Paul Rudd, Jack Black’s Comedy Movie Gets 2025 Release

Sony is sinking its teeth into its reimagined comedy take on Anaconda.

The studio announced Friday that filmmaker Tom Gormican’s reimagining of the 1997 snake-focused horror movie will hit theaters just in time for Christmas on Dec. 25, 2025. Paul Rudd and Jack Black star in the new feature from Columbia Pictures.

Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) helms the film from a script he co-wrote with Kevin Etten. Brad Fuller and Andrew Form produce for Fully Formed.

A video from Rudd and Black is below.

The Hollywood Reporter reported in August that the film was in development and was said to center on a group of friends who are dealing with midlife crises and decide to head to a rainforest to remake their favorite movie from growing up. Soon, they are in over their heads, with such challenges as natural disasters, violent criminals and, of course, massive snakes.

Luis Llosa directed 1997’s Anaconda, with a cast that included Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Ice Cube and Jon Voight. Spawning a number of sequels, the first movie focused on a National Geographic film crew hunting for the world’s biggest and deadliest snake.

More to come.