adventure film when things take a realistic turn.
8 months later, the casting of the main characters has been revealed and the meta approach seems to be true! according to The Hollywood ReporterJack Black and Paul Rudd will have the honor of reinventing the Anaconda story under director Tom Gormiken.
The media also explains that the new story will feature a group of friends going through a midlife crisis; The latter will set himself a challenge: to shoot the favorite film of his youth: Anaconda. They then travel to the rainforest and face natural disasters, giant snakes and violent criminals.
However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Jack Black is set to play a version of himself in ex-director mode, doing odd jobs as a wedding videographer. As for Paul Rudd, he will play an actor who had his moment of fame in a detective series but never managed to break into Hollywood.
Columbia, an affiliate of Sony Pictures, has good reason to return to the jungle with this new Anaconda. The first film grossed $136 million worldwide and quickly achieved cult status. Despite being rated 1.6 out of 5 by AlloCiné viewers, the feature film continues to be very popular among fans of the B series.
The franchise didn’t end with just one movie! The public wanted several Nanardesque sequels: Anaconda: Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004), Anaconda 3: The Heir with David Hasselhoff, and the TV movie Anaconda 4: Trail of Blood reprising their roles. In 2015, Lake Placid vs. Anaconda, the killer crocodile film series from Lake Placid, is released.
In Anaconda, which some viewers considered “pathetic and pitiful”, Jennifer Lopez played an anthropologist who came with her team (including Ice Cube) to make a documentary about the unknown people of the Amazon. The team then rescues Paul Sarrone (Jon Voight), a snake hunter whose boat has broken down. But very quickly a crazed hunter takes the team hostage and sets off in pursuit of the largest of the reptiles, the Anaconda, which destroys its prey before swallowing them whole.
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