Hold your breath: Columbia Pictures wants to take a 'Meg'-style approach to the reboot.

Anaconda, the late 1990s animal horror hit, is getting the reboot treatment. Sony's Columbia Pictures is developing an all-new and all-modern take on the cult movie, hiring Evan Daugherty, who has worked on such tentpoles as Tomb Raider and Snow White and the Huntsman, to pen the script. No producer is attached at this stage.

The 1997 original followed a documentary film crew in the Amazon that comes across an obsessed hunter looking to find a legendary anaconda. The hunter derails the expedition for his own purpose, with the filmmakers now forced to contend with a murderous madman and a giant snake that will squeeze the life out of them and swallow them for good measure. The movie starred Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, Kari Wuhrer and Jonathan Hyde. Pilloried by critics and earning numerous Razzies, the creature feature nevertheless proved popular with audiences. It also launched a franchise, including one theatrical sequel and three direct-to-home releases. Insiders say the title has proved to be one of the most profitable in Sony’s library.