Anaconda (film series)

Anaconda
	Cover for the DVD-box containing the first four films.
Created by	Hans Bauer; Jim Cash; Jack Epps Jr.;
Original work	Anaconda
Owned by	Sony Pictures
Years	1997–2015; 2020–present;
Print publications
Novel(s)	Anaconda: The Writer's Cut (2014)
Films and television
Film(s)	Anaconda (1997); Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004); Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008); Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009); Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015);
Games
Video game(s)	Quake Anaconda Mod (1997); Anacondas Arcade Game (2004); Anacondas 3D: Adventure Game (2004); Snakes on a Babe (2008);
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Anaconda (1997); Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004);

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 H. 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 series. 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.

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: Trail of Blood (2009)

A herpetologist is on a mission to destroy the Blood Orchid from the billionaire who wanted a serum of the orchid 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.

Reboot

In January 2020, Sony Pictures announced a reboot is in development and screenwriter Evan Daugherty was hired to write the reboot film.[1]

Cast and crew

Cast

Key
An ^A indicates an appearance through archival footage.

A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film.

Character	Films
	Anaconda	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Anaconda 3: Offspring	Anacondas: Trail of Blood	Lake Placid vs. Anaconda
	1997	2004	2008	2009	2015
Terri Flores	Jennifer Lopez	Mentioned
Danny Rich	Ice Cube	Mentioned
Paul Serone	Jon Voight	Mentioned
Professor Steven Cale	Eric Stoltz	Mentioned
Warren Westridge	Jonathan Hyde	Mentioned
Gary Dixon	Owen Wilson	Mentioned
Denise Kalberg	Kari Wuhrer	Mentioned
Mateo	Vincent Castellanos
Poacher	Danny Trejo
Bill Johnson		Johnny Messner
Sam Rogers		KaDee Strickland
Dr. Jack Bryon		Matthew Marsden
Cole Burris		Eugene Byrd
Gail Stern		Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Tran Wu		Karl Yune
Gordon Mitchell		Morris Chestnut
Dr. Ben Douglas		Nicholas Gonzalez
John Livingston		Andy Anderson
Stephen Hammett			David Hasselhoff
Dr. Amanda Hayes			Crystal Allen
Peter "J.D." Murdoch			John Rhys-Davies		Mentioned
Pinkus			Ryan McCluskey
Nick			Patrick Regis
Andrei			Alin Olteanu
Grozny			Anthony Green	Anthony Green^A
Victor			Toma Danilă	Toma Danilă^A
Sofia			Milhaela Oros	Milhaela Oros^A
Professor Eric Kane			Serban Celea	Serban Celea^A
Darryl			Alin Constantinescu	Alin Constantinescu^A
Peter Reysner			Zoltan Butuc
Jackson				Linden Ashby
Scott				Danny Midwinter
Alex				Călin Stanciu
Heather				Ana Ularu
Wendy				Anca-Ioana Androne
Eugene				Emil Hostina
Will "Tully" Tull					Corin Nemec
Reba					Yancy Butler
Jim Bickerman					Robert Englund
Bethany Tull					Skye Lourie
Sarah Murdoch					Annabel Wright
Beach					Stephen Billington
Tiffani					Laura Dale
Margo					Ali Eagle
Deputy Ferguson					Oliver Walker

Crew

Role	Film
	Anaconda	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Anaconda 3: Offspring	Anacondas: Trail of Blood	Lake Placid vs. Anaconda
	1997	2004	2008	2009	2015
Director	Luis Llosa	Dwight H. Little	Don E. FauntLeRoy		A. B. Stone
Writer(s)	Hans Bauer Jim Cash Jack Epps Jr.	Screenplay by John Claflin Daniel Zelman Michael Miner Edward Neumeier Story by Hans Bauer Jim Cash Jack Epps Jr.	Nicholas Davidoff David Olson	David Olson	Screenplay by Berkeley Anderson
Producer(s)	Verna Harrah Carol Little Leonard Rabinowitz	Verna Harrah	Alison Semenza		Jeffery Beach Phillip Roth
Composer	Randy Edelman	Nerida Tyson-Chew	Peter Meisner		Claude Foisy
Cinematographer	Bill Butler	Stephen F. Windon	Don E. FlauntLeRoy		Ivo Peitchev
Editor	Michael R. Miller Gregg London	Marcus D'Arcy Mark Warner	Scott Conrad		Cameron Hallenbeck
Production companies		Middle Fork Productions Screen Gems	Hollywood Media Bridge Stage 6 Films		UFO International Destination Films
Distributor	Columbia Pictures	Sony Pictures Releasing	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date	April 11, 1997	August 27, 2004	July 26, 2008	February 28, 2009	April 25, 2015
Running time	89 minutes	97 minutes	91 minutes	89 minutes	92 minutes

Reception

Box office performance

Film	Release date	Box office gross			Budget
Film	Release date	North America	Other territories	Worldwide	Budget
Anaconda	April 11, 1997	$65,885,767[2]	$71,000,000[2]	$136,885,767[2]	$45 million[3]
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	August 27, 2004	$32,238,923[4]	$38,753,975[4]	$70,992,898[4]	$25 million[3]
Total		$98,124,690	$109,753,975	$207,878,669	$70 million

Critical response

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
Anaconda	39% (51 reviews)[5]	37 (20 reviews)[6]
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	26% (120 reviews)[7]	40 (28 reviews)[8]

Music

Soundtracks

Title	U.S. release date	Length	Performed by	Label
Anaconda (1997): Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	April 22, 1997	33:56	Randy Edelman	Edel Records
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	August 30, 2004	60:57	Nerida Tyson-Chew	Varèse Sarabande

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.[9]

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.[10][11]

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.[12]

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.[13][14]

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.[15][16]

References

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"Anaconda". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
"Box Office History for Anaconda Movies". The Numbers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
"Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
"Anaconda (1997)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
"Anaconda". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
"Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
"Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
"Anaconda: The Writer's Cut - Kindle edition by Hans Bauer. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com". amazon.com.
"Blue's Quake News - March 29 - April 4, 1997". www.bluesnews.com.
"anaconda.zip - Anaconda by Magicman in the Quake map archive at Quaddicted.com". www.quaddicted.com.
"Play Anacondas | Play Free Addicting Games Online". www.freeaddictinggames.com.
"Anacondas: 3D Adventure Game FULL GAME - download". Gamepressure.com.
"Anacondas 3D Adventure Game. Get the software safe and easy". Software Informer.
"Anaconda 3 – The Offspring Presents: Snakes on a Babe". Beyond Hollywood. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original (flash) on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2016-02-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] Kit, Borys (January 24, 2020). "'Anaconda' Reboot in the Works With 'Snow White and the Huntsman' Writer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

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[5] "Anaconda (1997)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 12, 2020.

[6] "Anaconda". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-05-12.

[7] "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 12, 2020.

[8] "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-05-12.

[9] "Anaconda: The Writer's Cut - Kindle edition by Hans Bauer. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com". amazon.com.

[10] "Blue's Quake News - March 29 - April 4, 1997". www.bluesnews.com.

[11] "anaconda.zip - Anaconda by Magicman in the Quake map archive at Quaddicted.com". www.quaddicted.com.

[12] "Play Anacondas | Play Free Addicting Games Online". www.freeaddictinggames.com.

[13] "Anacondas: 3D Adventure Game FULL GAME - download". Gamepressure.com.

[14] "Anacondas 3D Adventure Game. Get the software safe and easy". Software Informer.

[15] "Anaconda 3 – The Offspring Presents: Snakes on a Babe". Beyond Hollywood. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2015-05-12.

[16] "Archived copy". Archived from the original (flash) on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2016-02-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Anaconda
Films	Anaconda (1997) Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009) Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015)
Related	Lake Placid (film series)
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