Jack Black and Paul Rudd Announce New ‘Anaconda’ Reboot Cast [Video]

One of the oddest movie marketing campaigns of all time rolls on with another unconventional announcement from Sony’s upcoming Anaconda, a project that’s all around hard to get a clear handle on. Arriving in theaters December 25, 2025, the franchise reboot is clearly taking a more comedic approach to the material, with Jack Black and Paul Rudd starring.

This latest video features Jack Black performing a Tenacious D-style song to officially announce the main cast of Anaconda, which also includes Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”), Steve Zahn (“Silo,” Joy Ride), Brazilian actor Selton Mello, and Daniela Melchior (James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, Road House).

Ione Skye (Say Anything, Haunt), we recently learned, will also star in the new movie.

In Anaconda‘s big screen return, “a group of friends facing mid-life crises are remaking their favorite movie from their youth. They head to the rainforest, only to find themselves in a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes, and violent criminals.”

Tom Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) is scripting and directing.

The original film was directed by Luis Llosa, and it featured an ensemble cast including Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson and Danny Trejo.

In the 1997 movie, a film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world’s largest – and deadliest – snake.

The movie ended up spawning three sequels between 2004 and 2009, and the Anaconda franchise more recently battled the Lake Placid franchise in a 2015 crossover.