Posted on: September 2nd, 2024
Are you able to consider it’s been nearly 10 years since 1997’s Anaconda crossed over with Lake Placid? Sure, in a flurry of straight-to-DVD insanity we had the last word reptilian face-off.
Nonetheless, after that, each franchises fell silent, however for Anaconda, that’s all about to vary.
Dependable sources inform us that an A-list reboot is within the works, with Jack Black and Paul Rudd in negotiations to star. Tom Gormican, the person behind the Nicolas Cage car The Insufferable Weight of Huge Expertise, is about to write down and direct for Columbia Photos.
From the restricted data now we have, we’re instructed that the reboot will observe lots of the similar beats because the 1997 unique. In accordance with a short press launch on the undertaking:
“The brand new story includes a bunch of pals dealing with mid-life crises, who’re remaking their favourite film from their youth. They head to the rainforest, solely to seek out themselves within the combat for his or her lives in opposition to pure disasters, large snakes, and violent criminals.”
As you’ll recall, 1997’s Anaconda additionally featured a filmmaking crew, heading into the rainforest to doc the titular snake. Sporting its personal spectacular solid, the film starred Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Ice Dice, Owen Wilson, and Eric Stoltz. Though panned by critics, Anaconda carried out reasonably on the box-office. This might see the property change into a franchise, heading to dwelling video for 3 sequels and the beforehand point out Lake Placid crossover. Apparently, there was a Chinese language remake of Anaconda only in the near past. Nonetheless, it stays unavailable elsewhere as of this writing.
What stays unclear is that if this reboot will likely be a “meta sequel,” and if the favorite film the group of pals try to remake is Anaconda… We should admit, that will tickle us fairly a bit. We’ll be looking out for additional updates and can let you know the way this one develops.
