Deemed ‘pathetic and pathetic’… a remake of this iconic ’90s adventure film is set to be released in late 2025

Sony is launching a comic reboot of Anaconda. The studio also announced in December that filmmaker Tom Gormiken’s reinterpretation of the 1997 horror film will hit theaters on December 25, 2025, in time for the holidays. Paul Rudd and Jack Black will star in Columbia Pictures’ new feature film.

Tom Gormiken (A Talent in Solid Gold) directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Kevin Etten. Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are currently managing the project through their company Fully Formed.

Rudy and Black tease their new movie in the video below. “There will be a big snake and it will break– says Black about the remake.

“do you want to be scared do you want to laugh Do you want to party with your friends? Or maybe you’re lonely and sad and you don’t have anyone, but you just want to forget about it?“- he added Paul Rudd.

Last August, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the film was in development. Plot details are still under wraps.

The original film is considered “pathetic and despicable”

In 1997, Luis Liosa was the director Anaconda With a cast that included Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Ice Cube and Jon Voight. The first film that spawned many sequels focused on a National Geographic camera crew in search of the world’s largest and deadliest snake. The original film, despite being considered “pathetic and despicable”, grossed over $136 million worldwide ($269 million today). Therefore, the new version makes fun of all this.

Anaconda It will be released in France on December 31, 2025. So you will have to be a little more patient. While waiting to discover them in comedy, Paul Rudd He will be opposite Jenna Ortega in A24’s Death of a Unicorn, which is slated for a spring 2025 release. Jack BlackIn turn, Minecraft will play in the movie, which will be released in theaters on April 2.

Otherwise, Anaconda L‘The original can still be seen on VOD.