Anaconda Remake Slithers to Streaming: Release Window, Cast, and Key Updates
As Anaconda slithers into cinemas, here’s when you can expect Tom Gormican’s 2025 action-comedy meta-reboot of the 1997 classic to hit streaming—and the key updates fans need now.
Anaconda is back — sort of. Sony dropped a 2025 action-comedy take on the 1997 creature classic, and now that it is in theaters, everyone is already asking the same question: when can I just stream this at home?
So when can you stream Anaconda?
The short version: expect it to hit Netflix sometime between March and April 2026, with a digital purchase/rental window in between.
- Theatrical: December 25, 2025
- PVOD (buy/rent on Apple TV, Amazon, etc.): likely late January to February 2026
- Streaming (Netflix): earliest March to April 2026
Why those dates? Sony typically rolls movies out in two phases. First comes the PVOD window, usually about 45–60 days after the theatrical debut. After that, the subscription streaming premiere arrives later (often 3–4 months or more after theaters). Anaconda fits that timeline, and in this case the streaming home is Netflix. As always, the studio can shift these windows, so treat this as an estimate, not a guarantee.
What this version actually is
This is a meta-reboot from director Tom Gormican — meaning the movie knows the 1997 Anaconda exists and plays with that idea. The story follows four friends in midlife free fall — Doug, Griff, Kenny, and Claire — who head to the Amazon to make a scrappy, indie-style remake of their favorite 90s snake movie. Then it gets weird: they accidentally kill a trained snake, panic, and tromp into the jungle to find a replacement... only to run into a very real, very large anaconda. It is a knowingly bonkers setup, and the movie leans into that.
A familiar face in a very meta way
The final trailer drops a fun twist: Ice Cube shows up as himself. If that pings your nostalgia radar, it should — he was Danny Rich in the original film and one of the first movie's survivors. Here, he is not playing Danny; he is playing Ice Cube, which is a cheeky bit of casting for a reboot that is already winking at the audience.
Cast
The ensemble includes Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior, and Selton Mello, among others.