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The horror franchise Anaconda gets a 2025 reboot treatment starring two major Hollywood comedians in obscure roles. Here's what Columbia Pictures hopes to accomplish with the modernized version of the 1997 cult classic.
Reimagined Anaconda Eyes Major Hollywood Comedians To Star
A reimagination of the Hollywood cult classic Anaconda is getting launched as a mini-franchise soon. The Anaconda reboot project has been in the works since 2023.
Starring the likes of Tenacious D star Jack Black and Marvel's very own Ant-Man aka Scott Lang, Paul Rudd, the upcoming horror reboot will be directed by The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent's Tom Gormican while co-writing with collaborator Kevin Etten.
According to THR sources, the 1997-inspired film will center on a "group of friends facing mid-life crises who are remaking their favorite movie from their youth." That is until...
The horror franchise Anaconda gets a 2025 reboot treatment starring two major Hollywood comedians in obscure roles. Here's what Columbia Pictures hopes to accomplish with the modernized version of the 1997 cult classic.
Reimagined Anaconda Eyes Major Hollywood Comedians To Star
A reimagination of the Hollywood cult classic Anaconda is getting launched as a mini-franchise soon. The Anaconda reboot project has been in the works since 2023.
Starring the likes of Tenacious D star Jack Black and Marvel's very own Ant-Man aka Scott Lang, Paul Rudd, the upcoming horror reboot will be directed by The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent's Tom Gormican while co-writing with collaborator Kevin Etten.
According to THR sources, the 1997-inspired film will center on a "group of friends facing mid-life crises who are remaking their favorite movie from their youth." That is until...
- 8/22/2024
- EpicStream
Jack Black and Paul Rudd are said to be in early talks to star in a reimagining of 'Anaconda'. The cult classic 1997 horror movie initially featured Ice Cube, Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, and Owen Wilson, but Black and Rudd are in discussions about a new version helmed and co-written by 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' director Tom Gormican.The original movie told the story of a documentary film crew in the Amazon rainforest who were led by a snake hunter, who was hunting a legendary green anaconda. According to The Hollywood Reporter, sources revealed the new version could see a group of friends head to the rainforest to remake a favourite film from their younger years, only for giant snakes, violent criminals and natural disasters to risk their lives. Black and Rudd are expected to portray either an actor whose Hollywood...
- 8/22/2024
- by James Adam Leyfield
- Bang Showbiz
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- Age of the Nerd
Hulu’s list of new releases for June 2021 is highlighted by a host of useful library titles and one fascinating original film.
The original film in question is the one that lends its delightful photo of Pierce Brosnan delivering a baby to this post. False Positive stars and was written by Ilana Glazer (Broad City). It sounds like a really fun, creepy time with a synopsis that reads: “After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” Cool!
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The original film in question is the one that lends its delightful photo of Pierce Brosnan delivering a baby to this post. False Positive stars and was written by Ilana Glazer (Broad City). It sounds like a really fun, creepy time with a synopsis that reads: “After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” Cool!
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- 5/30/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Alec Bojalad Jan 24, 2020
Columbia Pictures has ordered a reboot of 1997's Anaconda with Snow White and the Huntman's Evan Daugherty attached to write.
Never doubt the public's appetite for enormous, man-eating snakes...or at least movie studios' perception of the public's appetite for man-eating snakes.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Columbia Pictures has ordered a reboot of 1997's monster horror hit Anaconda. Evan Daugherty, writer of Tomb Raider and Snow White and the Hunstman, is attached to write the film. No director, producer, or release date has been assigned yet.
Anaconda was critically panned when it was first released in 1997 but soon became a cult classic. The original actually featured a pretty impressive cast including Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Erik Stoltz, Danny Trejo, and Owen Wilson. The film followed a documentary crew in South America attempting to shoot a story about a long-lost indigenous tribe along the Amazon.
Columbia Pictures has ordered a reboot of 1997's Anaconda with Snow White and the Huntman's Evan Daugherty attached to write.
Never doubt the public's appetite for enormous, man-eating snakes...or at least movie studios' perception of the public's appetite for man-eating snakes.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Columbia Pictures has ordered a reboot of 1997's monster horror hit Anaconda. Evan Daugherty, writer of Tomb Raider and Snow White and the Hunstman, is attached to write the film. No director, producer, or release date has been assigned yet.
Anaconda was critically panned when it was first released in 1997 but soon became a cult classic. The original actually featured a pretty impressive cast including Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Erik Stoltz, Danny Trejo, and Owen Wilson. The film followed a documentary crew in South America attempting to shoot a story about a long-lost indigenous tribe along the Amazon.
- 1/25/2020
- Den of Geek
The killer snake will strike again!
A new reboot of the 1997 horror film Anaconda is being developed by Sony’s Columbia Pictures, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter.
While not much is known about the new film as of yet, writer Evan Daugherty, who worked on Snow White and the Huntsman as well as the 2018 reboot of Tomb Raider, will write the script, the outlet reports.
Sources told THR that the reboot will be a reimagining of the cult classic, which the studio hopes will be similar to the 2018 campy shark film The Meg, which raked in over $530 million at the box office.
A new reboot of the 1997 horror film Anaconda is being developed by Sony’s Columbia Pictures, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter.
While not much is known about the new film as of yet, writer Evan Daugherty, who worked on Snow White and the Huntsman as well as the 2018 reboot of Tomb Raider, will write the script, the outlet reports.
Sources told THR that the reboot will be a reimagining of the cult classic, which the studio hopes will be similar to the 2018 campy shark film The Meg, which raked in over $530 million at the box office.
- 1/24/2020
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
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The Meg's success has got some people wondering if there's gas in the oversized snake tank.
Resident Evil franchise masterminds Constantin Film and Jb Pictures have got a Titanoboa movie in development. The movie is looking to The Meg for inspiration as it plans to feature the giant extinct snake coming back from the dead somehow to wreak havoc, likely on some wholly unprepared humans.
The Titanoboa movie is being fast-tracked, according to Deadline, and will begin filming next year. There are no cast details to share with you yet, but Tony Giglio is penning the script right now. Jeremy Bolt and Robert Kulzer, the team working to make Monster Hunter a success, are behind the film.
The biggest snake in noted history, the Titanoboa has been long dead for about 58 million years, but back in its heydey it weighed about 2,500 lbs and grew up to 42 ft long,...
The Meg's success has got some people wondering if there's gas in the oversized snake tank.
Resident Evil franchise masterminds Constantin Film and Jb Pictures have got a Titanoboa movie in development. The movie is looking to The Meg for inspiration as it plans to feature the giant extinct snake coming back from the dead somehow to wreak havoc, likely on some wholly unprepared humans.
The Titanoboa movie is being fast-tracked, according to Deadline, and will begin filming next year. There are no cast details to share with you yet, but Tony Giglio is penning the script right now. Jeremy Bolt and Robert Kulzer, the team working to make Monster Hunter a success, are behind the film.
The biggest snake in noted history, the Titanoboa has been long dead for about 58 million years, but back in its heydey it weighed about 2,500 lbs and grew up to 42 ft long,...
- 5/23/2019
- Den of Geek
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ACMax: "Shaun of the Dead," 1 p.m., "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," 2:45 p.m.
Comedy Central: "Police Academy," 11:30 a.m., "My Cousin Vinny," 1:30 p.m., "The Dukes of Hazzard," 4 p.m., "Van Wilder," 6 p.m., "Grandma's Boy," 9:30 p.m.,
Encore: "Grease 2," 12:00 p.m., "Spaceballs," 6:20 p.m., "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters II," 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
Espn: "X Games" from Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Flix: "The Big Lebowski," 8 p.m., "Wet Hot American Summer," 10 p.m.
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History: "Marijuana: A Chronic History," 4 p.m.
IFC: "Boogie Nights,...
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Encore: "Grease 2," 12:00 p.m., "Spaceballs," 6:20 p.m., "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters II," 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
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Scream Of The Banshee Will Become The 200Th Syfy Saturday Original Movie, Premiering March 26 At 9Pm (Et/Pt)
New York – March 1, 2011 – Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornadoes made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts — every unnatural disaster imaginable.
Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).
In Scream of the Banshee, when a college professor opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee. Everyone who hears the scream is fated to die a strange and terrible death.
New York – March 1, 2011 – Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornadoes made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts — every unnatural disaster imaginable.
Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).
In Scream of the Banshee, when a college professor opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee. Everyone who hears the scream is fated to die a strange and terrible death.
- 3/3/2011
- by Dave
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
We told you all the way back in the beginning of February that Steven C. Miller's After Dark Original, Scream of the Banshee,e would be making its world premiere on Syfy, who co-produced, on Saturday, March 26th, at 9/8 Central with a replay four hours later. But that's not the only thing cool about this debut!
From the Press Release
Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornadoes made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts -- every unnatural disaster imaginable.
Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).
In Scream of the Banshee, when a...
From the Press Release
Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornadoes made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts -- every unnatural disaster imaginable.
Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).
In Scream of the Banshee, when a...
- 3/1/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Starting today, Starlog will be posting information every Tuesday on the genre titles being released (or re-released) on DVD and Blu-ray. Here’s what’s out this week (today in fact):
DVD & Blu-ray Releases for June 2, 2009
Anacondas: Trail Of Blood (Sony, $24.96): This is the fourth (yup, fourth) installment in the giant snake series. Lord Of The Rings’ John Rhys-Davies plays a dying mogul named Murdoch in the flick. Think that’s just a coincidence?
Defiance (Paramount Home Video, DVD, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99): Why list this movie about Nazi Resistance fighters in Eastern Europe? Because it stars 007 himself, Daniel Craig. His brothers are played by Liev Schreiber (recently seen as Sabretooth in X-men: Origins: Wolverine) and King Kong’s Jamie Bell (upcoming as Steven Spielberg’s Tintin).
The Hunger: The Complete First Season (E1 Entertainment, $39.98): Hey, Daniel Craig again! He guests in an episode of the former Showtime...
DVD & Blu-ray Releases for June 2, 2009
Anacondas: Trail Of Blood (Sony, $24.96): This is the fourth (yup, fourth) installment in the giant snake series. Lord Of The Rings’ John Rhys-Davies plays a dying mogul named Murdoch in the flick. Think that’s just a coincidence?
Defiance (Paramount Home Video, DVD, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99): Why list this movie about Nazi Resistance fighters in Eastern Europe? Because it stars 007 himself, Daniel Craig. His brothers are played by Liev Schreiber (recently seen as Sabretooth in X-men: Origins: Wolverine) and King Kong’s Jamie Bell (upcoming as Steven Spielberg’s Tintin).
The Hunger: The Complete First Season (E1 Entertainment, $39.98): Hey, Daniel Craig again! He guests in an episode of the former Showtime...
- 6/2/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (ALLAN DART)
- Starlog
Thanks to the guys at WorstPreviews.com, we scooped up the trailer for Anaconda: Trail of Blood, the fourth installment of that snaky series. Directed by Anaconda III director Don E. FauntLeRoy, written by Anaconda III writer David C. Olsen, and starring Anaconda III star Crystal Allen, Anaconda 4 feels more like Anaconda III: Part II than a fourth installment to the franchise kicked off by Jennifer Lopez back in 1997. But we're not really complaining. Olsen's script involves a genetically created Anaconda that has been cut in half but regenerates itself into two giant snakes which means giant snake attacks and bloody madness will ensue. Hit the jump for the trailer and keep an eye out for Anaconda: Trail of Blood attacking DVD...
- 4/10/2009
- FEARnet
You've seen the photos , the package art , now Sony was kind enough to unleash the trailer for Anacondas: Trail of Blood on ShockTillYouDrop.com. This is the fourth installment in the nature-run-amok series that stars Crystal Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Linden Ashby and David Frye. Bit 'o trivia for ya: Don E. FauntLeRoy, the cinematographer of both Jeepers Creepers films, directed this and its predecessor, Anaconda 3: Offspring . Look for Trail on DVD June 2nd.
- 4/9/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
• Crispin Glover fans have no doubt been wondering what happened to Simon Says, the indie slasher opus starring the eccentric actor as homicidal twins, which was made nearly three years ago and has only made a few festival appearances in North America since. Well, the wait is finally over.
Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release the William Dear-written/directed flick on DVD June 23. The cast also includes From Within’s Margo Harshman and Kelly Blatz, Greg Cipes, Carrie Finklea, Kelly Vitz, Artie Baxter, veteran actor Bruce Glover and Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively along with her siblings Lori and Robyn and their father Ernie, and the disc will contain a widescreen transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, a filmmaker audio commentary and possibly other extras. Retail price is $26.98.
• Genius Products will give Sea Beast, the latest Sci Fi Channel creature feature from Snakehead Terror and Yeti director Paul Ziller, its DVDebut...
Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release the William Dear-written/directed flick on DVD June 23. The cast also includes From Within’s Margo Harshman and Kelly Blatz, Greg Cipes, Carrie Finklea, Kelly Vitz, Artie Baxter, veteran actor Bruce Glover and Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively along with her siblings Lori and Robyn and their father Ernie, and the disc will contain a widescreen transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, a filmmaker audio commentary and possibly other extras. Retail price is $26.98.
• Genius Products will give Sea Beast, the latest Sci Fi Channel creature feature from Snakehead Terror and Yeti director Paul Ziller, its DVDebut...
- 4/4/2009
- Fangoria
The Sci Fi Channel has slated Toby Wilkins’ Splinter (pictured) for a broadcast premiere on Saturday, February 14 at 9 p.m. There will be a repeat showing the following night at 7 p.m.
The superior indie monster flick (see our review here) was briefly released theatrically last fall under the Magnet banner by Magnolia Pictures, which initially announced a DVDebut for this month; it’ll now hit disc later this spring. Splinter is just one of several creature features hitting Sci Fi in the next couple of months; also on tap is Anaconda 4: Trail Of Blood, showing on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. The fourth in the killer-snake franchise was shot back to back with last year’s Anacondas III, with director Don E. FauntLeroy and stars Crystal Allen and John Rhys-Davies returning (but not, sadly, David Hasselhoff). Another sequel (sort of), Planet Raptor a.k.a.
The superior indie monster flick (see our review here) was briefly released theatrically last fall under the Magnet banner by Magnolia Pictures, which initially announced a DVDebut for this month; it’ll now hit disc later this spring. Splinter is just one of several creature features hitting Sci Fi in the next couple of months; also on tap is Anaconda 4: Trail Of Blood, showing on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. The fourth in the killer-snake franchise was shot back to back with last year’s Anacondas III, with director Don E. FauntLeroy and stars Crystal Allen and John Rhys-Davies returning (but not, sadly, David Hasselhoff). Another sequel (sort of), Planet Raptor a.k.a.
- 1/5/2009
- Fangoria
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