- Source: Anaconda (film series)
Anaconda (also known as Anacondas) is an American horror film series created by Hans Bauer, Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. Produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the series began with Anaconda (1997) directed by Luis Llosa, and was followed by one theatrical stand-alone sequel, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) directed by Dwight Little, and three television sequels, Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008), Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009), both directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy, and Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015) directed by A.B. Stone and being a crossover with the Lake Placid film series. Along with a 2024 Chinese remake of the same name, Anaconda (2024) directed by Xiang Qui Liang and Xiang He Sheng. Each installment revolves around giant man-eating anacondas and the efforts of various groups of people to capture or destroy the creatures. The fictional plant known as the Blood Orchid and the company Wexel Hall Pharmaceuticals as well as the fictitious Murdoch family are repeatedly referenced in the films.
A reboot is currently in development from Sony Pictures.
Films
= Anaconda (1997)
=When a documentary crew traveling through the Amazon jungle picks up a stranded man, they are unaware of the trouble that will occur. This stranger's hobby is to capture the giant Anaconda snake, and plans to continue targeting it on their boat.
= Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
=A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.
= Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008)
=A team of mercenaries join forces with a herpetologist and an assistant from the billionaire owner who both worked in a genetic research lab, Wexel Hall, to capture the snakes after they escaped from the lab, until they find themselves needing to stop them before it's too late.
= Anacondas 4: Trail of Blood (2009)
=A herpetologist is on a mission to destroy the Blood Orchid from the billionaire who wanted a serum to cure his cancer, until a dangerous snake threatens everyone.
= Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015)
=In Black Lake, Maine, an accident allows the two giant species, crocodiles and anacondas to be regenerated and escape towards to Clear Lake. Now, Reba teams up with Tully to find his daughter Bethany and a group of sorority girls in a deadly match between the two creatures.
= Anaconda (2024)
=A group of circus performers, on their way to what they think is a new performance location, become stranded in a lush rainforest after the boat they were on, and the captain leading the way, are eaten and destroyed by an anaconda. They cross paths with a deadly poacher who is hunting the anaconda, who realizes that he might now have enough bait to catch him. But being circus performers, they have a few survival tricks up their sleeves.
= Future
=On January 24, 2020, it was announced that Columbia Pictures was developing a reboot of the 1997 cult film Anaconda, with Evan Daugherty attached to write the screenplay. In March 2023, Tom Gormican was attached as the director of the film. In August 2024, Jack Black and Paul Rudd were cast in the leading roles, with Tom Gormican confirmed to direct from a screenplay written by Gormican and Kevin Etten. In September, Daniela Melchior joined the cast.
Cast and crew
= Cast
=An A indicates an appearance through archival footage.
A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film.
= Crew
=Reception
= Box office performance
== Critical response
=Music
= Soundtracks
=Other media
= Novelization
=Anaconda: The Writer's Cut is a novel by Hans Bauer published in 2014. Bauer also wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film Anaconda and its 2004 sequel Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid.
= Video games
=Quake Anaconda Mod (1997)
Promoting the original film's release, Sony released a free total conversion mod for Quake Mission Pack No. 1: Scourge of Armagon, which featured new snake enemies and a large Anaconda boss character.
Anacondas Arcade Game (2004)
Anacondas Arcade Game is an online interactive game produced by Sony Studios in 2004 to promote the film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid from the same year.
Anacondas 3D: Adventure Game (2004)
Anacondas 3D: Adventure Game is an online interactive game produced by Sony Studios in 2004 to promote the film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid from the same year.
Snakes on a Babe (2008)
Snakes on a Babe is an online interactive game produced in 2008 to promote the film Anaconda 3: Offspring from the same year.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Anakonda
- Ice Cube
- Anakonda hijau
- Filmografi Jennifer Lopez
- John Rhys-Davies
- Tetsu Inada
- Frank Welker
- Nicki Minaj
- Leo Howard
- Daftar film Amerika tahun 1997
- Anaconda (film series)
- Anaconda (1997 film)
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
- Anaconda 3: Offspring
- Lake Placid vs. Anaconda
- Anaconda (disambiguation)
- Anacondas: Trail of Blood
- Angela Anaconda
- Anaconda, Montana
- The 100 (TV series)
