Last summer, we learned that Sony was looking for a new one Anaconda movie starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd. As production begins, several actors sign up to be potential snake chow for the upcoming film.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, Westworldby Thandiwe Newton and netSteve Zahn’s joined the new Anaconda. Also in the mix is ​​Brazilian actor Selton Mello (recently in I’m still here, in his English-language debut) and BreaIone Skye. According to the outlet, Newton and Zahn will be on hand as the grown-up childhood friends of Black and Rudd’s characters, who all come together to recreate the movie they enjoyed as kids. Their journey takes them—and Black’s wife, played by Skye—to the rainforest, where Mello plays animal wrangler. Daniela Melchior, formerly of Hurry X and House on the road, was also involved in an undisclosed role.

The former Anaconda The movies, with famous names like Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, and Robert Englund, are all horror films about big-ass snakes that eat people who hope to catch or escape from them. This new film, directed by Tom Gormican with a script he co-wrote with Kevin Etten, was previously described as a “reimagined comedy,” but one with a lot of big snakes ready to eat some people.

If that’s your kind of jam, you’ll be happy to hear this new one Anaconda is set to hit theaters on Christmas Day.

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