What happens when you want to make an original movie but all the studio executives let you pitch are remakes? What else but make a movie about how bad an idea remakes are. That seems to be the thought process behind Anaconda, which is not really based on the 1997 camp classic as much as it is a satire about a gang of schlubs who dream of remaking it in any way possible.
Said schlubs are played by Jack Black and Paul Rudd, and thank goodness, because you couldn’t pick two people more capable of selling such an idea. The original Anaconda was about Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube trying not to get swallowed by a ridiculously large snake. Doug and Jeff are two indie filmmakers who idolize the picture and want to reboot it, but can’t find any interested investors, nor can they obtain a loan large enough to finance it. Feeling frustrated, they decide to trek to the Amazon jungle themselves and shoot it.
Their snake, which isn’t nearly as immense as the one in the original, suffers a mishap. Jack Black doesn’t want to give up and insists they venture into the jungle to find another one. And as you might expect, they find the perfect replacement…a little TOO perfect.
In addition to Black and Rudd, Anaconda co-stars Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior and Selton Mello. The movie is directed by Tom Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) from a script by Gormican and Kevin Etten (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), and is due out this Christmas.




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