CinemaSelton Mello celebrates participation in the new Anaconda: ‘Brazil is on’Actor from Still I’m Here is filming the film, which also features Jack Black, Paul Rudd and Thandiwe Newton in the cast, in AustraliaBy Editorial Staff

Selton Mellofrom I’m Still Hereused his social networks to celebrate his casting in the new film in the franchise Anacondawhich reimagines the 1997 film starring Jennifer Lopez (The Scammers), Owen Wilson (Loki), Jon Voight (Megalopolis) and the rapper Ice Cube.

“New phase of the game, being happy and having fun doing what I love, filming in another language, on another continent, everything different, but similar”wrote Mello. “Extraordinary new colleagues, Jack Black and Paul Rudd. New ways of expressing myself, new paths, changing routes. I continue to pursue things that make me certain, expanding to other places and within. Expanding above all within.”

“Filming here in Australia since December. Yes. Minas Gerais calls. This trio will be on screens all over the world next Christmas. Let us know that Brazil is on”added the actor. Check it out:

What we already know about the new Anaconda?

In the new film Anacondaa group of friends, suffering a mid-life crisis, decide to make a remake of their favorite film from their youth. However, when they arrive in the wild, they must face natural disasters, violent criminals and, of course, giant vipers.

Jack Black (A Minecraft Movie), already confirmed in the new Anaconda, will play a failed film director, who makes a living as a wedding cameraman, and Paul Rudd (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania), also previously announced, is a television actor, who was successful on a police show, but ended up moving away from his Hollywood dreams.

Selton Mello will play a Brazilian animal tamer, Thandiwe Newton (Westworld) and Steve Zahn (Silo) are childhood friends, who decide to join the duo on their new adventure, and Ione Skye (Bullshit) plays the character’s wife Jack Black. The film is being filmed in Australia and is scheduled to open in North American theaters on December 25th this year.

Rolling Stone Brazil film special

Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new film, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.

Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .

The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with the maestro João Carlos Martinsan exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for Oscar 2025 and the release radar of Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.

The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It is already on newsstands, but can also be purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90. Check it out:

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