Anaconda(2025)

A group of childhood friends – Doug McCallister (Jack Black), Ronald “Griff” Griffin (Paul Rudd), Kenny Trent (Steve Zahn), and Claire Simons (Thandiwe Newton) – who are unsatisfied with the way their lives have gone gather to remake one of their favorite films, “Anaconda.” After securing a loan, they travel to the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil to make a low-budget indie version of the film. Griff accidentally kills the snake they meant to use, so he and snake handler Santiago go into the jungle to find a replacement. Santiago is eaten by a real Anaconda that terrorizes the jungle.

The four friends are joined by Ana (Daniela Melchior), a woman who claims to be going after dangerous gold miners. Doug starts to shift the focus of the film to her, which causes friction with Doug. Making things worse is Doug finding out that Griff lied about securing the rights to the “Anaconda” franchise when an actual crew remaking the film passes by. Griff leaves to join them but finds them all eaten.

Ana reveals herself to be a villain and tries to get the crew to gather her gold for her, but the Anaconda kills her by dragging her underwater. The friends try to make their way home, but Doug gets eaten and nearly dies. They come upon the wrecked film set and are joined by Ice Cube (star of the original film), who helps them set off pyrotechnics to blow the snake up. This doesn’t work, so Griff shoots propane tanks with a flare to blow up the Anaconda’s body, and Doug delivers the final blow to the head.

The group ends up making the finished film, but it cannot secure theatrical distribution since Sony sends them a cease-and-desist. Griff and Claire get married, while Kenny gets over his issues to find success. Doug is visited by Jennifer Lopez, who liked the film and wants him to direct an actual reboot of the film.