In Anaconda, Doug (Jack Black) and Griff (Paul Rudd) have been best friends since they were kids, and have always dreamed of remaking their all-time favourite movie: the cinematic "classic" Anaconda. When a midlife crisis pushes them to finally go for it, they head deep into the Amazon to start filming.
However, things get real when an actual giant anaconda appears, turning their comically chaotic movie set into a deadly situation. The movie they’re dying to make? It might just get them killed.
The first trailer and poster for Anaconda have just been released, and it follows Doug and Griff on their disastrous journey to the Amazon.
After their "giant" snake is inadvertently killed by Rudd's character, this group finds themselves being hunted by a giant snake. The result is a fun horror-comedy mashup that's very meta and very much what we'd expect from the filmmaker behind The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Tom Gormican.
Anaconda looks like a lot of blast, and this looks like the best possible approach to the beloved franchise. Sure, it could have been handled as a serious, full-blown horror movie, but Rudd and Black being hunted down by a giant snake in the jungle? Count us in.
"It's a genuine kick in the ass," Rudd recently said of the movie. "It was a clever script, and the meta angles of it were appealing to me. I was a big fan of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and the tone of this and that seemed to live in the same world."
Black says it was "so fun" to team up with Rudd, explaining, "It was the main reason I wanted to do the movie. I’m a huge fan of Paul’s work. Dude is f***ing hilarious. And a sweet pea to boot!" He also teased that Anaconda is an "exciting mix of comedy and horror," saying moviegoers should "buckle up for the thrill ride of the season — Anaconda is coming!"
Written by Tom Gormican & Kevin Etten, produced by Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Kevin Etten, Tom Gormican, and executive produced by Samson Mücke, Anaconda stars Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior, and Selton Mello.
Anaconda arrives in theaters this Christmas.