Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The official summary for Anaconda partially reads, “When a midlife crisis pushes them to ...

“Anaconda” has slithered its way to a box office milestone. The Sony adventure comedy, starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd, has crossed $100 million at the worldwide box office. As of Friday, the film’s ...

We often ask ourselves why on earth some of these movies get made — particularly reboots. When one gets announced, it's frequently met with a collective eyeroll from the internet. Take, for example, ...

When co-writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten first pitched what would become their reimagined take on the so-bad-it’s-good 1997 classic “Anaconda,” they never thought Sony would be on board with the ...

Gormican's meta twist on the 1997 killer snake movie won him the job after Sony received more run-of-the-mill pitches: "We heard from the producers after the fact that they'd heard 50 or 60 takes of ...

We’re living in a world of reboots and legacy sequels — which isn’t likely to change with 2026’s movie releases — but at least with Jack Black and Paul Rudd’s latest adventure, we can expect a remake ...

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If you’re looking for laughs this holiday season, go ahead and take your family to the movie theater to see the 2025 Anaconda movie, which is a meta reboot of the 1997 action flick Anaconda. What is a ...

A group of "Anaconda" superfans decide to reboot "Anaconda" in "Anaconda," a slapdash, mildly clever reboot/ reimagining/ spiritual sequel to "Anaconda" that can't stop talking about or referencing ...

The movie gets at least one thing right: Rebooting the shlocky, widely-panned creature-feature, starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd, is a goofy idea. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an ...