One of the most curious horror movies still left in the remainder of 2025 is the Paul Rudd and Jack Black-starring Anaconda, a reboot of the 1997 monster movie that for some reason is taking a meta approach to the material and is for some reason releasing on Christmas Day.
In any event, it’s happening, and PEOPLE has shared the very first images from the project that’s mostly been shrouded in secrecy up to this point. Check out the first-look images below!
Chatting with PEOPLE, Jack Black describes the film as “an exciting mix of comedy and horror.” He adds, “Buckle up for the thrill ride of the season — Anaconda is coming!”
Anaconda swims into theaters on December 25, 2025.
Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”), Steve Zahn (“Silo,” Joy Ride), Selton Mello, Ione Skye (Say Anything, Haunt), and Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) also star.
In Anaconda‘s big screen return, “Best friends Doug and Griff have always dreamed of remaking their all-time favorite movie: the cinematic classic, Anaconda. But 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.”
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.
