Anaconda Returning with a Meta Sequel

[DR Herbert West]

The Return of the ‘Anaconda’ Franchise Reportedly Taking a Meta Approach?

After spawning three sequels and a spinoff crossover film with the Lake Placid franchise (no really, that totally happened), the 1997 film Anaconda is plotting a return to the screen.

We’ve heard various reports in the past several years about the future of the Anaconda franchise, and this latest one comes from Jeff Sneider over at The Hot Mic video podcast.

Sneider reports that Tom Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) is scripting and potentially directing the next Anaconda movie, which will take a fresh approach.

“[An] actor is not attached, and nothing is official and anything could change,” Sneider reports. “Anaconda is going to be a meta movie. And from what I understand… it’ll be something close to this… this isn’t the actual logline… it’s going to involve an actor or actors playing loose fictional versions of themselves who go off to make an Anaconda movie. All hell breaks loose.”

“[Gormican’s] writing it, I don’t think that directing deal is quite done,” Sneider adds.

As Sneider points out, it makes sense that Tom Gormican would be attached to this particular project, as Unbearable Weight similarly saw Nicolas Cage play a fictional version of himself.

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The original film was directed by Luis Llosa, and it featured an ensemble cast including Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson and Danny Trejo.

In the 1997 movie, a film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world’s largest – and deadliest – snake.