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. It was one of those strange pitches where we’re going, ‘No, no, you guys can’t do this. You can’t.’ And they’re like, ‘We want to do this with you.’”
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