With “Anaconda,” the Hollywood studio system comes closer than ever to devouring its own tail.
In 1997, Sony Pictures made “Anaconda,” a notoriously insipid creature feature starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and a ferocious animatronic snake. The low-rent “Jaws” knockoff was conceived as a horror movie, but received by many as a comedy — the kind where viewers wound up laughing at the unintentionally corny dialogue and egregiously bad decisions made by characters in serious need of a bigger boat. So when it came time to reboot the franchise, the studio had a choice: Play it straight or lean in to the humor?
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