First Images of ‘Anaconda’ Show Jack Black and Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd and Jack Black star in Anaconda and PEOPLE has shared the very first images from the reboot film. Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”), Steve Zahn (“Silo,” Joy Ride), Selton Mello, Ione Skye (Say Anything, Haunt), and Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) also star. Here’s the synopsis: “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…

Caroline C Ryan

September 16, 2025

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Paul Rudd and Jack Black star in Anaconda and PEOPLE has shared the very first images from the reboot film.

Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”), Steve Zahn (“Silo,” Joy Ride), Selton Mello, Ione Skye (Say Anything, Haunt), and Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) also star.

Here’s the synopsis:

“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 the film’s writer and director.

The film releases December 25, 2025.