Dec 25, 2025 3:30pm PT ‘Anaconda’ Director on Those Original Cast Cameos, Making Fun of Hollywood Reboots and Reusing a Cyclone-Destroyed Set By Payton Turkeltaub Plus Icon Payton Turkeltaub Latest ‘Anaconda’ Director on Those Original Cast Cameos, Making Fun of Hollywood Reboots and Reusing a Cyclone-Destroyed Set 24 minutes ago Guillermo del Toro To Join George Stevens Lecture on Directing’s Screening of ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’ – Film News in Brief 2 days ago Connor Storrie Thought ‘Heated Rivalry’ Book Fans Would ‘Hate My Performance’ and He’d Get ‘Torn Apart’ Before Show Became a Hit 2 days ago See All ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses spoilers for “Anaconda,” now playing in theaters When co-writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten first pitched what would become their reimagined take on the so-bad-it’s-good 1997 classic “Anaconda,” they never thought Sony would be on board with the idea. “We went to them and said, ‘If we could make ‘The Big Chill’ becomes ‘Anaconda,’ then we’d be interested,’” said Gormican. “We expected them to laugh, [But] they bought it.
