Anaconda (2025) is planning a major comeback in theaters, but it will be very different from the well-loved 1997 cult classic. As a meta-reboot, the new film mixes the elements of the genre action, comedy, and self-aware storytelling, with the revisiting of the famous giant-snake story in a new way. The film, directed by Tom Gormican and written by Gormican and Kevin Etten, has already got the attention with its offbeat tone and lead actors Paul Rudd and Jack Black.The cast and the filmmakers have been loud and clear that Anaconda (2025) is neither a remake nor a normal franchise reboot. It rather utilizes the original movie as the starting point of the narrative to venture into the themes of satire, adventure, and danger in today's world. Selton Mello, while speaking at CCXP25 in Brazil called the film “very original” and “meta,” which is a factor that has led to the rising of expectations on how the plot will revamp the creature-feature template for the current generation of viewers.Anaconda (2025) is set to premiere in the United States on December 25, 2025, with Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, and Daniela Melchior leading the cast.When and where is Anaconda (2025) releasing? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostAnaconda (2025) is going to be in the theaters in the United States on December 25, 2025, and is to be released by Sony Pictures Releasing. Once the casting was done, the work on Anaconda (2025) didn’t take long to get underway. The main filming started in January 2025 in Queensland, Australia, and they used the rainforest there for the production of the story set in the Amazon. They finished filming in late February 2025; the whole team was able to stay on target for their winter release date. Read More: "I don’t want people to take it for granted": Timothée Chalamet expresses his confidence in his Marty Supreme performanceWhat is Anaconda (2025) about, and who stars in it?Anaconda (2025) (Image Via Sony Pictures Releasing)The heart of Anaconda (2025) is a deliberately reflective story. The protagonists are Jack Black (Doug) and Paul Rudd (Griff), two old friends, who decide to make a fan film of the 1997 Anaconda movie in which they star themselves. As a result, they want not only to revive their old days of youth but also to reconnect with the adventurous spirit they have lost. A trip into the Amazon for a nostalgic filmmaking exercise turns into a survival story when a giant anaconda shows up, and the duo's escapade is no longer a fiction but has become a real-life survival crisis.The cast features, Paul Rudd portrays Ronald “Griff” Griffen Jr., a background actor who ends up going on an adventure.Jack Black portrays Doug McCallister, a wedding videographer and Griff’s partner in filmmaking.Steve Zahn portrays Kenny Trent, a friend who comes along for the crazy mission.Thandiwe Newton portrays Claire Simons, Daniela Melchior as Ana Almeida.Selton Mello as Santiago Braga, a snake handler.Ione Skye as Malie McCallister, Doug’s wife.Ben Lawson in an undisclosed role.Selton Mello, during CCXP25 in Brazil, explained that the movie was created with the intention to incorporate elements of the action, danger, comedy, and adventure genres in its story without overlapping the original one. It is not a mere replication of the original; instead, the film references the 1997 movie in its storyline, thus forming a meta structure that helps the movie challenge the viewer's anticipations and, at the same time, provide its own set of things that excite.Read More: Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson set to return in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingThe movie is set to release in theatres on December 25, 2025.