By “The Suicide Squad,” “Fast X” and “Road House” Daniela Melchior is set to join Paul Rudd and Jack Black in the cast on the reboot of the 1997 creature feature “Anaconda” at Sony Pictures.
“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” scribes Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten are penning the script with Gormican planning to direct the film which will adopt a more comedic approach.
In the new film, a group of friends face a mid-life crisis and so decide to remake their favorite film 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.
Black plays a wedding videographer who sets out to direct this ‘remake’. Rudd will play a former TV actor whose Hollywood dreams are slipping further away. Details of Melchor’s role are under wraps.
Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Ice Cube and Jon Voight starred in the original 1997 movie which followed a film crew aiming to document the world’s largest and deadliest snake on the Amazon. It lead to a theatrical sequel, two Sci-Fi Channel telemovies and a “Lake Placid vs Anaconda” team-up film.
Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are producing the new version.
Source: Deadline
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