Anaconda (2025)
Anaconda is a 2025 adventure movie directed by Tom Gormican, with a running time of 1h 40m. It stars Jack Black, Paul Rudd and Steve Zahn.
A group of childhood friends, now stalled in middle age, decide the cure for their disappointments is to remake the trashy jungle creature-feature they loved as kids. So they haul cameras into the Amazon and promptly lose control of everything: the weather, the locals, and a very large snake with no interest in their nostalgia project. Paul Rudd and Jack Black lead the ensemble as the mismatched dreamers, with Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, and Daniela Melchior along for the chaos. Tom Gormican directs this meta-reboot as broad adventure comedy that keeps winking at the 1997 original.
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What is Anaconda about?
A group of childhood friends, now stalled in middle age, decide the cure for their disappointments is to remake the trashy jungle creature-feature they loved as kids. So they haul cameras into the Amazon and promptly lose control of everything: the weather, the locals, and a very large snake with no interest in their nostalgia project. Paul Rudd and Jack Black lead the ensemble as the mismatched dreamers, with Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, and Daniela Melchior along for the chaos. Tom Gormican directs this meta-reboot as broad adventure comedy that keeps winking at the 1997 original.
When was Anaconda released?
Anaconda was released on 24 December 2025.
How long is Anaconda?
Anaconda runs 1h 40m.
Who made Anaconda?
Anaconda was directed by Tom Gormican.
Where can I watch Anaconda?
Anaconda is available on Netflix, Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home and FlixFling.
Where to watch Anaconda
Stream: Netflix
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, FlixFling
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
Cast
- Jack Black as Doug McCallister
- Paul Rudd as Ronald Griffin Jr.
- Steve Zahn as Kenny Trent
- Thandiwe Newton as Claire Simons
- Daniela Melchior as Ana Almeida
- Selton Mello as Santiago
- Ice Cube as Ice Cube
- Ione Skye as Malie
- Rui Ricardo Diaz as João
- John Billingsley as Jerry
- Sebastian Sero as Charlie
- Diego Arnary as Paulo
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A few thoughts on Anaconda
The comedy runs on genre affection, so fans of self-aware creature capers will feel at home. For a straight-faced version of the same jungle-swallows-you dread, play Green Hell, a survival game set deep in the Amazon where the rainforest itself is the predator.
Expeditions into the wild that spiral completely out of control
Anaconda sends a film crew into the Amazon chasing nostalgia and gets a jungle that refuses to cooperate. The Rundown, Crocodile Dundee, Jungle Cruise, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Hatari all send mismatched characters into rainforest or savanna with a plan that falls apart fast, trading the boardroom for mud, wildlife and constant improvisation.
Getting stranded somewhere the wild is actually in charge
Anaconda's jungle turns disastrous once genuine danger replaces the crew's nostalgia trip. Green Hell drops players into the Amazon with no rescue and hostile terrain, The Most Dangerous Game and Endangered Species put people at the mercy of predators, human and otherwise, and Lord of the Flies strands its cast somewhere the old social rules stop applying.
Practical-effects throwbacks that love the B-movies they're spoofing
Anaconda's plot is basically a fan love letter: friends rebuilding the cheap monster movie they grew up on. Hundreds of Beavers and Dave Made a Maze build their monsters from cardboard and pure invention, while Little Shop of Horrors, both versions, and The Hive keep the tradition of a rubber-suit creature played completely straight for laughs.