When in doubt, go back to the 1990s for inspiration. anaconda And The mummytwo films from the late 1990s are being adapted into new films. The anaconda Reboot will be released on Christmas Day 2025. In the meantime, a new horror adaptation of The mummy will arrive on April 17, 2026.

Let’s start with the giant snake. Jack Black and Paul Rudd will star in Sony’s reimagining of the comedy anaconda. Daniela Melchior will also play the main role. Directed by Tom Gormican anaconda based on a script he wrote with Kevin Etten. Gormican and Etten have worked together before The unbearable weight of enormous talent.

1997s anaconda followed a team of documentary filmmakers as they fought for survival in the Amazon with the titular giant snake. Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and Jon Voight starred Anaconda, Director: Luis Llosa. anaconda grossed over $136 million and spawned four sequels.

In a video announcement, Black and Rudd promised that there will be a “big fucking snake” in their film.

The mummy comes from Lee Cronin, the filmmaker behind 2023 Evil Dead Rise. Cronin will write and direct The mummy for New Line Cinema. Blumhouse and Atomic Monster will produce alongside Cronin’s Doppelgänger banner.

While plot details remain under wraps, Cronin released a statement to The Hollywood Reporter about what fans can expect from this new retelling The mummy.

“This will be different than anything else mummy movie you’ve ever seen before,” Cronin said. “I’m digging deep into the earth to unearth something very old and very frightening.”

The Mummy is one of the iconic characters from the Universal Monsters series from the 1930s. Later in the 1999s, the film transitioned from a horror film to an adventure film The mummy with Brendan Fraser. After three films with Fraser, Tom Cruise played the lead role The mummy Reboot from 2017.