EXCLUSIVE: After Paul Rudd and Jack Black took on the leading roles, the new one anaconda pic at Sony Pictures continues to expand its ensemble Street house Star Daniela Melchior will join the cast of the new version of the '90s cult classic. The unbearable weight of enormous talent Authors Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten wrote the script and Gormican plans to direct. Brad Fuller and Andrew Form produce via the Fully Formed banner.

The studio had no comment.

The original 1997 thriller starring Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Owen Wilson and Ice Cube follows a National Geographic-style film crew who are taken hostage by a mad hunter who takes them on his quest to find the largest and deadliest snake takes with you to the world. an anaconda. The film topped the box office, grossing $145 million worldwide, including $65 million domestically. It also gave Lopez and Cube a box office hit early in their careers.

Sources say that this latest version is not a remake but a new version with the same snake front and center, with a story that leans more towards comedy. It is unknown who Melchior will play.

Melchior was last seen in Street housewhere she outshone her counterpart Jake Gyllenhaal in the film, which broke streaming records when it premiered in March. A sequel has been announced.

Melchior previously had his breakthrough in the series “Dc Studios”. The Suicide Squadwhich she followed with a key role in another tentpole, Fast Xand another one in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. She will next begin production at Amazon MGM Studios. Balls up with Mark Wahlberg.

Most recently, she completed production on the indie film American sweatshop.

She is represented by Gersh, Brave Artists Management and Felker Toczek Suddleson.